« Squier Affinity Stratocaster »

This was bought from George's music
for $170.00.This was bought because
I tested it out first,and it played the
same as an american Fender but it cost
$603.00 less.

It plays like a dream.It is gorgeous,it also had a super silm maple neck.Tremelo
bridge,three single-coil pickups and
5-way switching.
Positions:1-neck pickup
2-neck and middle pickup
3-middle pickup
4-middle and bridge pickup
5-bridge pickup
The top tone knob is for the neck pickup
and the tone knob in the bottom is the bridge pickup.The volume knob is for all
of the pickups.

There is nothing I don't like about this guitar.I hate heavy metal,so I am glad there are only single-coil pickups.The distortion is very smooth though,so all
you need is more wattage to do heavy metal.

This is one magnificent axe.Ok.first,let
me tell you something.Saying Squiers
aren't real Fenders is NOT true!It
even says Fender under the Squier name on
the headstock.It is exactly the same as
the one with only Fender on the headstock!
It has that good old 60's twang.It
also looked gorgeous.It had a slimmed down body,too.And you see,most affordable guitars are laminated.This can be one of two things.
1.It is made of ply wood.
2.It is made of cheap compressed varieties
of wood in one guitar.
The Squier affinity strat is SOLOD ALDER.
The body is contoured to fit who ever is playing it.It is a musical instrument as
well,not just a tool to make music with.

It is the perfect guitar unless you like humbuckers(pickups better for heavy metal).The pickups give no feedback(most single-coil pickups do.)It has a variety of sounds.It's a "real"guitar.However if you like both heavy metal and 60's rock,save money and buy an affinity fat strat.The have a humbucker at the bridge,a single-coil pickup in the middle and a single-coil pickup at the neck.

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