All been said ... crafted in china ... but unlike the nonsense that often read work is very clean. It's a very nice guitar, well finished, the woods are not those of us versions but for the price c is impec.La mine is a series of 25th anniversary 2004 Metallic gold.
I bought it as an opportunity to see if I liked to play electric and I must admit that I do make progress Enom.

UTILIZATION

Very good round access strat worthy of any form.
the pickups are not great warrior but they respect the fender well.
Nothing to do with us because the strat definition and volume of exit is not comparable, but in comparison to a stratum based Mexican honestly there is no difference. I tried several Mexican before I decide to buy an American Deluxe Start and my squier holds water.
Moreover, despite the purchase of the american deluxe squier I keep the weekend to go on with a guitar who fears nothing

SOUNDS

I play rock, country blues on a Vox Valvetronic 3O watts again no comparison between my us (was € 1700) my squier (€ 345), however, coupled to a pedal Behringer GDI 21 (21 copies tech) that boosts the lack of punch the small pickups squier sounds great and blends in perfectly with a mix

OVERALL OPINION

You understood I love my little squier I think that I would peer over the microphones pechus later because I am a very attanché the first fender. For the beginner it is perfect and second guitar that is not afraid to shock it is divine to € 345 is to hell. (Cort only the finest teams of microphones may overshadow it, but it is not the same price, they are dearer °)