Sweet guitar.

Beginners, intermediates and parents- Pay no mind to the unwarranted hate that Squier gets from brand snobs. Because Squiers are some of the best guitars on the market. Sure, they're not a PRS or Gibson, but they're pretty good instruments.

Now, this model in particular. It's a fine instrument. I bought a black one awhile ago (had it refinished in pearl white), and it was beautiful. The pickups are wonderful, action was nice and low, and without excessive abuse of the tremolo, the guitar stays in tune just fine. Plus, I always thought the 70's headstock was an aesthetic plus ;)

I have no quarrel whatsoever with this guitar. Buy it, man.

SUPRISE

I purchased a squire standard strat.Mine has duncan design p/u and maple neck.Tweaked the string hieght andthis guitar plays better then my American made hhs strat. IT is so sweet sounding stays in tune intonation was perfect. It was to be a secomd guitar but not any more. Buy this guitar

Cool

well, I didn't get it from Sweetwater, but Shredder, as I call him is flippin good for the 120 dollars my dad paid for him. Parents of aspiring guitarists, this is probably the best guitar you can get for it's price.

The Squire wins tight race

Well, it was a tough battle, but my Squire Standard Stratocaster beat out my other expensive guitars (Hohner, Cort, and Epiphone) in deciding which guitar I would be using in my Church band. I love this guitar. It stays in tune, the sustain is sweet, I can produce killer bends; it seems the neck was created by a Divine source specificaly to fit my hand. What is there not to like? Oh, yeah, did I mention it was extremely affordable? Bravo, Squire, bravo.

Excellent Value

I bought this guitar mainly because I wanted to have one electric guitar with a working vibrato for guitar overdubs on recordings. This little guy has really impressed me. The finish is beautiful. I'd like to compliment Sweetwater on the setup. That 40-point check they do on their guitars is evidentally no joke. This guitar came set-up from Schveetwater as nicely as my guitars come back from the local guitar tech I keep going back to. No dead frets, no buzzing. The slides on the neck can be performed more smoothly than I'd expect from a two-hundred dollar guitar. The vibrato doesn't throw the thing out of tune either - very smooth.

The pickups are a bit of a dissappointment. If I were going to use this guitar to "play out" or to record a main guitar part, I'd want a change of pickups. For my uses, the stock ones will do for now. The neck pickup sounds muddy. The bridge pickup is overly bright, and is also significantly quieter than the middle and neck (perhaps I need to raise it up a bit). The middle pickup is the best of the bunch - representing a usable balance between the other two.

Overall I'm really impressed. I like this guitar almost as much as the 70's mustang I'm selling to finance an amp purchase, and it cost a third of the price.