Squier by Fender Affinity Stratocaster Beginner Electric Guitar – Rosewood Fingerboard, Surf Green
Squier Affinity Series guitars are the best value in electric guitar design. The Affinity Series Stratocaster delivers solid sound and style, and new for 2013 are a two-color headstock logo, three-ply white/black/white pick guard, and eye-catching Lake Placid Blue, Shell Pink, Burgundy Mist and Surf Green finishes. Other features include three single-coil pickups with five-way switching, smooth-playing rosewood fingerboard with 21 medium jumbo frets, synchronous tremolo bridge and large ’60s-style headstock.
Product Features
- Alder body with gloss polyurethane finish
- Maple neck with 9.5 in radius maple fingerboard with 21 medium jumbo frets
- 3 Single-Coil Pickups
- Synchronous Tremolo Bridge
- Master volume with 2 tone controls with 5 position pickup selector switch
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Good surprise I bought this thinking of it as a base for modding. I was surprised by how well made this guitar is. I also have an american stand strat to compare too. You can clearly see that the neck maple on the fender is a better quality, but the one on the squier had a good hefty feel to it, same satin finish. I think I got lucky since the frets were perfectly leveled and fret ends were smooth. I was thinking about changing the neck but I’m definitely keeping it, the only thing I’ll swap is the nut,…
It plays fantastic and stays in tune while playing even after some tremolo dive-bombs. I’m going to say right off the bat I know very little about guitars and this is my first electric I bought to use to learn. However the quality of this guitar seems to be pretty good. It should be known that the Affinity model has a slightly smaller locking nut than a standard stratocaster if that that matters to you. The finish on it is really nice, the silvery grey pickguard looks great against the black body. The rosewood fretboard is very smooth and well finished. The fret wires are…