expiredSlickweasels posted Sep 21, 2023 04:51 PM
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expiredSlickweasels posted Sep 21, 2023 04:51 PM
Squier 40th Anniversary Electric Guitars: Telecaster, Jazzmaster, Precision Bass
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And here's a BETTER deal for the Vintage Edition 2-color sunburst Stratocaster: https://slickdeals.net/f/16939594-squier-by-fender-40th-anniversary-stratocaster-vintage-edition-electric-guitar-satin-wide-2-color-sunburst-256-fs-at-musician-s-friend-256-49
Also, I can't wait to play my, I mean her, new bass every day while she's at school.
You're always in here singing the praises of products other than in the OP. Say what you want, the Monoprice guitars are often acceptable but not great out of the box. I handled one of their new Strats just yesterday. The fret ends were pretty sharp -- not as bad as the Starcaster next to it, but definitely not comfortable -- and the neck felt completely unfinished. It was smooth, but didn't feel good. Sure, you can fix the sharp frets. You'll need a fret file (unless you want to damage the fretboard), steel wool, tape, etc. to address it. The lack of finish? That's harder. Not everyone wants to buy tools and spend the time learning to use them and the time improving the guitar to be comfortable to play. Fixing guitars, amazingly, does little to help you play better.
Most guitars benefit from a setup. New players should simply pay a professional to do it. It's $50 or so, but few want to pay that on a $50 guitar.
Fixing frets and replacing a nut costs even more. Putting in a better pickup (even a decent inexpensive Wilkinson) still more. Swapping out tuners that slip, as I did on a no name counterfeit Strat I like a lot, more still. And none of that helps your skills as a player.
So if you want to learn to be a guitar tech, the sub-$100 guitars are great. If you want to play, with your main expense being a setup, get something like this $300 Squier and have at it. If you want to give a nice gift to a kid, these Squiers are a great value in decent guitars.
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That said, IDK how to measure the difference. I have an affinity and a few months after I got it, I was trying out some amps in a store and used a CV to do that... I was astonished to realize I didn't feel like I was missing out lol. My affinity has a satin neck and holds tune very well, even when using the tremolo. It even has a surprisingly low action, though it does have fret buzz on the low e string. The action is actually lower than the CV I tried in the store hahaha.
Of course, that may have just been a skill issue.
All this said, this deal is good, if only because you're getting a shiny new one from guitar center for the same price as proaudiostar sells the 'open box' ones (that are generally also new) .
And here's a BETTER deal for the Vintage Edition 2-color sunburst Stratocaster: https://slickdeals.net/f/16939594-squier-by-fender-40th-anniversary-stratocaster-vintage-edition-electric-guitar-satin-wide-2-color-sunburst-256-fs-at-musician-s-friend-256-49
Also, I can't wait to play my, I mean her, new bass every day while she's at school.
Also, I can't wait to play my, I mean her, new bass every day while she's at school.
That said, IDK how to measure the difference. I have an affinity and a few months after I got it, I was trying out some amps in a store and used a CV to do that... I was astonished to realize I didn't feel like I was missing out lol. My affinity has a satin neck and holds tune very well, even when using the tremolo. It even has a surprisingly low action, though it does have fret buzz on the low e string. The action is actually lower than the CV I tried in the store hahaha.
Of course, that may have just been a skill issue.
All this said, this deal is good, if only because you're getting a shiny new one from guitar center for the same price as proaudiostar sells the 'open box' ones (that are generally also new) .
I'm wondering (fearing?) if glossy necks might be on all of the versions with bound fretboards and block inlays.
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I'm wondering (fearing?) if glossy necks might be on all of the versions with bound fretboards and block inlays.
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