forum threadjivv posted Nov 06, 2025 04:01 PM
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forum threadjivv posted Nov 06, 2025 04:01 PM
Indio by Monoprice Cali Classic Electric Guitar with Gig Bag, Black $69
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I have three now, in red, white and blue, and just ordered a fourth in black at this price. I've had five others before. I buy them when cheap, fine tune their already good setup, noodle with them for a while, and then give them to aspiring players who can't afford a guitar.
I'm watching for their Tele copy to go back on sale for my next.
It's pretty incredible how nice these are for the price. China really has the guitar building process nailed down, and the cost of materials over there must be outrageously cheap.
I can't even put together a roster of the metal parts necessary for any less than this price. (Tuners, string trees, strings, fretwire, truss rod, neck plate, neck bolts, bridge, tremolo, pickups, shielding tape, pickup switch, wiring, potentiometers, capacitors TRS jack, strap buttons and all the little screws.) It's like getting the wood, pickguard, back cover, finish materials, a nice padded gig bag, and all the labor free.
I have three now, in red, white and blue, and just ordered a fourth in black at this price. I've had five others before. I buy them when cheap, fine tune their already good setup, noodle with them for a while, and then give them to aspiring players who can't afford a guitar.
I'm watching for their Tele copy to go back on sale for my next.
It's pretty incredible how nice these are for the price. China really has the guitar building process nailed down, and the cost of materials over there must be outrageously cheap.
I can't even put together a roster of the metal parts necessary for any less than this price. (Tuners, string trees, strings, fretwire, truss rod, neck plate, neck bolts, bridge, tremolo, pickups, shielding tape, pickup switch, wiring, potentiometers, capacitors TRS jack, strap buttons and all the little screws.) It's like getting the wood, pickguard, back cover, finish materials, a nice padded gig bag, and all the labor free.
I've been buying and repairing pawn shop and thrift store guitars for entry level students who can't afford them for over 30 years. These days, new guitars are so inexpensive, I'm buying them new as well, for the same purpose. I've had over 200 guitars come across my workbench because I've worked my way up to averaging more than one a month. These Indio guitars are every bit as good as an entry-level Squier and then some.
Don't be a brand snob just because you're not familiar with them.
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It may or may not be full thickness (I don't have a Strat here to compare) but the carves are wrong or incomplete - it's like someone tried to describe a Strat and they made a copy.
Don't get me wrong, it's better than it has any right to be at $70. But anyone saying it rivals a classic vibe Squier is being incredibly disingenuous and misleading. It just doesn't. I've never had hands on a Debut, so maybe they're similar. Affinity has been a real lottery for me - a few that were actually a treat, most just "fine", a couple of stinkers (the stinkers were still better IMO). But CV or the other higher end Squiers are miles and miles from this - the one I got at least.
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