Amazing value - and food for thought

[dave robinson]

In the Vintage modified series? Yes.

And the Classic Vibe series, theres a fiesta red P Bass and. Butterscotch '51 P Bass that I have seen.

[Iain Purdon]

Ta

[geoff1711]

Last September I tried Squier and Mex Jaguars and Jazzmasters: I couldn't see where the extra £500 was on the Mex models and bought a Squier Jaguar in Sunburst.

It plays great, looks great and sounds great, the only downside is that it says Squier on the headstock as against Fender.

What I was most impressed with was the quality of the pickups and the sound difference between the two circuits.

Geoff

[negninegaw]

What is the most early-Marvin-sound-like strat in this squier range?

[dave robinson]

What is the most early-Marvin-sound-like strat in this squier range?

The Classic Vibe 50s was the one I had and it was vey good for early Hank sounds, but I haven't tried the others.

[negninegaw]

Thanks.
but why sell it then?

[dave robinson]

Thanks.
but why sell it then?

Because I have eight real Strats and twenty odd other Fender, Gibson, Gretsch and Burns guitars, I only bought it to try it and prove a point, which once I had the exercise was complete.
At the end of the day, be it a guitar, amp or echo unit, it's the player that makes it work anyway so the trivia and comparisons are futile really.

[negninegaw]

I agree;
apart from an old chinese clone with thin sounding pickups, I don't own a good strat yet,
so your shared experience is appreciated.
I hope the wood of the classic vibe '50 is alder.

[dave robinson]

So what you are saying is that, not owning a decent Strat or indeed never having experience of trying any of these instruments, you don't really have a basis for a valid point of view, which is the reason that I go to the trouble to try these things and offer advice from experience. I knew I would get my money back on that Strat because it was stunning looking in fiesta red with it's tinted maple neck. I was tired of reading that the pickups / bridge / trem block needed changing and I wanted to see and hear first hand what the guitar was capable of straight from the factory. As it happens it was superb and compared admirably with the real USA Strats' that I own, my only nit pick being that the neck is quite narrow if anything, but most people would not be affected by that.

[negninegaw]

I was a Shadows' fan from 1960, but I was a drummer back then.
I have been playing a Lespaul custom for more than 20 years, and my Chinese strat
(it was called 'Probe' on the headstock before the seller put his name on it) plays much easier.
It has a good sound unamplified, but sounds rather thin through an amplifier.
So I was toying with the idea of changing the pickups, until I found your post.
I should go to a shop now.