A quality instrument for the price

A fantastic upgrade to my first guitar. I've been playing a gloss finish, rosewood fret board for a couple of years and the natural finish, maple fret board really opened my eyes. Although the picture shows a rosewood fret board - I purchased it with a maple fret board. The playability is extremely fluid and the stock single coil pickups sound crisp and bright. A great affordable guitar that can be enjoyed by both beginners and seasoned players alike. It was also my first guitar to feature a tremolo bridge system. Stays in tune quite well considering the price even with heavy tremolo use. I highly recommend this guitar for beginners.

Highly Recommend As A Starter

My Squier is one of the newer ones and my second guitar. I bought the first as a beginner mistake and it discouraged me to play, but then I wound up with one of these things and I was completely interested again. I've had it for about two years now and it's of pretty great quality for the price. I have played others, from my low-end all the way to a Gibson Les Paul. It certainly wasn't as good as the Les Paul, but it does make for a great beginner or intermediate player, again, given the price. I've never had any trouble with feedback on the pickups, even with a cheapo amp. Could be better, clearly.

Good

I had a mid 90s Squier Standard and it was really a good guitar, with some upgrades can be in a Fender level easy!

Eh, Its ok

This guitar was the first electric I ever owned, and after getting my Epiphone Les Paul I can't say I've played it too much, but recently I took it apart and cleaned and I'm going to start using it more to mix things up a bit. This guitar isn't made all that well, but we got mine with a small practice amp and a gig bag for $125, and for that price its actually pretty good. The strings don't buzz and I have never had any problems with anything breaking before, so all in all it is a fairly reliable beginner guitar.

Cheapest but greatest sounds with seymour Duncan

Great sounds from crystal clear to very strong and powerful ones. The neck is made of maple and the fretboard is rosewood, the body is basswood, tuners are stable and the vintage tremolo stays in tune, you can only push it but not pull. That's a detail because it's not a Floyd Rose and all problems are avoid. The Seymour Duncan pickups are very well designed for this neck and body !

This Was The First Guitar I Have Ever Gotten Brand New

Even if you use an affinity Stratocaster you will be impressed by how much better and fuller the tone is on this guitar, I honestly love this guitar and will always use some sort of Squier in production.

quite impressed

So far no major complaints Trem is fairly good at keeping in tune. Looks great. Great sound un plugged usually a good sign for playing it plugged in. Loses 1 star as the fret edges are a little sharp. The action however seem set up perfectly.

First guitar - great for modding!

Was my first guitar, brillant value for the money and a good place to start. I've changed the pickups, added and removed a killswitch, installed a new bridge and locking tuners since. Great guitar to keep in the collection as a modder and to learn setup/cleaning/wiring/etc techniques.

Great For Beginners.

If any beginners are looking for a reliable and cheap guitar, here you are! This guitar is well made and will last you an age.

Problems; Single Coil pickups - very cheap, slightly heavy, 'wammy' bar puts it out of tune really easily.

In love

The Stratocaster simply is and always will be one of the greatest, most versatile guitar options for alt-rock and indie guitar players. Everything about the guitar is beautiful, from the array of tones that can be produced, to the neck thickness, body feel, and a number of other components.