Is this fishy??

viz · June 2018

Groan, these jokes are giving me a haddock

robgilmo · June 2018

Squier did come out of Mexico in the mid 90's, there was the Fender Squier Series which had a Fender logo, a Black one too, but the photos are too blurry to make anything out. It was before they moved production to Asia, they were basically mex Strats with cheap hardware and electronics, all the blanks were cut in California in the USA plant, around the same time as the fire in the mex plant, lots about this on Google.

robgilmo · June 2018

Looking at the cheap tuners , that could well be a Squier Series Fender. Most people though just rub out the ''Squier Series'' and leave the Fender on the logo.

robgilmo · June 2018

https://en.audiofanzine.com/stc-shaped-guitar/fender/stratocaster-made-in-mexico-squier-series/medias/pictures/a.play,m.894997.html

thegummy · June 2018

Am I the only one who thinks putting a fake logo on a guitar is incredibly cringy?

sweepy · June 2018

I have worked on a Mex Strat that had Squier in black marker pen in the pickup cavity

robgilmo · June 2018

Apparently Mex Strats and Squier Strats used the same bodies when they were both built in Mexico , its not uncommon, they are exactly the same bodies, cut in California and finished in Mexico, they all came off the same shelf.
https://forums.fender.com/viewtopic.php?t=46444
Not to be mistaken for the Standard MiM Fender guitars of the same period with the Silver logo.

HAL9000 · June 2018

68 squid?!

robgilmo · June 2018

That'll probably sell for a wee bit more than that. Old Squiers seem to be getting popular nowadays.

horse · June 2018

Looks Brill

thermionic · June 2018

My first thought was partscaster - MIM standard neck on a Squier body. The colour and single ply guard look like the MIM Squier Series guitars, but they had a bold black modern Fender logo and “Squier Series” where “Original Contour Body” is.