Firstly, hello to everyone.

I picked up a guitar yesterday, from a friend that owns a music shop. He doesn't know much about it, since he was given it by a rep. I paid £160 for the guitar, some spare Ernie Balls, two guiar leads and some picks.

I'd ideally like to know a little bit about that guitar. Google hasn't been my friend and I can't seem to find anything that resembles my guitar. I don't even know what the name of the colour is.

So, the headstock says Squier, with made in Korea underneath the logo. Stratocaster by Fender.
Serial Number S1011404. I can't find any info about the serial.
On the bottom of the neck, there is gold sticker with '33.2002.980' on it.

Any info would be nice. Thanks in advance.

Any detailed pictures would help a lot!

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Is this a good or bad thing?

Also, do you think I have paid too much? He's a good friend, so I won't mind talking to him about it.

Thanks for the reply.

Could anybody shed any light?

Hi Liam,
Though i don't have tracking on the serial number- the other number you show is in fact a Fender part number, though the last charactors change from a 980 to a 580 when shipped----5 is less case 80 is the color (Arctic White)
Here's what Ihave on it~hope that helps:
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Model Name: Squier® Standard Stratocaster®
Model Number: 033-2000-(Color #) and 033-2002-(Color #)
Body: Hardwood
Neck: Maple
Fingerboard: Rosewood 033-2000 or Maple 033-2002 12" Radius (304.8mm)
No. of Frets: 21
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Width at Nut: 1.625” (41 mm)
Hardware: Chrome
Machine Heads: Vintage Style
Bridge: Vintage Style
Pickguard: 3-Ply White
Pickups: 3 Single Coils
Pickup Switching: 5 position Switch
Controls: Master Volume, Tone, Tone
Colors: (506) Black, (558) , (580)
Strings:
UNIQUE FEATURES:
ACCESSORIES:
Source: Korea
MSRP: $319.99
Introduced: 10/1988
Discontinued: 1/1993
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best regards,
rob

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Ah, lovely. Do you think I've got a good deal? I don't really know too much about guitars, I bought it to start learning.

Hi Liam08,
great learning guitar. I couldn't tell you on price..... not really my forte'.
If its below the retail mentioned in the specs....ya done good.
Cheers,
rob

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IMO, the Korean made Squiers are the best Squiers made. It looks great, and if it feels good and sounds good to you, it is a good deal. Not sure of the conversion rate, but I would say that approx $200 US is pretty good for this apparently new guitar.

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I'm happy with that, thank you very much guys.