I'll remove the back plate and take a picture of what's inside and post it here; I'll try to do that tomorrow if I get a chance. Most likely, I won't make any adjustments myself.
I'll make sure my friend is there to guide me. He did mention he thought I was capable of doing it by myself. Based on what you said, I'm not so sure. I would leave the trem springs as they are. I do apologize, I've been a bit overwhelmed at work, and the wife's been keeping me on the honey-do's, and my dog ate my homework.
I have looked at a few Strat body guitars lately, both Fender and Squier, and a few other off brands too, and I have noted that very few of them have any off-kilter situations that were visible from the top. A xe C entral. What model is my Squier Strat, what country was it made in and in what year was it made? By Steve, 2 years ago on Electric Guitar Values. It looks like a Classic Vibe 60's, but I should be so lucky!
Can you help me to find what model, where it was made and in what year? Model number is I hope this helps. Thanks Sparky2, I appreciate your help! I have another question which I hope you can help with.
Steve, Can you take a photo of the bridge at the problem spot? I'm not tracking with what you are describing, sir. Sparky2, Here are some photos that should help show the problem. I hope I kept steady and straight. There are 9 pix in total. I put 6 here and will place the other 3 in another reply Thanks!
Blond color with brown on it My eric Clapton strat has a serial no. I have a Fender Stratocaster Squier series made in Japan. The serial is T Here are the last 3 photos Share. Steve, That's a really unusual set up there, sir! You say it plays nicely, stays in tune, and intonates properly though? What is unusual about it?
I don't play electric very much, so I'm not sure what you're referring to. Steve, I wasn't criticizing the guitar, sir. But if it intonates well, stays in tune, and plays great, then it's a fabulous guitar. What do you think? Steve, I would wait, and work with your buddy who has 25 years experience with guitars.
Those may interest you: What model and year is my DeArmond? Harmony guitar made in China - can't read model number. How to find out the year the year a strat was made?
Sparky, Thank you very much for your suggestions; I appreciate them as well as I do your expertise. Thanks again for your help. Hi Sparky, I met with my friend with 25 years of guitar experience and he explained some things to me that I didn't know. I have done both over the years, sadly!! Sparky, We could see thru the slots on the back plate that there are 2 springs. Hi Sparky, Here are pictures inside the back plate. There are 3 springs. CSX sounds interesting I wonder if they do good work.
My 1 favorite guitar best action and overall feel is a COB Bullet I will post pictures when it arrives next week All guitars need a "born on" date like anheuser busch beer.. BiggBaddWolf , Oct 27, I'm betting it's a Pictures coming! StratTuner , Oct 28, No date under the neck. They have one visible screw each like most modern sealed tuners, but they are engraved with "Squier" like the Fender Standard tuners.
Makes it hard to tell the date. The red tortoise pickguard doesn't work for it well, so i'm ging with all black acccents and HSS StratTuner , Nov 3, Same thing as with the guy's guitar from topic "Forgive me , I'ma lazy I recently picked one up in a pawnshop. Maple fretboard, red body.
Its cool seeing all the positive comments regarding the "Squier Series". My opinion is just that. My opinion. Most people who end up with one of these seem to do so in the beginner stage of their playing days.
I think that has a lot to do with their positive views of these particular Fenders. Seasoned guitar players who've owned and played more guitars than a woodchuck can chuck have long since established personal standards of what makes one guitar better than another. Thats fine and usually helpful. Fender players can be fiercely loyal and highly knowledgable about their guitars - and for good reason!
Buuuut, sometimes that loyalty can be blinding. Theres no better example than anyone who belives the only true Fenders are the ones made in the U. All others be damned. Im not a label snob or anything. I realize there are diffrrences across the product line. But the Fender company would never and should never label a product to be anything than what it represents.
Its nice to have the big, grey Fender logo to look at on the headstock. But that's hardly the reason it feels, and plays, and sounds as amazing as it does. People have a habit of buying one of these and immediately bastardize it before even playing it.
I've been told how cheap the electronics are and that the laminate body is less than desirable. However, the sum of its whole as it came off the showroom floor is, to me, the key to what makes my so-called cheaply made budget guitar sound the way much more expensive Strats wish they could sound. I was a teenager in when I broke my Piggy bank and bought me a brand new American Standard Stratocaster in 2-tone sunburst.
I loved that guitar. It was my only electric for a few years before I started building my very own guitars and bought a few broken ones to fix on eBay.
When I got a decent hand at building I sold my American Standard for way too cheap and regretted it the day after. I mean it was my first real good guitar and the one I learned to play on. A couple of the guitars I bought on eBay and fixed were japanese Gibson copies from the late 70's - early 80's Burny brand which, to me, are as good if not better than the real thing.
So when I saw a local ad for a black japanese Strat I went to check it out. The guitar was decent, very good, it had the perfect neck satin, thin but not too thin, rosewood fingerboard and faultless workmanship and played and sounded great. Didnt care much fof the bridge and tuners though. It was a Fender Squier series. I bought the guitar. Now the seller had another guitar in a corner of the room. I asked him about it.
He told me "yeah, I'm selling it too but I haven't listed it yet". Headstock said Squier silver series. It was black with a maple neck. Apparently it was a I tried it and it hit me : "this is my old American Strat!! Truely wonderful guitar. I bought it too. When I arrived home, my wife said "you already have so many guitars I hope you didn't buy another".
Anyway, some of these old Squiers or Fender-Squiers are true gems for the price, they just might need upgraded pots and hardware. Great article! I picked a 95 Squier Series up at a guitar show today that had a nice set of SA's in it. Once I got it home I noticed "Squier Series" at the top of the headstock was lightly sanded off..
I kinda panicked thinking I overpayed for a guitar I played for 10 mintues and fell in love with. It's an excellent guitar!!!! It has a single ply pick guard. Someone gave it to my dad and he was going to try to sell it. I saw the squire series and I discouraged him by explaining a squire was not a true fender and he would probably end up getting like 50 buck due to the condition.
The persone who gave it to him did not take great care of it I think - the pickup selector is kind of Finicky and volume pot was a little crackly. So he asked if I wanted it and I said yeah.
I've got to say, it does not feel like a cheapo guitar when I play it. And the neck just feels awesome. One of the smoothest and most confortable necks I have ever played on. I just love it. On this neck they are totally smooth. I don't know the technical term but they taper smoothly down to the edges of the neck which make for very smooth playing.
When you slide your hand up and down the kneck when you are playing you can't even feel the ends of the frets. I don't know if it is significant or not but another detail about the neck that I never see on othe squires is that it has the dark stripe along the back which I think is related to the truss rod. Thanks for your interesting article. Having buy exactly the guitar that you describe, I ask myself for years if I really had a real stratocaster : I'm glad for all the information you provided and while it is not now my main guitar I have a Les Paul Trad.
I have to say that this Strat "squier series" '94 is very pleasant to play. I bought one of these about 3 months ago and actually it is the best guitar I have ever played :.
Electronic components are of the lowest quality as well as the bridge and tuners As a user said before, I've found mine very very light and when I play it unplugged you can hear the sound resonating in the body. I would know which wood is the body made of. I have another guitar like Sander and Devlin HSS, 3-ply pickguard, silver logo and a single tone pot - broken and freely rotating on mine.
Tokai, Fernandes etc, below the 50k yen level during the 70's and 80's. I was quite surprised to see them on my '95 - '96 guitar. That makes this story incomplete. Unfortunately there are only a few information from this era left.
What we can say sure: The instrument is a Standard Strat, the Squier series instruments eventually became Standards or the Traditional series. I purchased my Fender Squire in Bought it at Guitar Center for I only buy guitars according to how they play, action,sound etc. Mine is white, not my fav. It played better than a Fender Strat they wanted Nice lookin guitar but the Squire definitely outplayed it. I own Certain Ibanez electric and acoustics, Alvarez acoustic, Taylor acoustic.
The Squire and Taylor play and sound better than any I have played. I recently had Seymour Duncan pickups installed and im very very happy with my squire.
It is still my daily player at gigs or at home for fun. I have been playing for 40 yrs and will play against any other guitarist of my caliper with my Fender Squire anytime. I also accidentally bought one of these on ebay in thinking it was a regular MIM strat. I replaced the tuners with Grover locking, pickups with Fender hot noiseless, and I put some graphite saddles in the bridge plus 3-ply guard and cover. Everyone who plays the guitar loves it and says it sounds great.
If you believe the lore about American bodies and necks so much the better. I own a beautiful Fender Squire Stratocaster, blonde body, beautiful maple neck, serial number starts with "VN" no one has talked about these particular Strats as yet with the VN as the first two letters in the serial number followed by numbers,. Black body, maple fingerboard. It was pretty bet up.
Mine has very small frets. I just kept the neck, body and jack and replaced everything else. It does not have "squier" in the neck pocket. The neck is too narrow at the heel to accommodate a vintage spaced tremelo. It is louder unplugged, rings better, and sustains as well as any of the 30 or so Strats I've been through in the last 30 years, regardless of where they were made.
I finally replaced the neck on it this year, since the frets were very worn. The body on mine is extremely light.
Keep it simple stupid. If you bought a Fender Squire made anywhere for good price, and your a beginner learning you will be happy. If you get better and confidence is up, nothing wrong with upgrading. I have played professionally and for enjoyment. I've had cheap and expensive guitars. I learned early. Quality remains long after price is forgotten. However there is a price tag attached to anything built to a standard and high quality.
I am now playing a Epiphone, and a Fender Squire. Epiphone is OK. I will say the Fender was given to me free of charge. The best guitar? A free one! I adjusted action, pick ups, and set intonation and Amazing Grace, it played really good and. Sounded surprisingly good. I have played live with worse that cost me more. I am surprised no doubt. I guarantee you one thing, if you have a really good guitar player, he can make most anything sound good.
Learn and practice hard and then play even more. Maybe some day those very large expensive Manufacturing Companies will be giving those guitars to you for your autograph. I bought an affinity squire stray sn CY Feels as good and better as any stray I've owned or played. Is it possible that this could be American Stock assembled im china with cheap parts?
I snatched this baby up for 30 bucks. I also own two 80's jap strats, a Jimmy Vaughn stray, and an American deluxe strat. The build quality on this squire is as good as the jap ones and the jimmy Vaughn for sure if not better. It plays and feels great. Awesome sustain unplugged. I have a MN4 precision bass and I added custom shop pickups and replaced the pots and pick guard. Sounds good to me!! I have one and I didn't know anything about it.
I'm really happy I found this. Thank you! Recently i bought a guitar. I have a squier strat that was built in I believe. The only thing I've ever done to it was change the tuners. I put the vintage style fender tuners on it and I have to say it is one of the best playing and sounding guitars I have ever owned.
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