Squier Classic Vibe '50s Stratocaster White Blonde

I don't care what the pundits may say; this guitar is professional grade! I have played for over 50 years and have owned many fine instruments, including a '95 Custom Shop Eric Clapton Stratocaster. IMHO, this Squier would be impressive at twice the price. The pickups are ToneRider TRS1 Pure Vintage (although we're not supposed to know that) and they reproduce the classic strat tone and "quack" VERY WELL! This instrument is VERY satisfying: good solid feel, great tone, good looks due to a high quality build, and amazing value. If you can refrain yourself from "brand snobbery", this instrument will serve even a professional musician VERY WELL!After all, I bought TWO: a two-tone sunburst AND a fiesta red. I love them both.

This is truly the best current production strat by fmic you can get outside of the custom shop. And not just for the money, like overall. I've tried/owned Strats from the player, vintera, performer, pro, american OG, ultra, custom shop. Outside of the custom shop this is the crown jewel of the line. The Cort factory knows what they're doing and does it better than american line guitars at 3-4 times the price.It has the same narrow tall frets they're putting on the american pros, which make bends go off like butter. It's an extremely fast feeling neck without being too skinny (I have large hands and generally prefer a bigger neck, but I love this neck. It's like a medium c with the slightest hint of a v, not a baseball bat but not a toothpick). The back of the neck ... MoreThis is truly the best current production strat by fmic you can get outside of the custom shop. And not just for the money, like overall. I've tried/owned Strats from the player, vintera, performer, pro, american OG, ultra, custom shop. Outside of the custom shop this is the crown jewel of the line. The Cort factory knows what they're doing and does it better than american line guitars at 3-4 times the price.It has the same narrow tall frets they're putting on the american pros, which make bends go off like butter. It's an extremely fast feeling neck without being too skinny (I have large hands and generally prefer a bigger neck, but I love this neck. It's like a medium c with the slightest hint of a v, not a baseball bat but not a toothpick). The back of the neck is lacquered but it never gets sticky when sweating. The fretwork is immaculate, better than all the fender Mexican guitars. The frets are polished to a mirror finish, the fretboard edges are rolled. The tuners are smooth turning vintage style. Bone nut, steel saddles, perfect semi-light weight... it literally ticks every single box a vintage strat enthusiast could want. Oh and the pickups? Don't worry about having to swap them out for some expensive after market pups. They are PERFECTLY voiced for this instrument. Plenty of low end but not overwound, striking clarity and glassiness, middle positions quack properly, and the bridge pup is even wired to the tone control stock! I'd wager to bet this will become your #1 strat...

Recieved this Classic Vibe, all the way from Germany, once opened it look nice, then i noticed that the g,b,e saddles were not straight, E,A,D, were straight, i could not get the treble strings straight, and sitting well, in the saddles, it was if these vintage squier saddles were the wrong ones for this bridge, i stripped them off, and put on a set from a older squier to rectify the problem with alignment. When i got the guitar, the intonation for all strings were well off, none of them were perfect. The neck was perfect, as i have a neck gauge to check the straightness of the guitar neck. Pickups are loud, and pretty good. Once the guitar was set up properly by myself. i noticed that the guitar fret wire was sprouting out of the neck, this needed to be filed down, ... MoreRecieved this Classic Vibe, all the way from Germany, once opened it look nice, then i noticed that the g,b,e saddles were not straight, E,A,D, were straight, i could not get the treble strings straight, and sitting well, in the saddles, it was if these vintage squier saddles were the wrong ones for this bridge, i stripped them off, and put on a set from a older squier to rectify the problem with alignment. When i got the guitar, the intonation for all strings were well off, none of them were perfect. The neck was perfect, as i have a neck gauge to check the straightness of the guitar neck. Pickups are loud, and pretty good. Once the guitar was set up properly by myself. i noticed that the guitar fret wire was sprouting out of the neck, this needed to be filed down, as the frets were sharp, and digging in to my hand. So the neck frets were not flush, and ideal for playing. Now that everything has been addressed properly by myself, the guitar is great now. Plays like a new guitar should play. I am glad that i didnt have to return the guitar back to Germany from Scotland, to fix the fret wire sprout, the wrong saddles, and a poor setup. The thing i dont understand is that there is a check list from dv247 musicstore to say the instrument has been checked. I think stevie wonder checked this guitar, as there was too many things wrong, and it should have been rectified at their shop or another guitar sent out, that was correct. So between Fenders Indonesia manufacturer, probably cort guitars, and dv247.com not checking the product, as well, that is two quality control processes failed, and makes dv247.com looking bad for quality checks on the guitars that have been sent out, very disappointed in the way online shops act. Happy now with the guitar, but i shouldnt have been the one working on a brand new guitar, rectifying any problens with the manufacturing and setup phase of these guitars, i've heard good news about these models, and thought that this guitar would be made properly and with some good quality, and quality control, only to be disappointed with the end result from fender squier, and dv247.com as well for not catching these errors