Fender Standard Strat - White Chrome Pearl

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:08 pm

Â£329

Tell me why this isn't a good buy. A Fender for the price of a Squier?

(or link to the post about it that I didn't find)

George · Post by **George** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:22 pm

Looks nice (save for the bright maples) but to say it's the same price as a Squier is misleading. It's Â£60 more expensive on sale than a CV when it's on sale. Honestly, CVs I've played fair equal or better than most MIMs.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:24 pm

Squier CV have way better pickups.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:58 pm

Â£40 less: Squier Classic Vibe 50s Stratocaster Chrome Hardware Maple Neck Olympic White. Do not go for the gold anodised scratchplate myself, that would have to go. Looks fine on the Duo in Desert Sand.

Â£10 less: Squier Classic Vibe 50s Stratocaster | Maple Fretboard | Fiesta Red. The knobs and pickup covers look like really cheap and nasty plastic, they'd have to be swapped out.

...but I hear what you say about pickups and playability.

chemistforhire · Post by **chemistforhire** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:03 pm

Who ever keeps a strat stock? I don't think anyone does. Of all guitar shapes, sizes, weights and necks, I have experimented with many but always come back to the strat.