I love your shows guys I think the reason that you both compliment each other’s playing is Lee plays from the heart, Pete plays a more technical from the head.. together are freakin awesome 👏
Try a Spark Mini. Seriously. Amazing tone; equally great as a Bluetooth speaker. Tones of amp models snd affects. Great learning features, too. You can play along with virtually and sing and watch the music video / chords. It has a 50% and 80% speed option (with non pitch variance) snd you can loop a section when you’re trying to learn it. I’ve had one since Christmas and rarely fire up my Fender tube amps and rather extensive pedal board. It’s just an amazing little gadget with super high fidelity sound. I should also mention I’m about to turn 62 and gave played since I was 10! Through that time, I’ve ended countless practice amps and nothing compares to this Spark Mini. Greatness.
My wife bought an Affinity Jag bass as a 2nd for her Fender Mustang just as a play around fun thing because it was so affordable. It is so nice for the money and the nicest piece of Laurel I've ever seen on a guitar. It easily would pass for rosewood and the entire guitar had a perfect fit and finish. A new Duncan pickup and a himass bridge and she uses it nearly as much as her much more expensive Mustang now.
Stunning intro playing by The Captain. The bronze metallic color of that Jag is also stunning. That color should be available on more models and lines. Very cool. Squier knocking it out of the park again.
What a pleasure it ALWAYS is to see Sweet Danish Pete with the Lovely Captain too. It's like "Heaven" with guitar gear no less. Thank You Pete for giving us your best every time.
I've never considered a Jag....until now! That color with the maple board is heaven sent. You guys sounded great as always, but Lees' intro was especially spicy. Truly nice work!
Considering a large chunk of my collection of guitars are squiers - hearing you say about them being the brand for people exploring the world of guitars just validated all of my purchases 😂 granted i don’t own any affinity ones (classic vibe, a paranormal and 2 of the 40th anniversary editions) but they are a decent brand when money is tight but the GAS is real My starcaster especially is one of my favourite purchases
@@TheSuperspyk I love my 40th anniversary Jazzmaster. The higher end Squiers are great instruments, and you don't have to feel bad about modding them like crazy if you want.
I've always liked short scale guitars and I have both the Fender-branded MIJ Junior Collection Strat and Tele. Really helps with my arthritic hands. I put Lollars in the Tele and it's a great guitar! Nice to see these Squiers hitting the market.
Didn’t even realize that the Strat was short scale. That’s a great idea and I can see a lot of people going for it regardless of whether they are kids or adults. HSS and a two point trem, lower weight, slinkier feel, same great Strat looks and sound! What’s not to like? It’s only junior in dimensions but not features or playability. This might be another GAS impulse purchase😂.
I'd been considering a Mustang for a while because I want something short scale but as a long time affinity HSS strat guy, its like they personally called me and said we've got something better..
I have a 25th anniversary model from the late 90s . It’s become a bit of a wall hanger but it plays really well and has coloured up like an old white(ish) fender would,
Suiers are getting better but the Starcaster I bought in 2001 needed the fret sprouts addressed as soon as I got it home. I also filed the fret sprouts, put 10-46 strings, & oiled the fretboard on my student's Affinity Stratocaster earlier this year while he was away. I don't know enough to work on the electronics, but they could use an upgrade on 2 of my students' Affinity Stratocaster.
Brian May Red Special has a 24" scale length with 24 frets (and he is tuned to E standard). I'm surprised that more companies haven't incorporated it into their guitars.
Who would have thought that the combination of an HSS Strat with the 23” scale would produce such a pleasing, rounded tone? I dig the red Tele as well- definite G&L Bluesboy vibe going on with that one.
Pro Tip for HS, SH or HSS guitars (or any other guitar where 2 pickups that require different pot values to sound balanced without modifying your amp setup share volume pot or pots in general). Use 500k pots and run a 250k resistor from the single coil pickups to ground so they "see" 250 pots instead. In that way each pickup somehow "sees" the "correct" (correct in so far as it is somehow standardised) pot value for that pickup and they sound waaaay more balanced. Probably the most convenient place is to wire it from is the pickup "in" at the selector switch to ground. As far as tone cap value, it is also different from factory for most single vs hummbucker cases but you can definitely get away with the HB cap value (normally .022uF) and even lower like .015 as normal .047 caps in strats and teles make them sound dull anyways (the cap value states from what frecuency treble starts to roll off and the pot value in what way, so a higher cap value just cuts off more trebble but can be less usable as it is harder to find a good sounding spot without it sounding like your guitar si under water, I guess it will depend on the taper style of your tone pot as well...).
Why does Lee always take the piss out of 24" scale - it's only for kids or vertically challenged adults. I have pain and stiffness in my wrists and fingers, and 24" is a godsend 🙏 Would be nice if you acknowledged that too, as well as 4,9" John Mayer's 😂
I don't get the hate for the 24" scale length. It's common on Fender offsets and Brian May's Red Special is 24". If it's good enough for Mr. May it's good enough for the rest of us.
Totally agree! There is really nothing wrong with a 24 inch scale length guitar. They can do everything that a standard scale guitar can do and sound just as full and big. If anything there should be more scale length options available. No need to limit Strats and Teles to just 25.5. And they aren’t just for kids and hobbits. Even though I like m standard scale length guitars, I also play Mustangs, Jags, LPs, and SGs and there are many of us that like the lighter weight and more agile dimensions of guitars with compact body sizes and necks that don’t feel like you are stretching to reach the end of a broomstick.
They all sound and look great. Pete certainly helps with that! You too are quite entertaining together and remind me Not to partner up for charades "leverage".
Old English Scratch Cover for DARK Woods- Furniture Polish does a GREAT JOB taking care of your Fret Board Wood and Darkening those light woods..... that one is a free tip.
"If you've got a really short thing, you have to put so much power in it to actually get it." Well, due to lack of experience with too short things I can't confirm that. But it sounds plausible. 😊
I got the squier thinline classic vibe and honestly the affinity sounds as good for less price. Also i really like more the 3 tone sunburst color rather than the one i have
If you were happy with the size and neck on a Duo Sonic or a Mustang but wanted a Strat sound and whammy you could buy the Strat Jr at any age, or any skill level. I have a Duo Sonic and put in a Tele PU at the bridge and a Rickenbacker at the neck so I can do both early Townsend Who sounds from one guitar.
Love the two Teles, especially the thinline, but that "Jaguar" is a Jaguar shaped guitar. Fender just goes by body shapes now. For example, their Squier vibrotoless "Mustang"...uh, isn't that actually a Duo Sonic?🤔
Squier makes interesting guitars. Every year a great range of special models. BUT NEVER LEFT HANDED. You can’t even get a decent Squier strat these days. I’m sure I would have bought at least 5 or 6 models over the last three or four years. And many lefties with me. So it would be profitable for Squier to make more lefty models. I would highly appreciate it if Andertons would address this Fender/Squier problem every time they review new releases.
Hi! Thanks for this video! The Squier Strat Jr seems very promising! However, how good the component and build quality of this made-in-China guitar really are if you compare it with the Squier mini (made in Indonesia) which is very, very cheaply (and poorly) made (and poor sounding)? Are the component and build quality better or similar? Thank you! 😊
The 24 inch scale length Strat, I dub thee the JagStrat/MusStrat/StangStrat. For those that want a Jaguar or Mustang scale length with the HSS Stat body. The spare body market just got contaminated with the Strat body tremolo bridge ;location for a Jaguar/Mustang 24 scale neck & not the traditional Strat 25.5 scale neck.
