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Affinity Strat - 2 Tone Sunburst

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Affinity Strat - 2 Tone Sunburst
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This Squier Affinity Series Strat Special Edition guitar is a maple-neck, two-color sunburst beauty with a large, 60's-style headstock, a 21-fret maple fingerboard (9.5 radius), three single-coil pickups with five-way switching, a single-ply white pickguard, a synchronous tremolo bridge, chrome hardware and die-cast tuners.

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Great inexpensive guitar 5 of 5 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Lethbridge, Alberta
While many purists will completely ignore this line of guitars there are some gems within these humble guitars. My particular Squier strat had no neck pocket gaps (I have seen many USA models with these gaps) and zero fret sprout up the entire neck. Needless to say compromises were made to keep costs down. I replaced the tuners, and will also be replacing the pickups at some point as well. The guitar certainly was playable at the time of purchase, but after 50 years of guitar playing I can tell differences in tone and prefer a higher end sound. I bought this primarily because the slimmer neck is better for my arthritis. It is a great instrument for both beginners and pros alike.
Posted by anonymous on Aug 16, 2020
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Fretboard Is Sharp doesnt stay in tune well sounds fine but not worth the 300$ 1 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Edmonton North, Alberta
Unless you wanna spend hundreds of dollars on upgrades this isnt the guitar for you. Go For An Epiphone Instead ive had both and my sg was way better quality
Posted by chasm on Feb 21, 2020
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Great guitar in this price range 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Sydney, Nova Scotia
Nice smooth maple neck, controls are nice and solid, plays very well, 9.5 radius makes it slick as hell. Great guitar for jamming with friends or learning. I honestly love it
Posted by Chris on Jan 12, 2020
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Impressive for the price! 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   New Minas, Nova Scotia
I went to the store and tried out 4 Squires and 2 MIM Strats and every one of them had a different feel. I settled on an Affinity Stat and I am so happy with it. Nice smooth comfortable easy to play neck, great sound for a cheaper guitar and the overall fit and finish was very good. This shows the need to actually try out Squires before buying as none of the four I tried were the same. For the money and for someone like me without much money and wanting to enjoy playing a new guitar, I don't think this can be beat! Thanks Fender for making a guitar for the rest of us!
Posted by Andrew Hamilton on Aug 10, 2019
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Great Value but Has Cons 9 of 9 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Moncton, New Brunswick
Pros: ? Value is incredible. For $270 +tax you get a solid body and great playing neck w/ no fret buxx or sharp fret issues. This alone would usually run you $200 if you wanted to build your own guitar on the cheap. Looking at it that way, $70 for everything else is a steal. You may need to replace a few parts though (see cons). ? No compromise on features for the price. Same as a grand majority of Fender Stratocasters. Gave it a 4 as some people may want more than your basic Strat, but let's be real, it's a Squier. Cons: ? Quality. Can't expect much when you pay sub $300 for a guitar. Gave it a 3 because the neck and body are great. Pickups sound nice (if a little quiet). The issue was that the guitar would easily go out of tune. Replaced the tuners, the nut and resetup the saddle and guitars never goes out tune now. ? Pickups are a bit quiet while still having lots of humming on the 1st and 5th position. Playing on the 2nd and 4th position sounds great and cancels that hum completely. Overall: Fantastic for the price. If you're looking for something sub $300, then this is basically the best at it's price. Be careful though as Squiers can be prone to lemons. Make sure to play the guitar first and make sure there is no quality issues on yours. If you're looking for a great base for a project guitar, you get a body and a great neck and spares of everything else you need for $300 tax in, for a quality which can't really be met by those DIY kits out there.
Posted by Frank on Sep 14, 2017
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my review 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   St. Catharines, Ontario
excellent value for the money.everything works well and for the price all is good.
Posted by Ron on Jul 5, 2017
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Great sounding guitar for the price. 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Sudbury, Ontario
This is a really nice guitar. The pros are Nice sunburst finish, maple fretboard is silky smooth, nice small frets, great setup out of the box with low action just the way I like, great Alder body, pickups are cheap but decent sounding. The cons are the body is thinner than a typical strat and the nut is about an inch and a half smaller. I love this guitar. Plays great.
Posted by Chris McLarty on Mar 11, 2015
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its really good 5 of 5 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Waterloo, Ontario
if ur looking for a good quality, non-expensive guitar, this is the one to buy
Posted by anonymous on Jun 30, 2010
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