Squier 51's are back....

Niallmo

Why did no-one tell me?  (apologies if there is a thread and I've missed it!)

£228 at Andertons....

I was looking for Squier Cabronitas but these would be more my style.

thumpingrug

I like that.  

Niallmo

I also love this...doesnt say Thailand only this time....O'Larn Signature II

Dave_Mc

You could pick up the MIJ Fender version on thomann for not much more than that (ok so about £100 more) a while back. Price seems to have gone up, unfortunately, now they're the guts of £400 (probably even slightly more once you factor in credit card foreign currency charges etc.).

DrBob

It's a good thing that they're not bringing the Sham Kamikaze sig to the UK, what with it's lefty CBS stock & reverse angle bridge pickup & vintage white paint..

mart

While we're on the topic of obscure overseas-only signature Squiers, I always fancied the look of the Ehsaan Noorani Strat, especially in transparent green like in Tony Bacon's Squier book.

http://assets.fender.com/shared/artists/fender/564/aae5a1b6a7de57a09f091cd8f490e080-featured-original.jpg

Bucket

I have no idea who O-Larn or Sham Kamikaze are, but I like their Strats a lot.

ToneControl

I got the Japanese 51 for about £350, they are £395 now from Thomann, but this really is a £650-£750 guitar, with a lovely neck - plays better than most USA Fender stuff. I would strongly recommend it

horse

I hadn't realised thomann did MIJ fender. Pretty pricey though other than the 51.

littlethoughts

I have a pawn shop 51 and it is an absolutely lovely instrument. The neck is worth the price of admission alone. The going rate used is about £300-£325 or maybe even less, so if I was after a spare I'd probably just buy another rather than the squier...

IanSavage

Dave_Mc said:

You could pick up the MIJ Fender version on thomann for not much more than that (ok so about £100 more) a while back. Price seems to have gone up, unfortunately, now they're the guts of £400 (probably even slightly more once you factor in credit card foreign currency charges etc.).

Still got 'em for £350 at GAK as long as you can live with black...

marktheharp

the Squire range is killing me,big big GAS !
want a bigsby cabronita ,a telemaster type build and always wanted a 51! doh :-)

Niallmo

I have 4 or 5 Squiers I now NEED rather than WANT lol. Finest guitar brand on the planet. IMO of course.

Dave_Mc

IanSavage said:

Dave_Mc said:

You could pick up the MIJ Fender version on thomann for not much more than that (ok so about £100 more) a while back. Price seems to have gone up, unfortunately, now they're the guts of £400 (probably even slightly more once you factor in credit card foreign currency charges etc.).

Still got 'em for £350 at GAK as long as you can live with black...

Good spot EDIT: It says "please phone" next to delivery, that sometimes means it's not in stock.

Flanging_Fred

I think it's slightly a shame that they didn't have a look through the squier 51 modders forum before reissuing them.
I like my original squier 51 but I agree with a lot of the modders that it should have a tone control and mini toggle to switch pickups and not a rotary pickup selector.

Hmm, black pawn shop 51s In GAK for 350 eh? I'm sure the missus wouldn't notice if my black squier 51 magically turned into a black fender 51

OilCityPickups

Missed picking up an original squire 51 when they were going silly cheap. They always were a cracking good idea. I think they usually sound better with something more PAF like in the chuff end mind.

boogieman

Guitarist mag did an article on a neck swap for a Squier 51 once, they put a baritone conversion neck in. Looked cool as fcuk. Always fancied having a go self.

dchwhite

I like the 51 modding articles at spacklehoss.com.

DrBob

TheGuitarWeasel said:

Missed picking up an original squire 51 when they were going silly cheap. They always were a cracking good idea. I think they usually sound better with something more PAF like in the chuff end mind.

if ever there was a guitar crying out for a Brassknuckle in they bridge position it's one of those !

littlethoughts

TheGuitarWeasel;54574" said:

Missed picking up an original squire 51 when they were going silly cheap. They always were a cracking good idea. I think they usually sound better with something more PAF like in the chuff end mind.

Man, likewise. Weren't they about £100? A mate of mine has one and he still uses it all the time as his "go to, do anything" guitar. Still, I love my pawn shop one. £280 used and worth double that.

OilCityPickups

The buggers were £99.95 ... to get us all hooked I wouldn't doubt

If I ever manage to get around to picking one up my pickup idea would indeed be a BrassKnuckle in the butt end ... and a high output tapped Strat in the neck.