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Post subject: Great bargain...
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:00 pm
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They are great bargains.


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Post subject: Re: My take on squire guitars.
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:42 pm
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As a former metal guitarist I would STRONGLY advise against buying a Fender guitar. If you are going to play something like Fall Out Boy it'll do just fine, but if you want a quality metal guitar you should stick with Dean, ESP/LTD, Ibanez, Jackson, Schecter, or even BC Rich.

It definitely comes down to personal preference, but in my opinion Fenders have a boring cliche design and sound a bit tinny. :wink:


Fenders designs are not cliche, they invented the Strat. What's cliche is the variations of Strats and Strat-body influenced instruments offered by ESP/LTD, Ibanez, Jackson, and Schecter. Don't get me wrong, I own a Schecter, but these are the companies that are being cliche. Those other companies offer so many different variations of what is basically a strat body that the original power of the Strat body has been taken away from the Fender Strat, now thats cliche.

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Post subject: Re: My take on squire guitars.
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:25 pm
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sainttragedy wrote:
As a former metal guitarist I would STRONGLY advise against buying a Fender guitar. If you are going to play something like Fall Out Boy it'll do just fine, but if you want a quality metal guitar you should stick with Dean, ESP/LTD, Ibanez, Jackson, Schecter, or even BC Rich.

It definitely comes down to personal preference, but in my opinion Fenders have a boring cliche design and sound a bit tinny. :wink:
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I think they are pretty nice guitars ,though I only have one,I would reccomend it to a begginer guitarist (like me). :D


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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:55 am
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The Squier vintage vibe and vintage modified guitars are really nice (more Fender parts and a bit more attention to detail) if you can get one of those, do it.

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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:42 am
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i started with a squier strat and really it is one of the best guitars for a beginner out there. i def reccomend it!


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I have a squier and I love it! go for it.


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Post subject: Re: My take on squire guitars.
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:03 pm
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sainttragedy wrote:
As a former metal guitarist I would STRONGLY advise against buying a Fender guitar. If you are going to play something like Fall Out Boy it'll do just fine, but if you want a quality metal guitar you should stick with Dean, ESP/LTD, Ibanez, Jackson, Schecter, or even BC Rich.

It definitely comes down to personal preference, but in my opinion Fenders have a boring cliche design and sound a bit tinny. :wink:


This is funny. Why are you a "former metal guitarist" and why would you assume that this person is only going to play "metal?" Sheesh, all of those guitars you mentioned are basically Stratocaster and/or Les Paul clones. And yes, not everyone here is a gigging musician. That is the point. Buying a Squier Strat Pack or a Fender Squier Bullet series guitar is the wise choice for a rank beginner because I can not count the people I know who were inspired to begin playing guitar because they went to a concert and thought it would be cool to emmulate their favorite "guitar hero." Most of those people end up giving up because they soon realize it ain't particularly easy to learn to play guitar; lotsa practice involved folks. Those guitars end up in the closet or in a corner gathering dust, or, on eBay. Squires are here to fill that niche and they do that well. Would I as a pro, gigging musician buy one? Nope wouldn't even consider it.


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^well said! :wink:

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Would I as a pro, gigging musician buy one? Nope wouldn't even consider it.
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I was just talking to a professional musician that owns various Musicmans, Rickenbachers , Les Pauls, American Strats and Teles some are from the '70's. He even has an autographed EVH. But when he goes to play at the local bar he is using a modded Squier. He has one with noiseless pickups and another with humbuckers. He says he would rather bang around a Squier than lose one of his recording guitars.

I think a Squier can hold it's own at most local pro gigs when properly set up as well as being a great practice guitar.


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Would I as a pro, gigging musician buy one? Nope wouldn't even consider it.
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I was just talking to a professional musician that owns various Musicmans, Rickenbachers , Les Pauls, American Strats and Teles some are from the '70's. He even has an autographed EVH. But when he goes to play at the local bar he is using a modded Squier. He has one with noiseless pickups and another with humbuckers. He says he would rather bang around a Squier than lose one of his recording guitars.

I think a Squier can hold it's own at most local pro gigs when properly set up as well as being a great practice guitar.


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