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Description and title should note these are Squiers. Fine guitars, but when you put this price level in a "Fender" in a listing, musicians like me will assume those are MIM Fenders. A $350 Squier guitar is okay but not slick IMO. A $350 Fender MIM would be slick.
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sjohnson7591
08-23-2023 at 12:20 PM.
08-23-2023 at 12:20 PM.
All Squires?
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08-23-2023 at 08:25 PM.
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fewlio
08-24-2023 at 12:30 PM.
08-24-2023 at 12:30 PM.
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This thing is dope!

https://www.fender.com/en-US/elec...83300.html
because whammy bar barely fits on tele , it has no body color to surround it from all sides. So it looks really awful, that

and all that chrome / polished metal stuff, and all that stuff is so packed and close to each other, looks like it was just slapped on there, by some schlub in his garage.
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dealgate
08-24-2023 at 01:51 PM.
08-24-2023 at 01:51 PM.
FYI: ALL Squire Fenders are made in China.
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fritzo
08-24-2023 at 01:55 PM.
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These collab shirts are kind of weird
Yeah- Wrangler Fender?
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08-24-2023 at 02:37 PM.

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08-24-2023 at 02:37 PM.
Description and title should note these are Squiers. Fine guitars, but when you put this price level in a "Fender" in a listing, musicians like me will assume those are MIM Fenders. A $350 Squier guitar is okay but not slick IMO. A $350 Fender MIM would be slick.
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haoyuanren
08-24-2023 at 10:49 PM.
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FYI: ALL Squire Fenders are made in China.

Maybe when you were young, but 40th squiers are made in Indonesia, I have some.
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dealgate
08-25-2023 at 03:39 AM.
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Maybe when you were young, but 40th squiers are made in Indonesia, I have some.
I am seeing they are made in both China and Indonesia. For items like this where we have a choice, I will always choose not to buy Chinese products. Informed is empowered. I don't fund our enemies when I can avoid it.

FYI: Indonesia is a Chinese ally as well. They will fight with China when the time comes.
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08-25-2023 at 09:03 AM.
08-25-2023 at 09:03 AM.
Quote from Slikku :
Description and title should note these are Squiers. Fine guitars, but when you put this price level in a "Fender" in a listing, musicians like me will assume those are MIM Fenders. A $350 Squier guitar is okay but not slick IMO. A $350 Fender MIM would be slick.
This.

Squiers are of course made by some part of the Fender corp, but they are not considered "Fenders" by musicians, so a lot of people clicked on these links, said "oh, they're Squires, not Fenders", and moved on.
For whatever reason, it's perfectly acceptable to show up with an Epiphone (Gibson's low end sub-brand), but bringing out your Squire gets a different reaction. Not going to validate that, but just an observation. Even on Fender's website, they segregate them, the headings say:
- Guitars
- Acoustics
- Bases
- Amps
- Accessories
- Squiers

which is odd, almost like even Fender it going to some lengths to differentiate that they're not actual Fender guitars.

So I am not pooping on them or the deal (I own an old Squier tele which is very playable but a bit weak and non-Tele sounding), but there are plenty of other entry level guitars that IMO can compete for $350 (my SD'd $90 Monoprice tele, once I filed the razor fret edges, sounds nicer than my Squier ), and there's no brand-only value for a Squier (one is arguably buying a Fender for the name)
so this is not particularly slick IMO and it would save folks some time to put "Squier" in the title so they know what this really is about
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08-25-2023 at 09:42 AM.
08-25-2023 at 09:42 AM.
Quote from allrighta :
This.

Squiers are of course made by some part of the Fender corp, but they are not considered "Fenders" by musicians, so a lot of people clicked on these links, said "oh, they're Squires, not Fenders", and moved on.
For whatever reason, it's perfectly acceptable to show up with an Epiphone (Gibson's low end sub-brand), but bringing out your Squire gets a different reaction. Not going to validate that, but just an observation. Even on Fender's website, they segregate them, the headings say:
- Guitars
- Acoustics
- Bases
- Amps
- Accessories
- Squiers

which is odd, almost like even Fender it going to some lengths to differentiate that they're not actual Fender guitars.

So I am not pooping on them or the deal (I own an old Squier tele which is very playable but a bit weak and non-Tele sounding), but there are plenty of other entry level guitars that IMO can compete for $350 (my SD'd $90 Monoprice tele, once I filed the razor fret edges, sounds nicer than my Squier ), and there's no brand-only value for a Squier (one is arguably buying a Fender for the name)
so this is not particularly slick IMO and it would save folks some time to put "Squier" in the title so they know what this really is about

Yeah because they need to keep their brands distinct, otherwise nobody would buy a mia fender Stratocaster for 4x what a squire costs. Sure the mia is better. Max 2x though. I have miA fenders, but I keep thinking, nah, I'd rather have 4 squiers. Cool active jazz master bass…contemporary strat…40th tele, etc.
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08-25-2023 at 11:37 AM.
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Quote from dealgate :
FYI: ALL Squire Fenders are made in China.
Even the ones that were made in Japan or Indonesia?
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08-25-2023 at 02:18 PM.
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Even the ones that were made in Japan or Indonesia?
LOL you raise a good point. And a very good question. I suspect they have them in just enough places to claim "generally" that they are not "always" made in China. As far as I know, none are produced in Japan (anymore). Just China and China-lite (Indonesia).

All I know is when you buy the cheapest you are rarely happy.
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08-25-2023 at 03:26 PM.
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I love my Indonesia-made Squier 40th Anniv Jazzmaster, I've played the heck out of it and have already recorded with it. FWIW it's sitting on the rack with an American Stratocaster. For the money these can be excellent instruments, my only point is specifying Squier in the Slickdeals posting saves people time if they have a preference against Squiers.
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08-26-2023 at 05:05 PM.
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This thing is dope!

https://www.fender.com/en-US/elec...83300.html
Hell yeahs! I always dreamt about putting a bigsby on a tele. Didn't know they actually made one.
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08-26-2023 at 08:19 PM.
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Quote from allrighta :
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For whatever reason, it's perfectly acceptable to show up with an Epiphone (Gibson's low end sub-brand), but bringing out your Squire gets a different reaction. Not going to validate that, but just an observation.

There are levels within Squire and Epiphone too. I owned a decent Squire and a high end Epiphone Prophecy with 490 Gibson pickups and the difference in quality, sound and playability are very noticeable. I bet there are some great Squires out there.
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