Squier by Fender Affinity Stratocaster HSS Beginner Electric Guitar – Rosewood Fingerboard, Slick Silver
The best value in electric guitar design, the Affinity Series Stratocaster HSS delivers solid sound and style with single-coil and humbucking pickups, a two-color headstock logo, single-ply “platinum sparkle” pickguard and eye-catching finishes. Classic features, giant sound and modern playability make this Stratocaster a great introduction to our famous sound and feel.
Product Features
- Squier’s Affinity Series provides the best value in instrument design available today, and is the perfect choice for the aspiring musician
- Two Single-Coil Stratocaster pickups are paired with a humbucking bridge pickup for a perfect balance between classic Fender and modern aggressive tones
- Vintage-Style Synchronized tremolo bridge provides classic Strat shimmer
- The modern “C” shaped neck provides universal comfort for any style of playing
- All Squier instruments are designed by Fender and contain the crucial “DNA” that makes Fender instruments so iconic
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…