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Affinity Series Strat(R). Fender’s Affinity series electric guitars are straight-ahead, affordable instruments ideal for beginners of all ages. The Affinity Strat has a slightly slimmer body crafted from solid Alder. All Affinity guitars feature comfortable, 21-fret Maple necks with fast-action fingerboards and die-cast tuners.

The Strat features three single-coil pickups, a standard tremolo and 5-way switching for those great in-between tones. Squier instruments are all backed by Fender, so why buy a copy when you can afford the real thing?

Squier Affinity Strat Electric Guitar (Maple) Features…

Body: Alder

Neck: Maple

Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5 in. Radius (241 mm)

No. of Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo

Scale Length: 25.5 in. (648 mm)

Width at Nut: 1.61 in. (41 mm)

Hardware: Chrome

Machine Heads: Standard Die-Cast Tuners

Bridge: Synchronous Tremolo

Pickguard: 1-Ply White

Pickups: 3 Single-Coil Pickups

Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade:

Position 1. Bridge Pickup

Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup

Position 3. Middle Pickup

Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup

Position 5. Neck Pickup

Controls: Master Volume,

Tone 1. (Neck Pickup),

Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)

Strings: Fender Super 250L, (.009 to .042) Nickel Plated Steel

Unique Features: Large Headstock ?60s Style Headstock, White Plastic Parts, Black Silkscreen Logo, Dot Position Inlays

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What's the difference?!

I've tried many guitars, and this one is almost the same as a regular Fender Strat!!! It plays well and stays in tune well. The pickups are work perfectly too! This is a very good guitar.

Anonymous Musician (Feb 26, 2009)

"Great begginer or project guitar! Well worth it!"

looks good. has a better finish than some other more expensive guitars i've seen.

its agreat value and a great project guitar.

everythings nice and sound i just have one screw in the pickguard thats crooked but thats easy to fix. the finish is perfect its all even and glossy.

i havent had an problems. its made very well.

a customer from Giants4life.com (8/20/2008)

ESP LTD EX guitars have become a player favorite for metal lovers worldwide. The EXZOMBIE gives this classic metal guitar a great look to provide visibility to this audible giant. The Zombie guitars show off an intricate Clockwork graphic that shows the darkness that metal players anywhere will relish. A black EX with a graphic displaying bones and connecting clockwork sprockets, the EXZOMBIE is another morbid tribute to death and time an incredible display for anyone who loves dark metal.

ESP LTD EXZOMBIE Electric Guitar Features…

Neck: Set-Neck

Scale Length: 24.75 inches

Body Material: Mahogany

Neck Material: Maple

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Nut: 42mm Earvana Compensated Nut

Neck Contour: Thin U

Frets: 22 Frets (XJ)

Hardware: Black Nickel

Tuners: Grover Tuners

Bridge: Tune O Matic

Pickups:

- Bridge: Active EMG 81

- Neck: Active EMG 60

Finish: Black with Clockwork Graphic

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Leave is to ESP to deliver a guitar design as radical as the F50 at a price like this. They load with hot LH-100 humbuckers for a powerful sound, and provide a 24-fret neck with extra jumbo frets that make it easy to play. The string-thru-body design adds even more tone and sustain. Other features include a Maple neck, Tune-o-matic bridge and Black hardware.

ESP LTD F50 Electric Guitar Features…

Construction: Bolt-on

Scale: 25.5 in.

Body: Agathis

Neck: Maple

Fretboard: Rosewood

Inlays: Dots with model name at 12th fret

Pickups: ESP LH-100 set

Electronics: Volume, toggle, tone

Hardware: Black

Bridge: Tune-o-matic/string-thru-body

Frets: 24 XJ

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ESP know their stuff!

This guitar is amazing. I bought this guitar and straight away put it through an amp. Most versatile guitar sounds ever, can play just about anything and the neck is good as well. strings are a fair bit apart so if your just starting out or wanting to learn or whatever, its very very easy to pick each string.

"Looks hot, sounds awesome with more frets than normal and a thin neck, also quite light, what more could you want?"

Looks very aggresive, an obvious metal guitar.

I believe it's definatley worth the money, it's a great guitar and very cheap.

The guitar seems to be very hard wearing (considering the abuse mine gets versus the very small damage to it) and is well made.

The company helped me pick the guitar I wanted and threw in a deal with it, they also helped me pick out a hard wearing wah pedal.

a customer from hotmail.com (4/30/2006)

The Squier Black & Chrome Fat Strat has an edgy and classy appeal. Features include a gloss black finish with matching headstock, a pickguard & hardware with that sought-after chrome look, a bridge position humbucker pickup, two single coil pickups, and a rosewood fingerboard. This guitar is an amazing value, and is designed and backed by Fender!

Squier Black and Chrome Fat Strat Electric Guitar Features…

Agathis body

Bolt-on maple neck

Rosewood fingerboard

Dot inlays

Medium-jumbo frets

Gloss black finish with matching headcap

Chrome pickguard and hardware

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It sounds really great but could use a little more output and a little less noise but hey they're single coils. Sound is really bright and edgy especially on the bridge pickup.

This is a beautiful solid ash Squiere Pro Tone Strat with crimson transparent finish and pearloid pick guard. All hardware is gold with vintage style Fender tremolo bridge. It's equipped with Fender 9s for strings and 3 single coils with 5 way switching, volume, and 2 tone controls. If it was equipped from the factory with locking tuners I would've given it a 10 in this category…I know picky, picky.

Factory setup was a bit high but felt good to me. Guitar store included lifetime free maintenance and setups so that has been corrected. The fit and finish of this guitar is simply awesome. The strings were a little corroded and the hardware needed polished but the guitar had been hanging in the guitar shop for 3 years. The dealer fixed it all up right with new strings and polished the hardware up.

I don't know about Fender but my dealer seems to be solid although they charged my wife way too much for the guitar….but then again I get lifetime free maintenance and setups. I think I could've got the price down more if we had tried a little harder.

John (06/25/2000)

Pretty Standard…

Well, I bought this off e-bay (bad place to buy guitars) and it turned out pretty okay. Granted, it wasn't setup, but once it was it was a pretty good guitar for my first electric. It can take some distortion pretty well, but the humbucker doesn't get a tone control AT ALL! That kinda made me a bit ticked, but it's great for begginers.

mrb0ston from Union City, CA (Jan 10, 2009)

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Fast-action Maple neck, comfort-contoured Alder body, 3 single-coil pickups and standard synchronized tremolo — it’s where the tradition began and still carries on today.

Fender Standard Stratocaster Electric Guitar (Rosewood, with Gig Bag) Features…

Model Name: Standard Stratocaster (Upgrade)

Model Number: 013-4600-(Color#)

Series: Standard Series

Colors:

(306) Black

(325) Chrome Red

(332)* Brown Sunburst

(375) Midnight Wine

(380) Arctic White

(387) Electron Blue

(Polyester Finish)

Body: Alder

Neck: Maple, Modern ‘C’ Shape,(Satin Polyurethane Finish)

Fingerboard: Rosewood, 9.5 in. Radius (241mm)

No. of Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo

Pickups: 3 Standard Single-Coil Strat Pickups (Ceramic Magnets)

Controls:

Master Volume

Tone 1. (Neck Pickup)

Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)

Pickup Switching

5-Position Blade:

Position 1. Bridge Pickup

Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup

Position 3. Middle Pickup

Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup

Position 5. Neck Pickup

Bridge: Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo

Machine Heads: Fender/Ping Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines

Hardware: Chrome

Pickguard: 3-Ply White

Scale Length: 25.5 in. (648 mm)

Width at Nut: 1.650 in. (42 mm)

Unique Features: Vintage Styling

Strings: Fender Super Bullets 3250L, Nickel Plated Steel, (.009 to .042)

Accessories: Standard Gig Bag

Case: None

Introduced: 1/2006

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Good Starter

This was my first guitar I have been an avid player for four years now. This is a fantastic guitar to start on the neck is very comfortable and easy to play. The fret work is good. My only problem with it is the whammy-bar, which kills your tuning, which was not great to begin with. Apart from that it is a versatile light weight guitar that is comfortable to play and sounds great.

Anonymous Musician (Feb 21, 2009)

Great sounding guitar, it has that famous strat tone that we all love. It's a great guitar for blues, and I even play some rock and jazz on it. The single coil pickups tend to be very noisy though, so you often have to play with two pickups in order to get rid of the buzz. This is a hassle…

21 Frets

Volume, Tone Control, 5-Way Selector

3 Single Coils

Basic Controls for the tone selection you need.

This guitar was pretty poorly set up, I had to have it fixed up at the shop. The bridge and the pickups were fine however. There were no other flaws besides the action.

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DJLantz4 (10/23/2005)

The Classic Vibe Stratocaster ’50s provides unmistakable ’50s-era Fender vibe and tone. The alder body has a period-correct Two-color Sunburst finish; the vintage-tint gloss-maple neck has a maple fingerboard with 21 medium-jumbo frets and a modern 9.5 inch radius. That long-familiar tone comes from a custom set of alnico III single-coil pickups–clear and bright, with terrific sustain even in crunch mode. Custom staggered polepieces provide improved string-to-string balance.

Squier Classic Vibe 50s Stratocaster Electric Guitar Features…

Model Number: 030-3000-(503)

Series: Classic Vibe Series

Colors: (503) 2-Color Sunburst, (Gloss Polyester Finish)

Body: Alder

Neck: 1-Piece Maple, Modern “C” Shape,(Gloss Polyester Finish)

Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5 in. Radius (241mm)

No. of Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo Frets

Pickups: 3 Custom Vintage Style Single-Coil Strat(R) Pickups with Staggered, AlNiCo 3 Magnet Pole Pieces and Aged White Covers

Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)

Pickup Switching:

5-Position Blade:

Position 1. Bridge Pickup

Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup

Position 3. Middle Pickup

Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup

Position 5. Neck Pickup

Bridge: Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo

Machine Heads: Vintage Style Tuning Machines

Hardware: Chrome

Pickguard: 1-Ply White

Scale Length: 25.5 in. (648 mm)

Width at Nut: 1.650 in. (42 mm)

Unique Features: Aged White Knobs, Pickup Covers and Switch Tip, Vintage Tinted Neck, Black Dot Position Inlays, Vintage Styling, Synthetic Bone Nut

Strings: Fender Super 250L, (.009 to .042) Nickel Plated Steel p/n 073-0250-003

Accessories: None

Introduced: 6/2008

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Best Stratocaster value you will find

Positives:
The neck is top-notch. Beautiful, amber finish on a perfectly quartered one-piece maple neck… The vintage-style tuners (probably Gotoh's) operate smoothly and stay in tune well. The two-tone sunburst is pretty much flawless (more on that later), and the two-piece alder body looks good. The frets are medium-jumbo, which makes bending easier.

Really nails that "vintage Strat" sound, but is hum-cancelling at the 2 & 4 positions Nit-picks: The fret ends are a little sharp (fixed with the gentle application of a file) The 5 or 6 small (under 1mm) white dots that appear in the finish (bubble?) under the clear coat. They used “aged” pickup covers and knobs, I think they should have used an “aged” pickguard, too. I would DEFINITELY recommend this guitar.

Great Guitar

I bought this as my daughter's first guitar. We are both beginners in our playing. I had purchased an Epiphone Les Paul for me which I also like. But, this guitar is easier to play and is much lighter which works well for her. After taking her to her first lesson, her teacher said that she will be playing this guitar for as long as she wants. He seemed genuinely impressed with it.

Brytn from Nashville, TN (Jul 31, 2008)