Buying Your First Fender Guitar: What You NEED to Know 

awesome!

I bought a Squire Affinity Tele last year to keep in open G to leatn some Keith licks.

Really pleased with the quality of this guitar.

@@johncuffe4076 God I so love his stuff. I also love to play open g tunes and blues.

TOTALLY AGREE!!

Welcome to the Fender team. Do you think after playing it that you might think about up grading to any higher end Fenders? Honestly, I don't think I've played a squire since the early 90s. But from what I understand, they have come a long way. They are now a fairly good quality guitar these days.

After inheriting a Epiphone Les Paul I decided I didn't like it much and would prefer a Strat. I was initially looking at the Squier Classic Vibes 50's, but in the end I went for a Yamaha Pacifica 112V instead and I love my Pacifica! I'm sure I would have loved the Squier too but I think I made the right choice.

@@patentleatherkicks I have a 112J and a 112V, awesome guitars and great build quality, i dont pay stupid money for a badge on the neck.

@@patentleatherkicks so happy with my Squire Classic Vibe 60s strat im gonna get the tele

I hope it's SSH and not HHS. Would be cool if it was HSH.

@@MartinBlyberg nope isn’t none of those…is a HIS

@@MartinBlyberg and yes I’m a dad lol

Because the tone is not in the money.

@@hadeseye2297 I agree with u

is it push/pull pot or uU have the S-1 switch on your Stratocaster ?

On the bottom tone knob it's a push/pull setting. It's stock, what it comes with. It's a nice addition.

@@bbbro34 right on i had one also on my Arbor Strat copy awhile back but i lost that guitar - my B.C Rich ASM has one, too but it's a floyd rose special (zinc/plate saddles) bridge , and i haven't replaced the stock bridge yet with the Charvel 590 T floyd rose (brass/steel) i found for it

Great guitar, got a butterscotch one ,a sunburst one and a sunburst squier strat with alinico5 in it

All-round great guitars

That's extremely subjective. Not everyone has kid hands. The difference is not that much. The longer scale actually makes it slightly easier to fret chords. Nut width and neck thickness factors in a lot more as far as hand size. Which is why a squire( beginners guitar) has a more narrow 42mm nut width and a pretty thin neck. It's really not until you jump down to 24" scale ( jaguar, mustang, duo sonic) that it is significantly different to play.

@@smokepeddler I’m sorry, but you didn’t read my comment. I don’t appreciate anyone getting into an entire litany about why I’m supposedly wrong and misguiding others by my advice when you’re literally saying what I said in the reverse. I chose my words carefully and explained myself. I said 25.5” isn’t the best choice for “MOST” beginners/intermediates. Then I proceeded to explain that it would be difficult for people with “averaged sized and small hands unless you have insanely long fingers” to use a guitar that’s more widely spaced at the top 4-5 frets where learning to fret chords and notes starts since it takes times for hands to adapt to proper positioning, as well as what typically makes it easier to learn on 24.75” guitars. I not only went into detail explaining myself, but I highly recommended that newer players should always go to a guitar store to test out guitars until their hands adapt and they learn more about scale lengths, fretboard widths, thickness, etc. which would make the instrument easier or harder to play. There’s no one size fits all obviously. Point is, you clearly didn’t read what I said past the first half sentence and then you’re admonishing me for something I clearly stated and/or implied several times regarding larger hands. This is why it’s important to read everything someone says . . . or even just finish the latter half of the first sentence. 🤔🙄

yes !

i like how they look aesthetic pleasing to the eye the ones I have seen

Nice job building the lap steel. Do I hear Pink Floyd High Hopes playing in the background

I bought a Glarry guitar used for $25. I got rid of it so fast. Fret was so sharp.

I own two HBs, one is an LP style with coil splitting the other is a tele style. Both are very well made guitars and I was able to get both of them shipped to my door from Germany for under $300 total. They are great guitars stock, they also are great for mod platforms as residual value is not a concern. You can play them live or tour with them because again, you aren't concerned they will break/get stolen. I've tried other budget brand guitars like Oscar Schmidt/Glarry/Huntington and the guitars are pretty poorly made. Sharp fret ends, frets popping out, impossible to keep in tune. I've had great experience with Harley Benton and if you don't like them Thomann customer service is great at getting a refund/replacement. Would highly recommend.

That depends on what type of effect you're looking for 1st off. Like are you looking for a distortion/overdrive kind of pedal, or a chorus, or a flanger.

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