Squier... Insane value?

darthed1981

Hey Fretboard, how is it hanging, free and easy I hope?

I think I might have a Squier problem.

I currently own two, A Classic Vibe Tele Custom, and a Bullet Strat, that a fellow boarder set up for me at the weekend (thanks mate if you are reading this), and will now be my number one guitar at the jam, yup, I'm going to play with a £100 guitar, because it is so light that it feels like it isn't there.

They are so playable and such amazing value, so I kind of want two more...

https://www.coda-music.com/squier-vintage-modified-jazzmaster-olympic-white.html

and

https://www.coda-music.com/squier-vintage-modified-72-telecaster-thinline-sunburst.html

put me off, tell me to GAS, tell me I'm mad, but whenever I look at the more expensive Fenders etc, they are lovely, but none of the ones I've met yet are "the one".  These two seem like they are the fun girls you spend some time with who aren't the one, but you remember fondly.

I also kind of want a Classic Vibe strat and I'm really cross I didn't buy one of the pink ones Andertons were selling off last Xmas.

What do you think chaps and chapesses?

stimpsonslostson

Allow me to be the voice of reason. 
Under NO circumstances should you buy two more guitars!















You should buy 3! 
http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c7718a71f2bd0f36c43798bb14c02129-480-80.jpg
Classic Vibe in shiny PURPLE! OOOoooohhhh!

Ravenous

darthed1981 said:

What do you think chaps and chapesses?

Honest opinion? Keep the money in the bank until you realise Squiers are not "the one" after all. Then you'll have the readies to get something better.

But it's your money

mikeyrob73

stimpsonslostson said:

Allow me to be the voice of reason. 
Under NO circumstances should you buy two more guitars!















You should buy 3! 
http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c7718a71f2bd0f36c43798bb14c02129-480-80.jpg
Classic Vibe in shiny PURPLE! OOOoooohhhh!

fucking love that

Funkfingers

Ooh, er, missus. Somebody here likes shiny purple heads.



Opinion #1 - If you enjoy budget guitars, by all means, continue to do so.

Opinion #2 - What amplification are you using? It is possible that there is a difference between budget and expensive guitars but your amp is incapable of revealing it.

Opinion #3 - The money that you propose to spend on numerous inexpensive guitars would probably be enough to purchase one, superior guitar. 

Opinion #4 - Coda Music is telling me to STFU.

mikeyrob73

Love a matching headstock @Funkfingers ;

i know they are an acquired taste but i luvs em 

Sassafras

I think 'chapesses' doesn't really work as a collective noun.

darthed1981

mikeyrob73 said:

stimpsonslostson said:

Allow me to be the voice of reason. 
Under NO circumstances should you buy two more guitars!















You should buy 3! 
http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c7718a71f2bd0f36c43798bb14c02129-480-80.jpg
Classic Vibe in shiny PURPLE! OOOoooohhhh!

fucking love that

That's the one I missed out on pink/purple, Andertons were selling it for £250.

darthed1981

Ravenous said:

darthed1981 said:

What do you think chaps and chapesses?

Honest opinion? Keep the money in the bank until you realise Squiers are not "the one" after all. Then you'll have the readies to get something better.

But it's your money

You got a phantom lol for that, wasn't me!

I already know on some level they aren't the one.  Probably someday, oneday it will be some kind of tele.  There seems something fundamentally honest and pure about a proper tele.

But I'd quite like to play the field a bit before I settle down?

darthed1981

Funkfingers said:

Opinion #1 - If you enjoy budget guitars, by all means, continue to do so.

Opinion #2 - What amplification are you using? It is possible that there is a difference between budget and expensive guitars but your amp is incapable of revealing it.

Opinion #3 - The money that you propose to spend on numerous inexpensive guitars would probably be enough to purchase one, superior guitar. 

Opinion #4 - Coda Music is telling me to STFU.

Respectively..

I very much do, plus I don't worry about smacking them around, I'm a clumsy oaf.

A Boss Katana 50 for the most part, I'm unlikely in the near future to be in a situation where I'm thrashing into a Mesa Boogie on stage, home volumes only.

Indeed it would, I just have not found a single expensive guitar yet that feels to me THAT much better than the cheap ones.  Better sure, no question, but not THAT much better, not yet.

Coda Music have been highly recommended to me, I believe their main man posts here sometimes.

Nikko

Theres a pink bullet strat on ebay for £70 at the moment...

...just sayin'

darthed1981

Sassafras said:

I think 'chapesses' doesn't really work as a collective noun.

Usually fairly redundant around here as well, but there are some lady-members of the board.

usedtobe

Sassafras said:

I think 'chapesses' doesn't really work as a collective noun.

Works for me!

digitalscream

darthed1981 said:

I currently own two, A Classic Vibe Tele Custom, and a Bullet Strat, that a fellow boarder set up for me at the weekend (thanks mate if you are reading this), and will now be my number one guitar at the jam, yup, I'm going to play with a £100 guitar, because it is so light that it feels like it isn't there.

I'm guessing you'll be wanting to try my Jaden Rose Modern T Light at the jam, then. Trust me, it'll definitely cure you of your Squier addiction

EDIT:

darthed1981 said:

I very much do, plus I don't worry about smacking them around, I'm a clumsy oaf.

Never mind, then 

DulcetJones

I have said this before here, Squiers are good guitars.   I've owned 3 and still have 2 of them.  I sold off the strat because I've never really been a strat guy and bought it to really see.  I currently use my butterscotch Squier Tele(Affinity, about 12  years old) as my main gigging guitar.  Last year I bought a vintage modified Squier Mustang.  The only thing that keeps me from gigging the Mustang is I don't want anything to happen to it.

darthed1981

digitalscream said:

darthed1981 said:

I very much do, plus I don't worry about smacking them around, I'm a clumsy oaf.

Never mind, then 

To clarify, I have the utmost respect for others property and will take the greatest care of any guitar I touch at the jam

Just worry about my own really, you haven't seen my kids when they see a guitar.  They will stop soon enough when they get a snapped E-string around the chops when they break it I suspect!

antifash

With a couple of mods, the Squier CV 50s Tele I own became better than far more expensive Teles I've owned. I doubt I'd get rid of it. The CV series is terrific and I commend you on your selection. It's not how much you spend on a guitar: it's what you do with it. 

Maynehead

I picked up a Squier Standard Strat a couple weeks ago, and I'm shocked at its quality. The frets were perfectly level, allowing me to get the action down lower than a lot of the expensive guitars I've had. The neck feels nice and thin which makes it effortless to play.

Some of the nut slots needed lowering but that was a 10 min job, and now the only thing that differentiates it from a much more expensive guitar is the pickups.

Not sure if I got lucky but it's changed my opinion of Squiers for the better.

darthed1981

antifash said:

It's not how much you spend on a guitar: it's what you do with it. 

Oh.... but I suck ....

Rocker

I checked out a Squier JB bass recently. No doubt it was a very good bass but not for me. If I was a gigging player, it would be a good buy. It did not feel right in my hands.

darthed1981

I really should have bought the burgundy must classic vibe strat when I had a chance.

Must save my pennies for the next insane bargain I see!