jafromusic's Reviews

Good starter guitar.

My first guitar was one of these, since did it up a bit and passed it on to another family member of mine who wants to play. A perfectly serviceable guitar if you want to start playing or know someone who does, especially as Squier build quality these days is lightyears ahead of what it used to be.

Ideal for me.

Got one last December and I immediately fell in love with it from the moment I saw this guitar in the store. Being a 70's re-issue it's got a nice fat neck (having a already having 70's reissue Strat I felt at home right away) and oversized headstock.

This also has a nice balance between feeling sturdy but also light enough to be back-friendly for a long gig, cause as much as I love my main guitar (the aforementioned Strat), it does weigh an absolute tonne and with the back problems I've had in recent years it doesn't hurt to invest in lighter guitars for me these days!

The pickups are crisp and have a lot of character, it holds it's set up well, my only complaint is the bridge needs a bit of adjustment to keep the rattle down but as long you don't put heavy strings on you should be fine, which is a mistake I made to begin with. But other than that, I love it and I want 5.

Friend for life.

Had an '05 version since 2009 and I've been married to her ever since. Made a few cosmetic modifications over the years and swapped out the bridge and neck pickups for some Duncan Strat Hotrails. (I'm a heathen I know).

An extremely versatile guitar which I've used for a multitude of genres and projects over the past decade and I don't think I'll ever part with this lovely thing.

A couple of proviso's though are that it is somewhat on the weighty side and the neck is what Fender loving refer as "the baseball bat neck" so if you're not used heavy guitars or guitars with big necks then this won't be your cup of tea and you'll find it somewhat of an argument to play with if you find one of these.

But anyway, yeah, most of my playing career has been spent with this beauty in my hands and that's how it's going to stay.

Versatile 'Vette

Had mine since late 2015, and she's a wonderfully versatile thing! I've gigged and recorded her with everything from jazz to punk rock. Admittedly getting used to using/maintaining the Bigsby took a while for me. (First guitar I owned with a Bigsby trem).

Occupies a nice middle ground tone wise in my current collection between being punchy enough to be used for rock recordings but also able to clean up nicely for jazz style playing which is where it saw it's main use these last few years.

Plays great, and holds her set up pretty well particularly with heavier strings (I use 48-11's myself) and the Megatron pickups are nice and punchy. Fit and finish is good, save for the jack socket problems you get with these kind of sockets but other than that, she's a left field choice for someone looking for something old school that isn't the typical Strat/Tele or Les Paul/SG choices.

Great value and reliable workhorse.

Had one as my gig and studio workhorse for both guitar and bass since 2011, great value and reliable, save for some knocks and half of the control knobs falling off recently.

I would wholly recommend taking the time to configure your own tones as a lot of the presets sound like they're from the early to mid 2000's "sikk high gain tone dude" era of guitar tone, and the noise gate is a little too enthusiastic sometimes, but all this said it's done the job and still does after all these years.

Keeping hold of mine until I have the funds to put a proper pedalboard together, and/or start gigging on a regular basis as I've very much locked in the sounds I use for what I play these days. Side note: The power supply can be somewhat fragile, as it's got older I've almost pulled it in half when unplugging it from a socket, so have a backup.