Why Guitar Players Choose Squier Over Fender

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[rodramirez]

Bro... as a broke kid who grew up around broke musicians, no one cared what you played as long as you actually knew your way around your instrument. From the homie playing Squires in cover bands to my cousin who plays weddings on an Epiphone les paul; as long as your guitar is set up properly, you're golden.

[AndrewMasters]

The real story here is Mike took my 6 year olds guitar and won't give it back.

[msspi]

I joined a jam group when I was a beginner. The guy leading the jam became a close friend and pushed me to improve my chops and to learn. I learned a lot from him. When he passed I went to his service. Another friend who was in the jam pulled me aside and told me that as he was in his last days the friend kept saying "Make sure (I) gets the bass!". He hands me a Squier Jazz Bass. I've never played bass before in my life, but I bring it home, fix a few things and set it up, and I got online and took courses. Almost nothing I've done has helped my guitar playing more than that. That Squier bass plays great, sounds great, and taught me a lot. It's my friend teaching me even now.

[fortunefavorsthebold]

I played a $90 salmon pink squier for years and the tone and action were killer, favorite guitar I ever owned. Easy come, easy go - it got stollen out of my car in San Fransisco. Not even mad, so long as it's still out there somewhere screaming to the stars.

[ThunderBasketball]

Crazy thing is, Squier has only stepped up their game tremendously since that guitar you played. The Classic Vibe series are some pretty sick guitars, especially given the price

[mightymurph]

The man that taught my grandfather how to play taught me back in 07, his name was Bill. My mom and dad bought me a guitar from a pawn shop and hired him to teach me. On my 15th birthday he brought in a red squire strat for me that he said he played a handful of times. I still have it, and still love it.
— RIP Bill

[johnarnold]

I'm 77, never played anything before and have now started trying to learn how to play my son's abandoned Squire. There is a Peavy amp with it that has an overwhelming number of switches and dials.

[scwizzyfilmproduction]

I choose Squier over fender because, as a broke college student, Squier is “affordable”

[mdhj]

I have never been overwhelmed by premium or custom models. And when it became popular to 'relic' a new custom shop instrument, I decided that most of my fellow guitarist were insane.

[isaactalley]

I’ve come to the point in my playing that brands don’t matter and one of the best things I’ve heard is “there are no beginner guitars, just beginner hands” after hearing that I can play my prs and be just as content playing and recording with my squier

[andrewjames]

Talent surpasses equipment. Hard work surpasses talent.

[naev.]

Andrew's Green Day story was really amazing/heartwarming seeing he grew up and works in music himself now. Wow!

[byherndon]

I’ve got a bunch of Squiers and they are great! I’m a hobby guitarist and they’ve been a great way to try out different Classic models in an affordable way.

[weirdlounge]

It’s not much about what gear you are using but about how much love and passion you put into that instrument

[Splandrocity]

Tone is in the fingers. That's #1.
Once you get that part down, understanding how to properly push a preamp stage is the icing on the cake.

[maskedstudios]

when nobody was there for me my squier was there for me

[thatraymond]

Squier is definitely underrated. I have been playing an Affinity Telecaster for about 10 years now. Mine is modded, but the neck, body, pickups, and bridge plate are all stock. I love mine.

[notpls]

I got a squier classic vibe in 10th grade as my first electric. 9 years later, a full career in composition and years of producing music later, it's still my only guitar. Ive never really truly needed more, it sounds great every single time. Every pro guitarist I've handed it to has gone "wow, this thing feels great!"

[t.a.d.m.a]

My first guitar was a Rogue acoustic. The action was like an inch off the neck and by the time you got down to the 12th fret an E was almost a half step to the next note.

But thanks to the struggles of having to almost break my fingers learning how to bar an F chord, when I finally upgraded to my next guitar there was no chord out of my reach since my hand had already built the muscles from playing on such a difficult guitar.

[mojofilter]

I got a Squier classic vibe 50s Tele about two years ago and it's one of the best sounding guitar for that price! It took me some time to get used to it in general, not in terms of quality or sound, but nowadays its pretty much my main instrument, I love it. I have the feeling, that "budget guitars" in general got a lot better in recent years. Compared to my first electric guitar, an Epi Les Paul from 2011, the inspired by Gibson series both feels and sounds like a way more expensive instrument...