Squier Standard vs Affinity? - Squier-Talk Forum
Jul 3, 2020 · You can pick up Nice Affinities in the US for under $100, even $50 often. Your available price sounds really high. Play a Standard and an Affinity and see which one you like better. I like the narrow necks and thin bodies on Affinities …
Upgrading my Squier Affinity Strat - Squier-Talk Forum
Western NC. Dec 20, 2021. #10. My personal opinion would be to not spend that much on upgrading your Affinity. Instead, spend that money on a Squier Classic Vibe Stratocaster. It has great pickups already and if you do want to upgrade …
What is the FSR Squire Affinity? - Squier-Talk Forum
Jan 18, 2017 · Unsure if Squier is attempting to stir-up interest in this Affinity with a natural finish. I have seen examples of this HSS Strat with the body wood of Laural, soft maple, and poplar? Anybody have the facts on this new model?
Affinity neck width observations - Squier-Talk Forum
Oct 10, 2015 · Squier-holic. Apr 9, 2015. 1,322. UK. Oct 10, 2015. #6. Well as close as I could measure using a tape the VM is basically 41mm width at the nut and the Affinity is 40mm. String spacing is 35mm on the VM (with new nut to bring the top E away from the board edge) compared to 34mm on the Affinity.
Squier Stratocasters - Squier-Talk Forum
Oct 28, 2024 · All kinds of Squier Strats discussed here -- Standard, Bullet, Affinity, Artist, Obey, Classic Vibe, ProTone and Mini discussion.
This 20th Anniversary Squier had a secret!!! - Squier-Talk Forum
Aug 3, 2018 · The pickups in the new Squier are hotter but sound pretty full rather than the thinner sounds associated with the Asian import strats. To be honest, it sounds more like my American Standard with Fat 50's than anything else I own with single coils to compare it to. (00' Squier Standard, 04' Affinity, '16 Am Standard, 13' Lonestar MIM)
Affinity Neck Replacement - Squier-Talk Forum
Nov 10, 2019 · Squier Talker. I traded into this Affinity a few months ago and loved everything about it except the narrow neck. So I researched and found a Douglas Gravity Thinline neck and decided to try my hand at neck swapping. I've only been into guitar since May and when I get into something, I go all in. I'm mechanically inclined and like to tinker so ...
Advice on Upgrades for Affinity (?) Telecaster - Squier-Talk Forum
Mar 2, 2018 · Feb 14, 2022. #16. I have an Affinity Telecaster and my upgrade plan is to sell it and buy a Classic Vibe. After mulling it over for a while I decided this guitar just has too many shortcomings, and the money it would take to overcome them would be better put toward something with a higher overall starting point.
Best machine tuners for Strats. | Squier-Talk Forum
Aug 28, 2023. #10. Radiotech said: Sometimes the simplest design is the best. Split shaft tuners got a bad name in the 60's/70's because of the ones on Teisco, Norma, and other cheap guitars/basses that had a high incidence of one of the shaft tangs breaking off …
Okay, Just how REALLY good is an Affinity Telecaster? - Squier …
Squier-Axpert. May 29, 2014. 17,842. The Monadnocks, NH USA. Jan 22, 2022. #1. Earlier this morning I responded to forum member Genghis Bomb 's thread "Upgrading/Modding a MIC Squier Affinity Telecaster" in a very favorable way. That my older Affinity Tele has proven to be a really good player that has given me now 18 years of delightfully ...