SQUIER vs FENDER - Stratocaster Tone Comparison!!

Check out this comparison between two awesome Strats!
One is a Squier Standard (Indonesia) and the other is a Fender Standard (Mexico)!
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[DebmalyaSinha]

This is the gold standard of comparison. The best thing about this is you switch between two inside a riff/licks by dividing them into smaller pockets and that makes it much much easier to pick up the differences. 

Your channel inspired me to get a Mexican strat as my first electric guitar. Thank you for your time and effort Darrell.

[addictedtogear]

Mexican sounds better. Probably just better pickups though.

[eliaszobinski]

on the squier it sounded like
on the fender like
shorely fender sounds way more deeper.

[DarrellBraunGuitar]

Let me know which strat you preferred!
Did you think the Mexican Strat was worth twice as much?

[dylansee]

Love the Stevie Ray Vaughan riff! The Mexican strat has a much warmer tone.

[Foofer]

I'm definitely into the bluesy stuff. My wife screams at me every time I buy a new guitar and makes me feel bad. Thanks for the review. Keep them coming👍

[socialdef]

Squier: 22 great frets, 2 point bridge that is stable and easy to tweak, decent tuners and very good alnico pickups that have potential. The neck is a thin C and feels too thin and wide for my tastes. The ice pick tone on the Squier Standard are due to the 500k pots - switch them out to 250k pots and a .047 cap and you have a more mellow tone.

MIM: 21 frets, vintage bridge (zinc block, better with steel), good tuners, ceramic pickups that actually sound great depending on what kind of music you play. It has a C profile neck and is quite comfortable, with good frets - these guitars get better every year and I think with a pickup change, they are very capable guitars. I would throw on some vintage tuners, vintage alnico pickups with a steel tremolo block and bridge/saddles and call it a day.

[jasonteqja]

“Corporate wants you to find the difference between these two pictures”

“They’re the same picture”

[ricardoa]

Darren, even if you hear this a lot, man you rock !!! I love that you use a lot of common sense on your videos, (like using standard no fancy amps, no fx or processing tone and mostly no distortion, EQ knobs of amps in the middle possitions, same riffs, same pressure, etc), your content is very organized and in great order, keep on the great job, please Keep on the: "improving tone tips topics" mechanical, electrical and playing habits I am sure is finally the most important and priority content, Congratulations man, I hope you can get good sponsors who value you efforts, we (all followers do appreciate it), I just can not stop watching the next and the next, thanks man

[ionianblue]

I thought the differences were pretty stark. The Squier seemed to be thin in the low end and, you're right, quite ice-picky at the top. Kinda like they voiced the pickups with a huge bump in the 2.5kHz range or something. It does indeed sound like it could be dialed out like in the melodic passages. The MIM Strat sounded a lot closer to what a Strat sounds like albeit warmth for days. Actually, I'm surprised that those ceramic pickups sounded as warm as they did because one usually thinks of alnico magnets as being warmer sounding.

Another fabulous review/comparison!

[ДенисРымар-шу]

Just one of the best guitar channels. Always interesting, never boring or too long in speeches and always something new. Thank u.

[wasigupitobudiarto]

I am from Indonesia and I acknowledge that squire guitar is sold everywhere very cheap (Around Retail price USD 120-220) in every guitar shop in my country
that Mexican made fender is also sold in my country with retail price around USD 700-950 (imported directly)

[sarobidydimbimisandratra]

So much talent with so much simplicity and humility. Best guitar review channel i've ever seen ! Thank you for those helpful and beautiful videos !

[AmxrJ]

Listening to Squier I'm like eeeww :P
Checking Fender's price: Well Squier is actually pretty good you know!

[MetalMan]

Huge difference, in my opinion. The Mexican model sounds warm, full and with a woody quality to the tone, whereas the Squier sounds thin, way too trebly and cheap in comparison with the Fender. So, is it worth twice as much as the Squier? In my opinon, yes!
Another great video from Darrell Braun. It´s always such a pleasure to see well researched, well presented and well prepared videos like this. Great production value, a nice pace to the proceedings and a nicely informative video overall. You the man, Darrell!

[richardk]

Another excellent review showing us the guitars and tones. I preferred the Mexican but at my limited ability the Indonesian one would be absolutely fine.

[larramenpa]

It feels like the Fender Strat has more richness to its bass, while the Squier feels like one applied EQ and deleted some basses, but in the end has definitely more clarity.
overall it’s not a difference of good and bad, it’s a matter of sound preference, I’d probably go for a Squier due to my preferences.

[lukes_guitars_]

There is a huge difference between the two pickups set, and to me the ones on the Mexican strat sounds better, but I think that whit a pickups upgrade the Squier will sound much better.

[GuitarPlayerOK]

Always good presentations, clear, concise, GOOD information. Yes I would be interested in your comparison: MZ strat vs AM Strat.

Thank you for your time and efforts, compiling these wonderful videos

[jonathankeith]

My first guitar was a Squier Bullet Strat. Great guitar for the price. In fact, I still have it, and am currently re-painting it!
I've been to many guitar shops, and have played many Squier and MIM Strats.
My personal conclusion:
Squier Strats (negatives): Definitely the cheapest-feeling and sounding guitars of the Fender lineup, and the price tag reflects that. Bulky hardware, (although it varies with each model), uncomfortable string tension, (can be slightly adjusted), cheaper woods and finishes, and cheap pickups and electronics. (Positives): They stay in tune pretty well, and sound better than most guitars in their price range. I would recommend a Squier to most beginning guitarists.
Mexican Strats (negatives): Not as polished or as high-quality as American Strats, but still great quality for the price.
(Positives): Definitely higher-quality instruments than Squiers. More comfortable necks and string tension, better electronics and tone, and higher-quality finishes. Feel much more natural to play. Mexican Strats are also closer to American Fender quality than they are to Squier quality, in my opinion.