All user reviews of 4/5 for the Squier Stop Dreaming, Start Playing Set: Affinity Strat Special with Fender Frontman 15G

I bought this from a local guitar store for £99 second hand. I played practically every guitar in the shop and found this to be the best sounding, even up against £2000 Gibsons this, for the price, had the edge.

It is made with a thin body and neck which means it is so easy to play, especially in the high register.What I particularly like is that you can hear all of the strings when you play a chord, not just a mess of sound. ALso, it has such a nice "sharp" sound. It really sounds good!

The colour is not nice. It is "torino" red, which is fun but not the most professional look. But this is not much of a problem. The pickups are a little quiet. But I have a Fender 30 watt amp, so plugging it into input 2 makes it sound that bit better.

The construction seems sound. I like the way it is thinner than other strats as I have said. I have had no problems with it - a solid guitar!

A great guitar at unbelieveably great value! But I would definately recommend playing the one you are going to buy. I played another identical blue one in the shop and it didn't sound a patch on mine. Don't be so quick to ignore cheap guitars - might strike gold!

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Compared to about ten other stratocasters throughout the price range, including the Eric Clapton autograph model. Paid $150 at Guitar Center in Oxnard/Ventura CA.

I must have picked a good one because this Strat sounded as good as almost any that I have played. American, Mexican, whatever. Sure there are a few rough edges, but what do you expect for $150?

The pick guard that supports the pickups, pots and switch was flimsy cheap plastic. A replacement standard strat pick guard for $20 with foil shielding on the back cured that and greatly increased the sustain and tone quality while reducing the tendency to hum.

Alder body and neck (?), rosewood fingerboard. Polished black laquer is holding up well on body and looks bitchin with the new black pick guard. Everything still works pretty well but i've only had it six months.

Great value for money. A good guitar to throw in the trunk without worry.

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I bought this Guitar at a shop in Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands called Express Music costing £139 with a new lead and many picks also included. The guitar even had its allen key packaged. I bought this out of need to progress from my bass. The shop replaced my snapped strings free of charge


This guitar is fantastic. Its similar to a full on Strat only with a thinner, lighter body. The wood is high quality, the feel is good, and the look, much nicer than having a copy at this price. For practise and church hall purpose the sound is fair and you get the class of wielding in some way a Fender, mine being two colour sunburst. Ease of upgrade- this body id predrilled for full size humbuckers in the neck and bridge positions.


The pickups are not the greatest, and arent wound coils as should be in a proper single coil guitar as on my new Fender Nashville Tele. Due to age and continued storage, my guitar had a habit of breaking strings at the bridge which has now settled. On tone contol (middle p/up) gave way which again was a fault of aged storage and not the manufacture. The scrachplate being 8 hole is difficult to replace, which would make the guitar nicer.

Brilliant, the only problems are as a result of longer storage. Finish is fantastic, looks are fantastic and feel is amazing for a £140 guitar. Dont but anythin else for the money except for a Tele.

Great- before buying a Squier have your shop set up the tremolo and bridge

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I got this at Matt Umanov (NYC) in the Squier Strat Pack. I paid $250 for the whole thing, with the guitar as about $125 of that. 'Tis my first guitar

Factory setup was very good. The guitar is very playable. String changes are easy, the thing sounds great, and it's fairly light. It also takes a lot of banging about (I've dropped it twice...)

The tuners on the Strat are not very good, especially the G and low E. The whammy bar throws things out of tune fast, and at one point the output jack screws popped out. I replaced them, and it's all right now.

The wood on the neck and headstock feels a bit cheap, and corners were cut on the output screws and the tuners. However, it's solidly built on the whole, with knobs that stay on.

Very good guitar. Not a Fender or even a Squier Standard, obviously, but it's great for beginners and not too shabby for anyone else.

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This was a Christmas gift from my dad.

This is by far the ultimate BEGINNER'S guitar.It has decent sustain, a whammy bar and is bay far one of the most durable guitars i have ever played. I have dropped it on several occasions and it still plays as good as it used to. The best thing about this is that it is inexpensive so if guitars aren't for you then it is no big loss but if they are this is still a good gigging guitar, i personally use it as my back up onstage.

I did not take great care of mine so the neck is slightly warped and the input jack is never screwed on right, but if I did then it would be in much better condition now. The neck joint is slightly thick for my taste(plus the fact that i like to hang my guitar really low when onstage doesn'thelp much) and gets in the way for upper fret usage.

Overall good quality guitar. May need to be tuned every few days after heavy use but other than that it's good. Some of the fretwire sticks out at the bottom and may cause slight inconvenience.

Great beginner electric guitar, I will probably playing mine untill the day it falls apart, which may take a while.

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I got my Strat a my favorite local music store. I had been taking guitar lesson at the store for a while when I noticed the guitar for $199(cdn.) I had been renting a Fender Duo-sonic That was starting to get worn out so I bought the strat.


I liked the way the color seemed to change tone around the guitars body even though i
I knew it was probably a production mistake but it looked realy cool. I also liked the cherry colored fingerboard It went well with the red body and is easy to move your hand around on the neck.

This guitar was used so I knew it wouldn't be as good as new. First off sometimes the 6th string buzzes against the frets.

I don't like the way strats curve around the body, I liked The squared of edges of the body of the duo-sonic more and the Duo-sonic's shorter neck.

Besides the botched paint job that I liked anyhow, the tone and volume controls are sticky to move and I noticed the frets were set unevenly.

This Is a grat begginer guitar the 6th string fret buzz could probably be fixed and price tag is also attractive.

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i got this guitar from a local music shop for about 200$$.

I Like the feel of this guitar and how it plays.Its really nice good range of tones but i would get new strings.

The string really suck and bread easy,buy some guitar boomers they last forever.Ths isnt a professional guitar and has its limits.

All and all pritty good,it get a few dings but that probably was my fault.

If your looking a an inexpencive guitar thats a good guiter get this sguier its half the price of a fender but its made by fender.lol.

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I bought this guitar as a first for me in a pack with an amp and all. This guitar is definitly not for anyone BUT beginners. however, for a starting guitar player this is the perfect instrument. I just recently sold mine, but for the time i had it, it set me on the right foot for my guitar playing!

easy playing, not too complicated, all around good sound. made by fender so it has to be good!

imput nut came loose, but i just tightened it right up and it was back to normal!

very well made guitar, held together very well. even though the imput plug came loose, it was no big deal.

great guitar for beginners! i would reccomend it to anyone who wants to pick up the guitar.

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I have this guitar for about 3 years, at which time I started guitar and it's true that it is perfect for beginners.
The look is very nice (I sunburnst in) and it has no apparent defects (cage to change the strings without problems, no problems of cargo etc.).
The downside is that once you start to chain the pieces we want to necessarily turn up the volume is there or you walk away from your amp or you will not go up the sound. Because for enchainer a Metallica riff strong enough, our ears screaming ouch because of feedback, all because of the guitar pickups: the weak point. But it seuleument now that I decided to change his guitar so for those who wonders if she should begin: yes.
Here I use it with: a 100W Marshall amp, a Rocktron distortion, and loop pedal Boss RC20-XL. But it's true that once one knows the guitar it shows, not its faults but its limits.
€ 300 with a good guitar and an amp though (but I find it too aggressive distortion) 7.5/10 I put in the category Guitar beginner.