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

My Squier was a Christmas present from dad, therefore i dont know how much he payed for it. It seems that there going for about $250 U.S according to Fenders price list.

The overall feel of this guitar is great. It has a great body shape, the unmistake- able Stratocaster style. It also has quite wide frets (great for beginners). It features three single-coil pickups to give it that classic american Fender sound. It has a five-way pickup switching system to get all those great tones. You get a great set of strings with it too, the one that came with mine lasted for ages. As for the controls you get a basic volume and two tones. There in the right place too, you don't bump them when your plucking and struming.

There is absolutely nothing I don't like about this guitar! All my friends say it's got a great sound and feel, and they can't believe how cheap it is.

The Squier has great quality construction for a resinably cheap unit. The lacker is very hard, I've had a few bumps around with it and the finish is still fine. Not only is the finish hard but the headstock and neck are too. The tuning pegs are very sturdy, they never seem to come out of place (only when you want them to). The only thing I can think of that is "bad" about this guitar is that some of the screws holding the pick-guard in place are wonky, which is an easy fix!

This guitar is great. Its affordable for beginners, but sounds, looks and play great for intermediates and the advance guitarist. The good thing is Squier is backed up by Fender. You can get one with a "whammy bar" or one without, mine dosen't have one. For pictures and more info go to www.squierguitars.com and for the price list and package deals go to www.fender.com\resources\pricelist\


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I was going through a rough patch in my life and decided to buy an electric guitar, because i'd always wanted one (a bit of retail therapy).
I didn't have a lot of money to spend, and had resigned myself to the fact I couldn't get an expensive guitar, I had already half decided on a squier strat, so went to my local music store to have a looksy.
I paid £139.00 brand new.

Mine is a dark blue squier affinity strat, made in china ser. no. CY21115304, I like the colour, which I haven't seen many of, they're usually black, or sunburst, I believe it was made between 2000 + 2002.
The neck is very slim and smooth, and facilitates fast slides (not by me though), the finish on the body is excellent,hard wearing and shiny, I must admit I try and not damage it, but, it still looks like brand new.
It looks like a normal strat, but, with a slightly thinner body, I believe they're also lighter than most strats.
The standard pickups did not buzz, or hum, and the five way selector switch does not crackle when changing position, unlike some cheap! guitars.
Mine never goes out of tune, although, I have read some can.

The standard pickups, were on the dull side, although, I must admit, when I bought this guitar, I did intend to mess about with different pickups anyway.
I've heard that using the whammy bar knocks them out of tune, I haven't used one, but, bear it in mind.

The construction quality is excellent for the price, the finish, and overall appearance is very pleasing to the eye, although light in weight. It feels solid, and nothing on mine has ever come loose.
I like mine and am pleased with it, it has also, fullfiled it's role as a guitar to learn on, furthermore, I intend to keep it for some time.

As a beginer guitar, or, one to mess about with, it's excellent value for money, I always intended messing with the pickups, even before I got it, it now has a dimarzio virtual vintage blues in the middle, a standard squire affinity one in the neck, and a genuine, 1980 american strat pickup in the bridge, this setup gives a good range of sounds, to mess with.
I love my guitar, and, it's given me a lot of pleasure, in many ways, from experimenting with different pickups, to being there to play, and lifting me when i'm down.
I've just got to learn to play it well now, although in all honesty, I may never achieve it. And, up to a point, I don't really care, because, it still gives me pleasue anyway, and that was why I bought it.
My score is based on value for money, construction, etc, and the amount of pleasure it's given, while there might be "better", more expensive guitars, i'm giving it a five, because, overall that's what I feel it deserves.
It's also backed by fender,and, I think it was Money well spent.



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Ok, here's the deal. I started playing the guitar almost a year ago and almost instantly after I started I knew I was going to want to buy an electric guitar. So I looked around on the internet (I even came to this site) and just did basic reserch on a hole lot of diffrent guitars. I made a couple of trips to the Guitar Center and found the a Squire Affinity Strat in sunburst. I tryied it out and loved the feel and playiblity of it, it also had a great tone and good sustain. A few months went by and I suddenly got a flyer from the Guitar Center. It had all there newist deals on gear and stuff. So I was looking through it and......There It was! My Strat, but this one was a Squire Affinity Special Strat because it had a classic 60's big head stock and a darker sunburst finish. And I could not belive it! It was $149.99! I went by and played it and loved it! They showed me other guitars but nothing could stand up to the Strat. At least in the 100 to 200 dollar price range.

This guitar has awsome tone and sustain, a standerd whammy bar, a great feel, a slightly slimmer body, classic 60's big head stock, two tone sunburst finish that is incredable, two tone knobs and one volume and five-way pickup switching for a wide range of sounds, and it stays it tune pretty well too.

The only thing that I wish was diffrent is the pick gaurd. it is nice but it is not a three ply pick gaurd. But that is nothing that could keep me from buying one.

It has a bolt on neck with 21 frets. It strings through the back and has a standerd floting bridge. And the body is thinner then a normal strat which gives it a better feel.

I think this is ine of the best guitars you could buy, not the most expinsive but certinly superb in quality.

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I got this guitar as a beginner pack about 3 years ago before they were upgraded at Dawsons Music Shop Altrincham UK i paid £189 sterling for it and it came with everything you need to play.

I like this guitar because its so tough over the three years ive been playing i have joined a band and this guitar gets hamered it has stickers all over it and knobs are missing but thats what i like about plus the sound is really good for such a cheap guitar its sounds better than my mates (ade) Epiphone Les Paul standard.
It is sooooo cool.

The only thing i dont like about this unit is it says Squier on the head instead of Fender and the colour isnt that rad its sunburst.....

The quality and construction of this unit is sturdy and tough.
Heres the tech bit:

Rosewood Fretboard.
Body is so light it feels like its made out of polystyrene.
SSS pick up configuration.
Vintage style tremolo.
And a lot of bang for the buck.

This is very cool it has nice sound and it does the job for me although im hopefully getting a Fender Mexican Statocaster for my Lead guitar part in my punk band 4th Wheel. I cant say anything else except RANCID ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I got my guitar off Guitar Trader on the Internet. I paid a total of $149.00. I had been playing acoustic guitar for a while, and wanted to expand my colection, so this guitar fit, especially money-wise.

The first thing you notice is that it looks great! I got it in black, and it has a white pickguard. The colors contrast beautifully, and the black paint is dark and shiny. It has all the classic lines of a Strat, the most beautiful instrument ever created. The three pick-ups all give great sound, especially the neck and middle ones. It has a powerfull sound. The bridge's whammy bar works great, and the guitar does not go out of tune very quick. Also, the action on the neck is very light, great for beginners!

Not much not to like here. Uhhh, I really can't think of anything.

Quality and construction are great. Nothing has broke or rattles at all. Remember, even though it says "Squire" on the Headstock, it still says "By Fender", and that means a lot.

The Bottom Line is that this guitar is an incredible deal for how much it costs. A guitar like this could cost a lot more, and I would STILL buy it. If you are a begginer, or even some-what experienced, this is a great guitar.

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I paid $160.00 for this guitar at Guitar Center in Towson MD 4 years ago. It was my first Guitar I didn't need anything fancy.

Well I've been playing Guitar for about 5 years now and own Several Including a Fender Mexican and I will say that nothing matches up to this little Squire, it has the best feel the best playability and the best sound believe it or not, course mines a few years old and the new Squires are really dropping in Quality, so I'm glad I got a old one, its a 96 model.

Nothing its just an all around great guitar. I did go up 2 gauges in straings I have 11s on it now but thats just a personal preference it still played fine on the 9s it came with.

Great Very Durable Neck is Straight pickups don't buzz its the most comfortable guitar I've played and I've played Squire-Paul Reed Smiths.

Great Guitar but as I said earlyer get an older model before 2000 prefferably cause Squire has been going downhill in quality since then.

My Pick ups are loud enough that I don't need to switch to my Mexican when I play gigs inside or Outside, its just great.



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