All user reviews for the Fender Stratocaster [1965-1984]

fender original 1974 100%
CBS period
natural relic of any beautbr /> craquele all sides
3.4kg
simple configuration: 3 microphones, 3 knobs, slecteur or 3 positions 5 positions if changs ...
maple neck
sunburst

USE

the handle is a rgal
profile C
branch in a tube amp is a rolls a rgal, it pushes your game without cesse..que either in the clear or saturated is nirvana
a rgal in games shades!

SONORITS

whatever the style is standard!
sound travels well through the guitar
when you play with it vibrates in the hands is allucinant ...
it sounds very crystalline
more and play with more one wants to play!
if you have the opportunity to try a good please do not hesitate!


NOTICE GLOBAL

it is the dream guitar, frankly it has nothing to envy strat pr cbs
when a ringing cbs did not pretend she grain is unique and so special that makes it a diva
when you have a guitar of this magnitude is for life!

U.S. manufacturing
Carved ash body, brawny and especially very heavy.
Round rosewood fingerboard, 21 frets.
3 single pickups period.
Selectors 5 positions.
1 volume knobs, two tone knobs.
Yellow color "khaki" (some say olive green)

UTILIZATION

The neck is super nice, very fine, very easy to play.
Very light cargo, very little marked, one feels under the fingers barely (if at all).
The handle is slightly bent (the key is a "dome").

The guitar body is ash, it's very heavy for a Stratocaster.
If you play long standing attention to back pain. Well, at least the guitar is not cardboard!
(I note down a bit because of the weight of the guitar, but nothing serious!)

SOUNDS

This guitar has a very nice clear sound rather typical for Blues / Rock, we can easily have a very big sound Stoner / Metal if it sticks to a good distortion (Rat or Fuzz) and a big amp.

The three microphones each have a very different sound, but all very 70's sound.
The bridge pickup side plenty of attack, slamming sound very, it can be a bit of personality (compared to two other mics) is missing.
The microphone he has tried his THE Jimi Hendrix par excellence. I rarely heard a strat sound as well (even in the hands of a novice!). Perfect for Blues / Rock.
Finally the neck pickup and well chamalo the low round well (a little too much for my taste).

The 5-way switch allows for either individual microphones alone or chavalet a mid-or mid-shaft coupling.

I have long played a VOX AC50 CPH + 4x12 Marshall what works.
For lovers of the good fat (Stoner), the neck pickups go very well with a big fuzz and a 2x15 cab. "

OVERALL OPINION

Bought by chance there are more than 10 years of opportunity.
I realize over time that this is a very good guitar. Especially given the value that I am (Stoner & Noiserock).
It works terribly for the Blues so well as for the Stoner!

I read a lot of articles on the Antigua '79 models that said it is a bad guitar, I did not really understand why. What is certain is that my '78 model is very good.
This guitar is very good side at the moment, but nothing in the world I would not sell.

U.S. manufacturing 1980-1981
Alder body color sunburst finish 3

Black pickguard with 3 single coil pickups standard FENDER - 1 volume 2 tones
5-way switch.

One piece maple neck maple fingerboard - 21 frets slim profile. Large head butt.
Mechanical vintage F - Trussrod highlight is adjusting the head.

UTILIZATION

Channel profile fine for every game, practice rhythm as solo.

Ergonomics of a Strat, fairly balanced but very heavy!
Easily obtained a sound, the settings are effective, but no dial tone on the bridge pickup is very "dry".
This series of microphones lack of fishing. Maybe a height adjustment can improve the sound quality?

SOUNDS

Sound warm and crystal clear neck pickup and middle without forgetting the typical positions 2 and 4 (Knophler Mark, Dave Gilmour ...)
The neck pickup has no tone control and seems "dry"
Overall, the lack of microphones fishing!

I use it on all 30 FENDER MARSHALL lamp and VS100R
It goes well in distortion, but is set back with respect to the double windings.
Otherwise, it is the sound FENDER, STRAT sound in clean and bluesy to wishes.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for more than 30 years. This is the first guitar I've seen and played.
She has wonderful shapes, it is original, there is no default. The ergonomics are perfect.
I've tried others, current microphones have richer sounds and couillus, but in any case I separate myself from my first Strato.

Bought at a local music store for $480.

Almost everything! The neck feel is there... and what i like most is the affordabilty of this instrument and better, its made by fender!!!

The only flaw of this guitar is the pick-ups. But that depends where is it made from or manufacture from. If your squier strat is china and indonesian made, expect the worse to happen from the pickups. Most recommended get a Korean or Mexican made Squier Guitars..theirs have the quality!

Overall its "ALMOST" like a fender...only the name at the headstock adds "SQUIER" hehe! ANd since mine is Korean made Squier Strat, i would say the workmanship rating is 8/10.

*no comments*

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I was actually looking for an attractive beer coaster to sit on my coffee table but instead I found myself at a garage sale. I was looking through the discarded rock memorabilia when, I saw the strat. I picked it up and said "hey this sure makes a good axe I i've never played a fucking note in my life" as I cracked the seller over the head with it. In the end he sleeper held me so I wrestled him down to a cigarette and my jeans for the strat.

Being a virgin to the guitar world I took home the strat and placed it on my coffee table and said "damn this sure is a waste of good jeans", in my rage i booted the axed shaped piece of wood through my backyard window. The sound it made was sweet as a nut, so im guessing this is how you play the guitar.

Its not as aerodynamic as i thought it would be and now it has all this dents and stratchs in it.

It has survived my brutal rage so i must be pretty damn good

You have come this far and really you should have given up reading this review a long time ago!

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I bought the guitar at a local used guitar shop.
I paid a little over three hundred dollars.
I can always use another strat.
I used another guitar to trade in on it.

I love the tone.
It's classic, simple, and versatile.
It's easy to play.
I have been playing strats for sometime, so I'm used to them.
The tremolo is fine.

I miss the sound of humbuckers.
But you can't have it all.


Construction is excellent, which is typical
for fender guitars.

It has a beautiful red finish and gold hardware.
This guitar not only sounds great, it looks
handsome.

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I bought this Guitar at Guitar center for $389.99. I bought it because it was the coolest guitar there for the amount of money i that i had.

I think this guitar is amazing because of its versitility and because of its amazing rich warm sound that it gives off when it is plugged in. It has an amazing Humbuck/single coil/single coil setup, that gives out many differnt tones that can be used by simply switching the pickup selecter knob. I love the Maple neck and fretboard that just glides my fingers to each beautiful and fullfulling note.

I really have no complaints about this guitar because it is an amazing guitar that takes me on a wild ride everytime I plug it in.

It includes:
Alder body
21-fret maple neck
Rosewood or maple fretboard
Vintage tremolo
Die-cast tuning keys
3 single-coil pickups or double humbuckers, or humbucker/single coil/single coil set up.
It is of the highest quality.

It is an amazing guitar!

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I cane from Poloand and I buy it in this year-2004.II.28.I paid 555 zl, it's about 140 dollars.It's quite cheap for me.

My guitar has dark red colour.She's very beautiful look.I've loved it.It have 3xsingle coil, 5 switch button and one way tremolo.It sound very good for me.CLean sound is good.When I on my digitech rp50 and power of Mesa/Triple it sound really nice.I think that If I had better coil like EMG ,then this will be play better.

I don't like frets.They aren't good and they aren't bad.They are middle.And this is one worse point of this guitar.

GOOD !!!!! 4/5 point

If you are looking for good instrument and nice price You better buy STAGG !!!!

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My brother bought this guitar as part of a package from at argos for £199.99.

I like the finish on this guitar (a sort of dark sunburst) first of all. I also like the depth of the body, it is quite thin and lightweight making it easy to handle standing up. Another good point would be that it is excellent for playability in a huge amount of styles of music (classical, hard rock, punk, classic rock and metal etc.).

The guitar is uncomfortable for sitting with. And the whammy bar is the same as fitted on alot of fenders and squiers and, if overtightened just a little can and will snap off completely.

The guitar is built well and feels like it will last forever. This squier in particular has survived being dropped out of a window somehow and is still in excellent condition. The jack slot in the guitar is a bit dodgy and, the whammy bar, as i said earlier is knackered.
Playability wise the guitar is pretty sound, the amp I got the guitar with has a pretty poor sound quality but through my big marshall amp the guitar sounds great.

Overall this guitar is great for a beginner, it is easy to adapt to any style. It is great value for money and has good playability.

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My friend got this guitar in a cheap amp/axe/case combo that cost about $250. I gave him 50 bucks for it. I believe retail is about $189.

For such little money, the Turser has a fairlt smooth action. With light strings, you can really tear. Tuners, while cheap, are functional and have never slipped on me. They feel very solid,as well. For an introductory model, the pickup selector and pots are quite good and have never crackled. Mine has a very uniform and pretty dark cherry natural finish which is probably my favorite part about this guitar.

First of all, the neck could be faster. The finish just isn't that silky. I had problems with a very persistent rattle on the 3rd string at the first fret. No matter what I tried, truss rod, action height, even filing the fret, I could not get it out. At basically any volume above a whisper, it is drowned out, though. Just a bit annoying. Strap anchor bolts are always loosenign themselves.

Overall solid construction for a cheap guitar. Is won't fall apart on you. It has been playing at its best for almost 2 years. Very very lightweight which experienced players might question, but it is more of an advantage with this guitar.

A great intro level guitar for new players. It will get you far for little money and prepare you well for playing a REALLY nice guitar. Not to mention, when you finally get the cash for that Gibson or Gretsch, you will wet your pants upon playing it. A good route for new guitar players.

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I bought this as my first guitar, becuase I was getting sick of my epiphone acoustic. I bought it at media play in the package for $200

First of all, it looks like a fender./ ITs cheap, and the strings that came with this guitar are amazing, very fast, differnt from other strings on other squier strats, and the action is set at just the right height.

I don't like the pickups, they're cheap. also, once i took out the tremolo bar, i couldn't get it back in. It dents sort of easily

quality is decent, nothing has broken yet, except it has those hairline fracures where the neck meets the body. the bolt on neck isn't great, but everything else is good

for a beginner guitarist, this is for you, i payed 200 for the guitar, 10W amp, tuner, strap, and picks. I would recommend saving and extra 150 and buying a mexican strat though because it is a more worthwhile purchase and you won't want to buy a diferent guitar.

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American Musical Supply for $199.95, free shipping.

Squire had an offer for a Stratocaster with
an alder body and alnico magnet pickups.
I believe this is the most beautiful guitar I have ever seen let alone owned. It is sort of a color copy of the Gibson heritage cherry sunburst. Absolutely a perfect finish. When I open the case it just looks so gorgeous against the black fur lining. This guitar has every complaint against Squire guitars covered! Tight sealed tuners, 3 blocks of alder body, alnico pickups, AND it is already setup to play! If I spent 20 hours on it I probably couldn't make the action any better. This is a solid, beautiful guitar and it stands on it's own as a Strat. If this is how they make them now, no one will be ashamed to be on stage
playing a Squire. Maybe I got lucky, but this is one sweet guitar.

Something this good should say Fender USA on it, but the only complaint is that Squire in China made a few bad guitars for a while and the reputation for shoddiness abounds.
I just bought a Mexican Stratocaster fresh from the factory and it is just as good as this one and they weigh exactly the same.
They both have the alder body and weigh 7 pounds, 12 ounces.

Fender has always made sure the finish on their guitars is absolutely beautiful. Heck it may not play worth a darn but they sure look good. I think Fender is listening to the complaints about the Strats of all persuasions
needing a thorough going over before they can be played and they are making some real "player ready" guitars. At least I got two that are super. If this is how Fender is doing it now then the other manufacturers better pull their socks up and make some better quality instruments or Fender will roll right over them. (Even more)

If you need a guitar to play gigs and you are a real working slob, you owe it to yourself to go and play a fresh new, not an old, Squire Strat. It's the same quality as the Mexican Strat but without the Fender logo on the head.
The Mexican Strat is a super deal also and that Fender name means a lot to the idiots in the audience. Anyway, I couldn't be happier,
the new Squires are really solid.

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I got this guitar a looooong time ago when I was 6 or 7 and didn't know what was good. I needed a new guitar, I had one, but 1 isn't enough, pretty bad choice I made when I think about it, which I am older and very much experienced and know what sounds good and what is good, and a Squire is not good at all!!!

Wow, don't EVER buy one of these, unless you have a show to play and need a junky guitar to SMASH! They are only good for smashing, they even smash like garbage, but it is always fun to smash guitars! Even for a beginner, you will sound bad as a beginner, but don't make yourself sound even worse by buying a Squire Strat!!! The only thing I like about it is the tremolo. I have a bunch of guitars, Les Pauls, a few Fender Strats and Teles, every JS guitar, and 2 PRS's! My JS's have the locking trems., they are great, the Squire has the junky tremolo, I go crazy with it, break every string, go whammy crazy!!! Then, I end up smashing it!!! I do rip the junky tremolo apart though, when it is used like how I destroy it, it just comes right off!!! The neck snaps too easily, ruins the fun!!!

EVERYTHING!!! The worst pickups!!! The switches and knobs go out very quickly!!! Junk! Junk! Junk! The worst guitar!!! I am sure there are even worse guitars, but this is one of the worst I have ever played!!! The neck snaps too quickly, it ruins the fun too quickly!! You can't be a serious guitarist with a Squire!!!

I won't even fill this in, I will fill up pages on how much a Squire is absolute trash!!! They even break like cheap junk!!!

You can't be takin seriously with a Squire, only fun to smash or destroy!!! Beginners, you will sound bad as a beginner, but don't make yourself sound even worse by getting any Squire guitars!!! I would rate it a -5 if possible, gotta give it a 1, even though it deserves negatives!!!!! But a one for kinda fun to smash on stage!!!

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I wanted a guitar with the sound of a stratocaster with a cool color and unbeatable action.I bought this guitar at portland music at beaverton.I paid 1329.00 for it. It came with a tweed case

Ilove the superb playability,fast action.Ilove the sound.It is excellent for the blues. The finish is flawless.Iwill not REGRET THIS CHOICE ONE BIT.

I'm sorry there is nothing wrong with mine?

I WOULD GIVE MY GUITAR A FOUR STAR RATING FOR CONSTRUCTION AND QUALITY.

IF I MADE AS MUCH MONEY AS YNGWIE, I'D OWN A STRING OF THEM

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I was interested in playing the electric guitar alot, i really wanted to learn the electric guitar so i could join a band and become a musician so as a beginner, i was looking for a cheap guitar to start with. I purchased my guitar from Argis and got a great deal for a beginner, it was 200 pounds from Argos included was a lead, a strap, a learners book, CD and VCR and amp.

I liked the look of the guitar, it looked like an old guitar, not in a second hand way it looked 'traditional' like a classic guitar. It isnt too heavy, its pretty light weight. The sound is below average in my oppinion, i think thats what lets the guitar down.

The strings never stay in tune or in place, they always loosen and you always have to retune them. For a beginner this is ok but for a regular band user, this will be really annoying. If you pluck a string a little heavy, the string will vibrate and produce a vibrating noise which isnt very impressive if you are playing infront of an audience.

The guitar has been made pretty well, it could be a little bit lighter. The body is real smooth and the edges are defined well. The shape makes it look like a real classic guitar. The tone changer makes the sound distorted and crackling like and the tuning coils are not sturdy enough and can move out of place if you are moving the guitar fast.

I would advise a beginner to purchase this guitar, but with a better quality amplifier as if you use a less than average amplifier, the sound and tone will be very off putting. The guitar is great for the price and is handy for a beginner. I would advise a person to tune the guitar every day too make sure that they get the ebst tune iof sound.

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i bought this guitar and long and mcQuade for about 400 dollars that with tax in came with the hole nine yards of a starter guitar i started playing guitar about 2 years ago and the guitar is still holding up

This guitar can take a beating it has a beautiful maple neck coverd in rose would. the pick-ups could be better but they are really easy to adjust. no problems with switches or knobs, And the sound is aswome i say its a great deal for a strat for afordable too. that amp the comes with it is a 12 watt fender amp with everything aswome sound.

things i dont like about hmmm... well the pick ups like i said before and screws are hard to replace if you lose them. the input tends to loosen up alot and the wood always gets striped if you play loud from the sound waves frrom the amp on high.

this guitar is built solid. besides wood stripping but then again i also play around with it alot. this guitar is very light unlike gibson whoa i tried those out before crazy



i suggest you should defanetly get this guitar if you are a new comer and later on when you get better just upgrade like i did or buy a new one


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I bought a rather fetching 3 tone sunburst squier stratocaster in a starter pack from Sound Control in Birminham, UK. It cost roughly £200, withsaid guitar, a small 10w practice amp, 3 free picks, a tutorial cd and video.

It looks soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sweet.

The first one I got, the tremolo arm cross threaded, and no humbucker, like my mates Fender...

On my new, current one... excellent.

It rules, and I learnt my first solo (AC/DC's You Shook Me All Night Long' on it. 4th position pickup selection sounds best. So I took it back and got it replaced with a newer guitar with a better action and unbelievably good fretboard..? I upgraded! For free!

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I bought this guitar, dig this, at a yard sale for 20 bucks. It was a mess, scuffed up and very dirty, as if it had sat in a damp dusty place for a long time.

I prefer the Squire strats, particularly the Indonesian ones, over the american and Mexican ones, simply because the american and Mexican made ones are of inconsistant quality, and I have never seen an american strat that was either easy to set up or held a setup once you did it. This strat has a rock hard neck that keeps its shape. I set it up twice, once when I cleaned it up (it looks new now, just needed cleaned and buffed out) and then again a couple weeks later (which is how I always set guitars up, if the truss rod needs much adjusting). I set the strings lower than on any strat I have seen, and it does not fret out anywhere. For some reason, it is hard to set american strats up with low action, they tend to have this weird buzz that does not really sound like fret buzz at the 5th -12 fret on the 6th string. This one does not do that, and the fretwork is excellent, I generally need to level and dress the frets on most guitars I aquire. Not this time, or for that matter, with any of the Korean guitars I have bought. They just seem to know how to put frets in right across the water. The only thing I might change on this guitar is the pickguard, which is nice, but only 1 ply, I would like to put a mother- of-toiletseat one on it. The electronics are great, nice and quiet considering it is single coils, and they have that nice strat tone. they are a little hotter and have a little fatter tone than most strats I have played. Hot AND tonal is hard to find.
Also, the tuners are well made, they look like gotohs, and gotohs are the best I have used as far as durability and tuning. gotohs have a high tuning ration, which makes the tuning more precise. Changing strings however, can be a bitch without a winder, being as the ration is higher and you have to turn it more times per wind. big deal. what you get in accuracy is more than what you give up in the tedium of changing the strings.

If I had paid 250 for this guitar, I would still be happy with it. I have been playing for going on 40 years, and this thing is a gem. It sounds right, it plays right, and, impossible for a strat, it stays in tune, all the time. I pick it up and play it, even if the studio has been cold over night, the guitar holds it's tune. THAT is rare.

It is typical strat construction, the body is somewhat heavy for a strat, which, I prefer heavy guitars, they are denser wood and sustain a little better. The fretboard is maple, not sure of what the other woods are, but whatever they are, they are the right choice, they have good tone, and the neck is as steady as if it was made of steel. I have an old framus with a laminated neck that is impossible to change shape, and this neck seems to be like that, it never changes.

I am amazed at the superior quality of guitars in general coming from the far and near east. They must have fantastic quality control, you seldom see a korean, indonesian, chinese or especially japanese guitar that is not precise and well made, and, they are all IDENTICAL, they seem to be all stamped out of a mold made of granite or something, I mean, they are all so close it amazes me. You can pick up ten identical american made guitars up, and every one is different. Not so with those made overseas, I can't figure it out.

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I bought this guitar in Winnipeg, Manitoba at St. Johns Music (Yamaha). I paid about $320 Canadian for it. It was my first guitar.

The sound is great. The tuning knobs are easy to use and are stylish. The 3 pickups work great. The look of the guitar is great but not original :P. 21 frets of goodness. The bridge and saddles are great. The look of the head is not original again but i like it alot. The finish is great! I have a really nice red colour it looks soooo good.

The input hole has a nut on it that always comes loose... but thats normal for guitars that have the same style. The pickup changer knob comes loose pretty easy but not too loose. There was a little bit of buzzing when i first got but when i played around with the saddles a bit it went away sounding great.

The quality of this guitar is great and its durable. I dont think they lacked on the construction in any areas...

Bottom line this guitar is great for pros and amateurs. It is easy and fun to play. Alot better than the Squier P-Bass lol that thing is a piece.

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I bought a fender guitar from my sister where she got it i dont know. I dont know much about it but i think its a japanese. the serial number is E+6 digits or E5+5 digits i dont know! this guitar is awsome. It has huge jumbo frets 2 fender single coils and a double in the back. it sounds amazing and i would sugest it to anyone willing to play a fender. I paid $200 for the guitar 2 pedals a bag, a strap and straplocks.

The guitar is amazing solid and sounds beautiful through my fender stage deluxe 90 amp. It is a great guitar and i havnt had a problem yet.

I dont like the bridge the ste up is a pain. its kinda like a floating bridge and it just makes tuning my guitar a pain. i dont like tha wammy bar and i also dont like the fact that i dont know much about it and i dont know how to find out.

I`m not too sure of the unit itself and what its constructed of because like i said i dont know much about it. Its a metallic green/silver. looks awsome and it could never be replaced with anything else it just has a feel to it!

Fender guitars are awsome and I hope someone could e mail me if you have any info to help me out here. my e-mail Is
chet_f8@hotmail.com
thanx and keep on playin

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