A superb gateway into the time-honored Fender® family, the Squier® Affinity Series™ Stratocaster® delivers legendary design and quintessential tone for today’s aspiring guitar hero. This Strat® features several player-friendly refinements such as a thin and lightweight body, a slim and comfortable “C”-shaped neck profile, a 2-point tremolo bridge for superior tremolo action and sealed die-cast tuning machines with split shafts for smooth, accurate tuning and easy restringing. Loaded with a trio of Squier single-coil Strat pickups with 5-way switching for genre-defying sonic variety, this model is ready to accompany any player at any stage.
- Upgraded hardware
- Updated headstock logos
- Satin neck finish for smooth fretting
- Gloss headstock for a renewed appearance
- Newly-voiced Strat pickups for improved tone
- 2-point tremolo bridge for improved intonation and smooth action
- Improved sealed-gear tuners with split shafts for precision tuning
The Fender Stratocaster first appeared in 1954 and incorporated many design innovations based on feedback from professional musicians, Fender staff, and Leo Fender himself. The Strat's third single-coil pickup offered more tonal possibilities than the two on the Tele, and its sleekly contoured body made it more comfortable. The double-cutaway design of the Stratocaster made access to upper registers much easier.
Details
- Fender Stratocaster body style
- Thin and lightweight Poplar body with gloss poly finish
- Satin-finished Maple "C" shaped neck
- 25.5" scale length
- Indian Laurel fingerboard with white pearloid inlays, 9.5" radius
- 21 medium jumbo frets
- Gloss headstock for a renewed appearance
- Synthetic bone nut, 1.6" width
- Three newly voiced Stratocaster single-coil pickups
- One volume with two-tone controls
- 5-position blade pickup switch
- 2-point tremolo bridge for improved intonation
- Die-cast tuners with split shafts
- 3-ply pickguard
- 4-bolt Squier neck plate
- Chrome hardware
- Nickel-plated steel strings .009-.042
*Stock photos shown. Serial # will be different.