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Post subject: Squier M80
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:01 pm
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Has anyone played, or owned, an M80?

I've always been interested in the Squier guitars that aren't just low-end Fenders, but I've never seen them for sale, or talked to anyone who has or has played one.

What would you say a fair asking price for one in good condition is?

Any additional info would be nice, too... years, colours, etc.


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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:02 pm
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Hello Pohatu771,

There was a cherry red one for $100 at

www.deanguitars.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=633765

No photo. It's discontinued, thats all I know.

Cheers.


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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:29 pm
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There's a purple one being offered locally on Craigslist for $100.

From what I've seen, there are two versions. They were both part of the Master Series. One of them had closed humbuckers and a set neck, the other had open humbuckers and a bolt-on neck.

I'm going to send an e-mail off the the guy on Craigslist and ask which one it is. All he said in the listing is "purple"


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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:19 pm
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I played an M-80 and the M-80 with the set neck at my local guitar shop. I really like these guitars. They are manufactured by the same factory and folks in Korea that built the wonderful "DeArmond" guitars in the late 90's and early 2000's. The set neck is probably a better guitar just b/c it's more deluxe. As I recall, these are 24 3/4" scale length guitars aimed at competing with Epiphone type axes. The humbuckers are Duncan Design and are pretty nice as well. For the money, these are great instruments. Look for the set neck one however, unless you want the brighter sound that would likely be characteristic of the bolt neck model.


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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:40 pm
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Just got a reply, and it's the M-80 Special, with the bolt-on neck.

That's too bad... I was hoping for the set neck.


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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:50 pm
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It's still worth checking out as the bolt on is quite a bit less expensive than the set neck. The bolt neck lacks the large fret inlays and may not have the "Duncan Designed" humbuckers which the set neck for sure has. Here's a link to Harmony Central from January '05 when these were released. You can see the two versions next to each other. I think now they are both basswood bodies. You might check out the DeArmond S-73 (looks like an SG). It's got a mahogany body with a mahog set neck. Squire offered those for a while then replaced it with the M-80. If you can find the S-73, that's an amazing guitar and the pickups are real, DeArmond American made Gold Tone Humbuckers.
http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM05 ... eries.html

Here's the link to the Squire 24 Series which are all the old DeArmond ones (including the S-73): http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM02 ... es-24.html


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