The Blogging Musician Falling in love with the Stratocaster (again) – The Blogging Musician Fender Player Stratocaster / Squier Affinity Stratocaster How can it be in a £200 guitar? Tone Fender Player Stratocaster Review. To be honest, I’m not totally convinced, but the Squier definitely feels like quality wood wasn’t a priority. My Squier (from the early 2000s) was notorious for being the guitar globally mocked by Yamaha as being constructed of plywood in their Pacifica sales pitch. In the feel of the neck and again, and on closer inspection of the trem cavity, you can tell the Player series has been constructed with superior woods. The Blogging Musician Falling in love with the Stratocaster (again) – The Blogging Musician Falling in love with the Stratocaster (again) – The Blogging Musician Fender Player Stratocaster (First two images) – Squier Affinity Stratocaster (Last two images) The Blogging Musician Fender Player Stratocaster Review. but it would almost equate to the cost of the whole guitar! Fender Player Stratocaster Review. Yes, you could upgrade the tuners, the trem, and the electronics. In fairness to the £200 Squier, it feels cheap because it IS cheap. The pots are smaller and cheaper, the electronics are noisier. The tuners barely function, the six-point trem isn’t fun to set up or live with, and is clunky in operation. The Squier Affinity series Strat falls way short of the mark here. I can vouch for all the above, with the only concession to USA spec being the antiquated screw-in tremolo arm vs the nicer push-in variety. Big-block 2-point trem, full-size pots with quality electrics, and decent spec machine heads. It’s been mentioned many times that hardware-wise, the Fender Player Series is right up there with its USA Series big brother. The Blogging Musician Falling in love with the Stratocaster (again) – The Blogging Musician Fender Player Stratocaster / Squier Affinity Stratocaster Hardware and woods. In a nutshell, the Player series is more sturdy and feels a lot more together as an instrument, which fills you with more confidence than the Squier.
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