Hi all, stuck in lockdown as we all are and I’m gassing for a strat.
I’m looking at options whilst on a budget-the Classic Vibe series looks like they tick a lot of boxes-price, I love the vintage inspired look/design, the 9.5 radius board (although I would rather they were still rosewood but there we go) and the colour schemes. If they had fender on I’d have snapped one up, but the Squier badge just puts me off even though I know they are good guitars.
The alternative is the player series-£200 more, they seem great but actually I prefer the more vintage looks of the CV. Then there is the vintera but they are x2 the price and have the rounder radius unless it’s the modified and they are more £ again and I don’t even want the switching option....
Anyone else got one of the new CVs-what are they like? I’m not expecting miracles but do they feel/sound/perform like a real Strat. I’ve previously owned classic series Fender strats and a Tokai (lower ST40 models) from the 80s and found these all fine-no looking for something to compare to a CS Strat or anything...
Seems like for £350 they are a great shout-if I can get over the bloomin badge-am I just being silly!?
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Tokai's are very nice, either that or a MIM will be more pleasing.
Buy the best guitar you can is good advice, or it was before the Far East seriously upped their game
It's a bit like Skoda. They might make good cars now, but too much piss was taken, I couldn't buy one.
Don't get me wrong I fetishize over vintage Fender and Gibson like the rest of us, but I know it isn't going to make me better and the satisfaction of ownership rings hollow after a while.
telemaster is spot on-I remember all of these brands having cheap ‘starter’ kits and can’t shake the image... even though Far Eastern guitars have improved no end and I know that... that logo is still an issue I think.
But in a perverse way I wouldn't be at all bothered about a guitar with a Squier logo, it's unequivocal - yep, this is a cheap one.
Squier or Custom Shop and nothing inbetween.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/61134/sarge/p1
I've been lulled into the old stepping up the Fender product ladder many times. Pay this much more to get A, a little bit more will get you B, a lot more will get you C. Most of the time I've been disappointed by the jump, but I'll no doubt do it again.
I've always found the Mexican Fenders to be a step up over the Squier CV's. Spend £400-£500 and you'll snag a very decent Mexican Fender with the correct logo and no need to upgrade.