Squier Affinity Strat MN OW

Hello friends, I bought this guitar just to have a single coil sound. In the beginning, I was planning to buy something cheaper, but deeper I researched ı found out this guitar was the best option for me. I like Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix a lot! And this guitar gives me the sound of a single coil that I was looking for! My main guitar is Gibson SG I just wanted to have a guitar with a single-coil. The good thing about this guitar is, that it is upgradable. You can buy Fender spare parts and they will match most of the spare parts. I am not sure if all the spare parts are compatible, but mostly they are ! So if you want to change neck you can change pickups or tuners. In my opinion, the neck is super comfortable to play with. I am very happy with the purchase.

Also, I requested special delivery date, and thanks to Thomann to deliver it on time!

Edit - I replaced the pickups with tex-mex pre-wired pickguard set, the guitar became phenomenal. The only thing is that it does not fit properly because pickup switcher is deeper, but not a big deal. Also, I replaced the tuners to locking tuners, item nr 234074. Guitar became much better!

Sound - Good
Build Quality - Good
Colour - Amazing!
Neck - super comfortable

All the best!

In the many decades i've tried to play guitar - now over five of them - i have had at least 10 guitars for each decade, including some high-end Fenders costing 4 figures. I never expected to be impressed by a £200/£210 budget Fender, but this Squier has shocked me with the standard of finish, the playability, and the sound from the three p-ups. I'm blown away by it, and i feel like saying there is no such thing as a better guitar than this out there for the same price. I have a 2010 Fender Classic 50s Player Strat, and i like this Squier so much i'm going to sell the Player Strat. I actually cannot fault the Squier, and i have built numerous Strat and Teles and i'm annoyingly fussy and hard to impress. Out of the box, the intonation is 90% good, the neck relief fine, and the action a kind of base-line setting with all the tops of the saddles flush. I was able to lower the action to a very low level with no buzzing or any other problems. The neck is slim and fast, with almost no roughness to the fret ends. The pick-ups are set quite low so according to taste can be raised to be nearer the strings. It's cosmetically impressive with flawless finish Guess what ?....I love it !

As in the title - Thomann, please change photo or send me a made in Indonesia!!!
Otherwise, strings were rusty when I received it but Thomann sent replacement immediately I brought it to their attention.
Frets were rough so I had to polish them. Also had to give the high E nut slot a couple of runs with a file, no biggy.
Especially impressed with the tuners which work great. Stays in tune well enough.
Overall happy with this instrument, my first Strat and it seems to do what I believe Strats do.
Would probably be happier if price were more like € 160-200.
Speaking as a non-specialist/perfectionist.

As with any guitar, your opinion comes from your taste. But I’ve just recently bought this one, and I’m impressed. I’ve heard from people that this guitar must have some flaws because of the price. Nope! It’s a 10/10 Stratocaster. You could sound like SRV and Jimmy Hendrix, and any other of your idols! I was looking for a cheap strat because I wanted that strat sound, and knew I might have had to change some things, but no need! Looove it!

Pros:
-sound
-feel of neck
-overall quality

Cons:
-new guitar, so slightly scratchy frets
Gone after some playing tho
-more yellow than the pictures show

Everything with it is nice! Even the color, I just didn’t expect it to look slightly yellow. Don’t hesitate!!!