theedgeu2
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Haven't been on this forum in a loooooong time! Earlier this summer I got this Strat, sort of as a graduation present to myself for completing high school (I don't know how I did it). I'd always wanted a strat and I wasn't really too picky about what kind and specifics. I just knew I wanted a guitar that was solidly built and played great and of course sounded like a strat (all single coil pickups, none of that stupid humbucker in the bridge on a strat crap).
For those that want to see the pics and not read my big story scroll down past this.
While this guitar isn't a Fender (and considering an American made Fender won't in my budget), I kind of took a shot at one of these Vintage Modified models. Now I own a Vintage Modified Squier bass that I love so I kind of trusted myself on this one. I did some reading about these guitars and soaked up what I could about em. I've played Squier's Vintage Modified and Classic Vibe strats before and I've been very impressed, so much so that I think they are better than Mexican made Fenders. I got this 70s Vintage Modified Squier for just under $300 new. It's supposed to be based on a 70s guitar with modern updates. When it arrived I took it out of the box and inspected it. It was pretty much perfect out of the box. It could of used a few slight adjustments, depending on your preferences. It had low action, which I really don't mind (I kind of love it on this guitar to be honest). The pickups are actually set a little low on this so I may need to raise them at some point but for now it's okay. The pickups actually are quite hot. But I totally dig them right now. Might change them out later for something a little quieter but they're still a solid set. The neck is a gloss finished neck (which I LOVE) and it's one of the most comfortable necks I've played, especially so for my small hands. I plugged it into my AC30 and BAM! there was that glassy, smooth strat sound I'd been looking for. Perfect. I ran it through some effects. Some "Streets"-like delay, some distortion and overdrive, some chorus, pretty much a little bit of everything. It was solid right out of the box. I was happy, it felt like a dream in my hands.
These thoughts are my own so I may be the only one who thinks these are such amazing guitars but they really are a great bang for your buck. There's a lot of quality in these models. I think the Classic Vibe series are little bit better but you still can't go wrong with the VM series. It looks a lot like Edge's all black strat which is neat, that's not a big reason why I bought it btw. But it looked cool as hell so I had to get it in this finish. Here's some pics of it:
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Screen cap of me playing it from a video I made recently:
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For those that want to see the pics and not read my big story scroll down past this.
While this guitar isn't a Fender (and considering an American made Fender won't in my budget), I kind of took a shot at one of these Vintage Modified models. Now I own a Vintage Modified Squier bass that I love so I kind of trusted myself on this one. I did some reading about these guitars and soaked up what I could about em. I've played Squier's Vintage Modified and Classic Vibe strats before and I've been very impressed, so much so that I think they are better than Mexican made Fenders. I got this 70s Vintage Modified Squier for just under $300 new. It's supposed to be based on a 70s guitar with modern updates. When it arrived I took it out of the box and inspected it. It was pretty much perfect out of the box. It could of used a few slight adjustments, depending on your preferences. It had low action, which I really don't mind (I kind of love it on this guitar to be honest). The pickups are actually set a little low on this so I may need to raise them at some point but for now it's okay. The pickups actually are quite hot. But I totally dig them right now. Might change them out later for something a little quieter but they're still a solid set. The neck is a gloss finished neck (which I LOVE) and it's one of the most comfortable necks I've played, especially so for my small hands. I plugged it into my AC30 and BAM! there was that glassy, smooth strat sound I'd been looking for. Perfect. I ran it through some effects. Some "Streets"-like delay, some distortion and overdrive, some chorus, pretty much a little bit of everything. It was solid right out of the box. I was happy, it felt like a dream in my hands.
These thoughts are my own so I may be the only one who thinks these are such amazing guitars but they really are a great bang for your buck. There's a lot of quality in these models. I think the Classic Vibe series are little bit better but you still can't go wrong with the VM series. It looks a lot like Edge's all black strat which is neat, that's not a big reason why I bought it btw. But it looked cool as hell so I had to get it in this finish. Here's some pics of it:
Screen cap of me playing it from a video I made recently:
