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Offline pjrodz

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« on: January 02, 2006, 03:31:29 PM »
ok ba yun california series strat ng squier? worth it ba sya? gusto ko talga un strat sound kasi kaso di ko kaya bumili ng fender. salamat!   :)

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« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2006, 03:37:03 PM »
okay lang kung hinde kaya ng budget mo. Pero I rather wait and save for american strat kse you'll get what you pay for it. O kaya try mo yung highway strat it's american made tsaka mura pa not much difference between squier and american.

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« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2006, 03:43:01 PM »
in terms of sound....malayo ba difference ng squier strat sa fender strat?

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« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2006, 04:03:52 PM »
Quote from: pjrodz
in terms of sound....malayo ba difference ng squier strat sa fender strat?
try it out....I can't find any difference in sound ...but playability the Squire Affinity series have a thinner neck than the standard strat.....really fast neck...almost like an Ibanez.
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« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2006, 05:27:55 PM »
are they made of solid wood? if its made with plywood like the squiers from korea, forget it.
I'd rather be sharp than flat.


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« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2006, 08:05:49 PM »
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are they made of solid wood? if its made with plywood like the squiers from korea, forget it.


As far as I know, only the Squier Bullet series are all SURE to have plywood bodies.

Let us make sure we do not give the impression that all MIK Squiers are plywood. Even my favorite luthier once pronounced my MIK Squier Strat as plywood, only to retract after he took a look in the cavity.  :)

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« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2006, 08:17:47 PM »
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in terms of sound....malayo ba difference ng squier strat sa fender strat?


There are many kinds of Fender Strat, so mahirap mag generalize. Some come with ceramic pickups (some MIM?), while others have alnico (all MIA?).

Similarly, most Asian-made Squiers come with ceramic pickups, while a few models (MIK Protone, now discontinued) came with alnico pickups. I am not uptodate with what Squier is now releasing as its Standard model.

But I think we can only properly compare the sound of those models with similar type pickups. To my thinking di masyado magkalayo ang tunog, and price differences are due to differences in quality of wood, materials and finish. And of course, the differences in wood may account for some difference in sound. But that's just my subjective opinion.... YMMV

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« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2006, 07:35:32 AM »
In my experience, I've never seen a  Korean Squier made of solid wood. My last Squier was made of plywood. Or "laminated wood" as Fender.com would put it.
I'd rather be sharp than flat.

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« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2006, 09:23:53 AM »
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In my experience, I've never seen a  Korean Squier made of solid wood. My last Squier was made of plywood. Or "laminated wood" as Fender.com would put it.


Then I can only surmise that you haven't seen all MIK Squiers and I was lucky... I had one made of solid wood.

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« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2006, 09:55:34 AM »
ako my MIK squier is laminated wood (plywood). ang alam ko lang sa ngayon na solid wood squiers eh yung standard series and yung strat protone (which is very nice, ash wood, transparent finish, gold tuners) sa squier ko, i got it for 6k, replaced the pickups with texas specials (bought it 2nd hand) ngayon tunog american strat na sha, na medyo kulang ng punch (pero believe me, may punch sha, hehe) if you're looking for the strat sound, i think a stock squier should be ok. pero instead of getting the california squier, save a little pa, then get a standard series squier nalang. para solid body ka na. hahanapin mo din kasi yung tunog ng solid wood electric eh. pansin mo yung difference pag laminate (plywood) yung body eh. mas punchy yung solid wood talaga. my 2 cents.

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« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2006, 10:09:17 AM »
sabi nila solid wood daw gawa un california series strat ng squier. solid agathis daw. may way ba para malaman ko talga? excited na ko bumili ng strat style na guitar eh. hehehe  :)

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« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2006, 12:15:07 PM »
pabuksan mo sa kanila yung likod. may plate kasi na plastic yun sa likod diba? mahirap kasi silipin kung through the hole mo lang titingnan. so pa-unscrew mo lang yun kung papayag sila. there you will see kung may layers yung wood or kung 1 piece lang. agathis daw ba yung kahoy? alam ko deins gaano maganda yun eh, hehe. pero tingnan mo nalang. nakita ko din yung california style squier sa greenhills yamaha eh. oks lang, di ko mashadong type. parang walang pinagkaiba dun sa stratpak na binebenta nila eh. if you really want a strat type guitar, hanap ka nalang ng second hand, daming nagbebenta jan, hehe. yung sakin nabili ko second hand eh, taga-qc ako dinayo ko pa ang bacoor cavite para makuha yun, hehe. nung una medyo hindi ako contento sa tunog, medyo manipis ang tunog ng stock na squier eh (pero tunog strat naman) pero nung pinalitan ko ng pickups, yun, ayos na. ngayon naghahanap ako ng solid body na strat para talagang swabe na, hehe. siguro mabuti pa mag-RJ strat ka nalang, at least yun alam mo solid body. palitan mo nalang yung pickups pagtagal, medyo mahal din kasi yung mga fender na pickup sets eh, mga 8k brand new, yung akin nabili ko lang 5k 2nd hand, tapos may nakita ako dito same model, 3.5k lang, kainis, hehe. pero ok narin. pero ikaw pre, kung gusto mo na yung squier and pasok naman sa budget mo, and personally gusto mo naman yung tunog nya, go bilhin mo na. pero sinasabi ko sayo, wala sa brand yung magandang tone. basta ikaw na tumancha testing mo lahat ng pwede mo testing na gitara muna bago ka bumili.

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« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2006, 04:50:52 PM »
I'd side with the latter than the former.

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In my experience, I've never seen a  Korean Squier made of solid wood. My last Squier was made of plywood. Or "laminated wood" as Fender.com would put it.


Then I can only surmise that you haven't seen all MIK Squiers and I was lucky... I had one made of solid wood.
I'd rather be sharp than flat.

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« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2006, 10:59:28 PM »
yup, there are solid wood squiers from korea, even from indonesia. the squier strat protone series are made of solid ash bodies. yung standard series squier strats, even the new ones are solid wood bodies. actually there's one for sale in this site, yung 7k lang, kung squier standard series yun, solid wood yun. and sunburst pa daw yung color, nako if i only had the cash to spare kukunin ko na yun eh, hehe. pero tama na muna, 2 guitars na nabili ko last month lang eh, hehe. baka masita na ako sa bahay, hehe. and na-mention sa fender frontline cataloge for 2003-2004 na yung affinity strats daw solid wood, only thinner than the standard fender strats. i'm not so sure bout the affinity though. yung mga alam kong laminated body eh yung bullet strat, yung kasama sa se-100 stratpak, and the made in korea ones na single ply pickguard (ganon yung sakin).

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« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2006, 10:37:39 AM »
naisip ko nga mag test drive ng isang fender strat laban sa squier california strat sa perfect pitch. gusto ko malaman tlaga un pagkakaiba nila pagdating sa tunog hehe  :)

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« Reply #15 on: January 04, 2006, 12:01:40 PM »
Na-testing ko yung California series Strat nung week ng Christmas gamit ang Line 6 spider 2 112 dun sa main branch ng Yupangco.

Hindi consistent yung sanding ng neck. I tried 2 California series strats and one neck was rough while the other one was smooth. Parang raw yung neck (walang finish). Yung electronics (pots, switch) ay cheap ang feeling, parang marupok yung 5 way at hindi consistent yung pihit ng pots, yung iba madulas, iba madikit. Hindi malinis ang pagka-cut ng nut slots at pickguard. Stock pickups are nothing special.

Mas naging obvious pa ang deficiencies ng pickups when i tried a Squier Japan fat strat (S/S/H) afterwards (galing sa basement).  The Squier Japan pickups had more personality, mas lumalabas ang tunog.  Mas mura pa yung Squier Japan strat.  Yun nga lang, may malaking tama sa bottom ng body.

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« Reply #16 on: January 04, 2006, 02:48:52 PM »
may squier japan pa sila sir? anong kulay? ano un tama nya? gasgas ba? magkano nila binibenta sir? thanks!  :)

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« Reply #17 on: May 06, 2007, 08:59:44 AM »
meron din po laminated wood (plywood) body ang RJ... meron akong RJ stat eh... kamukhang-kamukha nita ang squire bullet... kamukha nga nga kasi pati body plywood din... pero i am satisfied with the sound of it... yun nga lang hindi ko magawang natural ang kulay niya kasi nga plywood... he he he...
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