Stupid question about Squiers!!

[corailz]

I have a stupid question too,if i can.Why we can find some cheap (crap)
Fender Squier for ridicoulus prices as 600$ for a 1989-1999 Tele or Strat style???I'd got one before and it was so crappy and cheap..

I don't want to blast anyone,but i just want to understand!!
Thanks for your answers.
:rockon:

[devnulljp]

Prices the market will bear? Plus there's a lot of confusion around what exactly is a Squire? It covers such broad ground from the first high quality birth of Fender Japan JV and SQ models to today's ones made on the cheap in large quantities in Indonesia and China. People hear stories of Jeff Healey playing a Squire and think well mine must be worth that too.
I had a couple of JV Squires and they were pretty similar to standard production run US Fenders of the time. Best 'Fenders' I've ever owned were Tokais from the late 70s, but I've never played a custom shop or a pre-CBS Fender, so comparisons are with straight stock production 80s and later US and CIJ Fenders.
This is one of those issues that seems to bring up religious fervour though.

I think the short answer to your question is if you're selling something, you'll generally sell for whatever the best price you can get for it...and if someone's willing to pay it then great.

[corailz]

Thanks,and its so true!!!!!!

[Budda]

i have a squier affinity series, and it's held up suprisingly well. I wouldnt call a squier crap.

[devnulljp]

i have a squier affinity series, and it's held up suprisingly well. I wouldnt call a squier crap.
Some are. Some aren't. I think that's part of the problem. Squire is a marketing term to describe a bunch of budget instruments made in multiple factories in multiple countries. It's a moving target.

[mysweetshadow747]

I own a 1982 Squier Strat, and it's honestly one of the nicest guitars I've ever played just because of the ease of play... it's not like they are nowadays, where you can FEEL how cheap it is just by holding it. It's a beautiful guitar. I've actually tried to look up the serial number codes on it and it came up indecisive as to it's origin. I'd kind of like to know exactly what it's worth, though I don't ever plan on selling it. Know anybody that could help me out with that?

[skydigger]

Weren't Squires made in the USA in the early days??

I remember my guitar teacher back in '87 recommending that I should buy a Squire if I decided to get a Strat (being the metalhead wannabe that i was I chose a Model 3 Charvel...)

[NB-SK]

I remember my friend got a Squier Strat somewhere around '82 or '84 then a couple years later got a Fender Strat. He switched between both. The Fender sounded better...could have been the pickups, though. With an upgrade, the Squire might have sounded better next to the Fender.

[al3d]

I got a Sqiuer at 17, that's 1981/82, i was working at a Guitar shop, and i had made "X" number of sales so the Fender rep gave me one, at that time, the explenation for the guitar was it's was a market tester, same body and neck, but with crappy hardware. Now i still have it, it's in pieces right now, but that thing ain''t made of plywood that's for shure cause it's a heavy baby, neck is identical to my other strat. SO, seems early ones were made in USA but with crap hardware from what i was told. But 600$ for a squier!?....huh..no thank you.