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At the time I thought it was okay and I suppose that whatever were its short comings, allowed me to start to learn how to set-up a guitar to maximise its playing performance - Can't recall adding any hotrods options - partly as little around then and more as I saved to get something better asap
Today the budget end of the market has never been so good - entry level players are spoilt as to the quality of guitars available today
I wish I still had it ... mainly so I could torture it like it tortured me
1984 Aria (Matsumoku) RS Standard. The pickups were a bit crap - I didn't like them any better on the replacement - and the switch was only a 3-way not 5-way, but those are the only things I've changed on the current one.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I later found out after taking apart my first guitar that it was a plywood body with very cheap electrics and hardware which I could not get any spares to retrofit... I think it ended up in the skip in the end...
The one thing it did do was put me off Strats which given over twenty years later I am only just getting over...
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Beyond crap.
I wasn't precious about it and had probably given up playing anyway as I was getting frustrated because I couldn't immediately play my favourite Punk anthems, despite having a few lessons.
When I got my first posting in the RAF a lad I knew at the time gave me a white "Cimar" Strat that I did like. I used this to pretty much teach myself on. I had that about 6 or 7 years before giving it away to a mate of mine at the time.
Mine was a Jap Squier, Silver Series. 3TSB with a black guard and pickups. 7.5 inch radius, rosewood board.
Still the comfiest neck I've ever played and came wonderfully set up. The guitar sounded like absolute gash though.
I have the neck and the body. A friend has the hardware. I've stripped the body back to the wood. It's the ugliest piece of wood used for a guitar body quite possibly ever!
At some point I will put a solid colour over it, and put it back together (with new pickups).
Until then I will remain guitar less (unless I buy a Firebird when the 2018's are released).
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
It was a Fender branded one (rather than Squier) and was, well, pretty marvellous at the time.
Looking back now, I'd say it played very well, it was extremely well built, but if I still had it, I'd have upgraded the pickups as they were a bit anaemic.
It sounds pretty good and plays excellently.
I've never sold one and can't ever recall selling a used version as I did not really want to sell such 'low grade' guitars - Yet I have had a few on the work bench and they put the fear of god into me, as I'm hoping that the customer is not expecting to much from me after they have made a visit to my bench
The original pickups were pretty dire. I replaced them a few years ago, and also gave it some much needed attention - new nut and saddles. It still plays well. Its not worth any money, so there is no point in selling it.
The neck is too thin for my big hands, but I still like it and it still gets played on a fairly regular basis.
It was dreadful. The neck on it warped badly. Thankfully it happened when it was less than a year old so managed to get it replaced under warranty.
I also had an equally dreadful FAL amp. When my distortion pedal got nicked, I sold the guitar and amp to a guy at school and spent some of the money on a pickup for my acoustic, and didn't have an electric for 4 or 5 years after that.
Remember playing Don't cry and Civil War intros pretty well The following year, I part ex'd for a HB and Floyd Rose strat type from Phoenix (or something like that. It was a mail order thing back in the 90s), and also bought a 10w Marshall and Boss Metalzone, and was quite happy for a while.
Electric - Squier Strat. Really easy to play. Sounded pretty good. Had bits of it living on various other Strats until 2005!