What´s the most desirable Squier?

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gvarko said:
Squire 51's are underated and a blank canvas for upgrades. It's like the best of a strat & tele rolled into one..
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Yeah, if you're looking for a good, low cost "Fender" for your home studio, I'd look for a Squier 51. They're made in Indonesia, but it's a good playing, good sounding guitar. It's also the most popular Squier ever made. Guitar Center blew them out last month for $69.99; they came out originally at $129.99.
 
For me, the most desirable Squier would be the one (or two or three, in my case) that feels, plays and sounds good on the "test drive." Even if you're just looking for a "blank canvas," to do some experimentation aimed at finding your own "Tele sound" or "Strat sound," it still comes down to how it feels, plays and sounds. It's better to have all three of those going for it, than "trying to polish a turd that's still gonna look (sound) like a turd."

Matt
 
Horsedoc said:
Plus he paid way too much for that model.

Desirable Squire is an oxymoron.
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Reaaally... well, that just makes the story all that much worse.

If you know much about guitar pricing, woulda ya mind looking at the cost of the new Taylors and see if they are grossly overpriced? I don't buy new guits all that often, and the Taylor prices fluctuate... but in the next year Im lookin to buy a 700+ series, and thought this place might be a good one to try some out in.
 
Got some eye candy for you...
 

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ah..good lead in! the 51.
I just got a 51 in the mail today!! Brand new, stashed away.
The neck is 1.65, so its close to a US Standard Strat size (which is 1.68). There were only two 51's stashed far away, in a small shop. both gone now.
solid maple neck, I got the white pg and black body. Matches my 20yr old Squier Jazz bass. Flawless finish. Frkn Hardtail which I really wanted. maybe some tweaking setup, but no fret buzzing...cosmetics are perfect.
It played out of the box, but the dewd I got it from checked it out before sending it. very nice.
Thanks thanks thanks to Kidvybe's.. a gear friend here....:D

never owned an Epi so can't compare in depth. Just read the Beatles used the Casino and kept using them for many a year. McCartney used the Texan Epi acoustic...

so if Epiphones are crap, because they don't have a GIBSON logo?

er...someone better go tell McCartney and the Abbey Road folk.:p
 
COOLCAT said:
ah..good lead in! the 51.
I just got a 51 in the mail today!! Brand new, stashed away.
The neck is 1.65, so its close to a US Standard Strat size (which is 1.68). There were only two 51's stashed far away, in a small shop. both gone now.
solid maple neck, I got the white pg and black body. Matches my 20yr old Squier Jazz bass. Flawless finish. Frkn Hardtail which I really wanted. maybe some tweaking setup, but no fret buzzing...cosmetics are perfect.
It played out of the box, but the dewd I got it from checked it out before sending it. very nice.
Thanks thanks thanks to Kidvybe's.. a gear friend here....:D
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Congrats! You're going to love your new 51! :D
 
I have a 4 or 5 yo Indonesian Squire Strat which absolutely sucks
 
Monkey Allen said:
I have a 4 or 5 yo Indonesian Squire Strat which absolutely sucks
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Sell it and get yourself a Squier 51 (if you can find one). The 51 may give you more tonal options, and with a hard tail, you won't be having tuning problems.

Or, just lock the trem so it thinks it's got a hard tail. Also, lube the nut slots and saddles to help the thing stay in tune... assuming the tuning is why you think it sucks. If poor tone is the problem, replace the strings and try a different amp.

As a side note, I own a couple of Strats (MIA x 2, MIM x2) and have played Strats for a looooong time. They're a beast to keep in tune unless you replace the nut and saddles with GraphTech replacements. String gauge is also important (.009 thru .046 Fender Bullets seem to work the best for me). Food for thought. Peace. :)
 
I have 2 squires a strat modifed with carvin SSH and phase switch.
Also a tele with Fender Noiseless and a 5 way switch both have the copper
tape treatment good tuners and get used more that their MIM and MIA counter parts. I just ordered their new vintage modified TB Precision bass. I hear the
basses are ever better deals than the guitars.
 
COOLCAT said:
never owned an Epi so can't compare in depth. Just read the Beatles used the Casino and kept using them for many a year. McCartney used the Texan Epi acoustic...

so if Epiphones are crap, because they don't have a GIBSON logo?

er...someone better go tell McCartney and the Abbey Road folk.:p
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I have 3 Squiers (Affinity P-bass, Fat Telecaster, Bullet Special), and 4 Epiphones (PR100, PR350-12E, Les Paul Jr. 90, EB3 SG Bass), and I don't have any complaints with any of 'em, save for the action being a tad too high on the 12-string. The only real difference between the Epiphone EB3 SG Bass and the Gibson EB3 SG Bass, will also really only be discerned by another bass/guitar player. The Gibson has a 30" scale, while the Epiphone has a 34" scale (the Elitist EB3 also has a 30" scale).

The Squiers I'm going to play around with, a bit, so see if I can't get them sounding any better than they do. I'll eventually get a set of Fender '62 Precision Bass pickups, for the Affinity P-bass, and I've got a set of GFS Pro Tubes Lipsticks and a 4-way switch for the Fat Telecaster. For the Bullet Special, I've got a TV Jones Power`Tron, which should get it sounding as good as my Fender So Cal Speed Shop Strat. Long before I'd bought one, and again at the now defunct Mars Music mentioned above, I'd tried out a Squier Bullet Special through a number of combo amps they had on display. When I plugged it into a Fender Twin Reverb, I nearly knocked myself out of my sneakers.

I'll never know how some folks can automatically assume that "cheap guitar = shitty guitar," when I've heard (read) similar complaints about guitars selling for $1K or more ("what ever happened to Gibson's quality control?" "don't Rickenbacker setup their guitars before they go in the box, anymore?"). I've tried tons upon tons of guitars, within and beyond my price range, and have ultimately went with the ones I've mentioned above. Even when I started buying some Fenders, I ultimately went with a MIM Telecaster, MIM Stratocaster and MIM Precision Bass.

Matt
 
kid klash said:
Or, just lock the trem so it thinks it's got a hard tail. Also, lube the nut slots and saddles to help the thing stay in tune... assuming the tuning is why you think it sucks.
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Thanks, but can you dim it down a shade?

Can you explain how to 'lock the trem'?
 
Thanks dudes.

So, a piece of wood should do the trick. Cheap too, unless I accidentally saw off my hand or something, which is unlikely, but would be costly.
 
Stroke me, stroke me......STROKE!



That's what I think of everytime I hear the word Squire.

:)
 
I think "smash this piece of shit onto the ground as hard as I can"
 
Monkey Allen said:
Thanks dudes.

So, a piece of wood should do the trick. Cheap too, unless I accidentally saw off my hand or something, which is unlikely, but would be costly.
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i played a dewds nice strat, jus the other day.. it had the wood in it. works alright, an old idea for those who can hear the strings go out of tune from the springs and the rest who don't use whammys anyway, then def lock it down...screw that springy-mush bs down.

Just be careful not to chip the paint while your pounding the wood-chunk in there with your hammer.
:p
 
um i would spend some more money on ur first or ur gonna break a squier cause u cant get a good tone out of them watsoever.
 
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