Price Paid: $220 USD
Description: The guitar has two humbucking pickups, so this guitar is built for a hard sound. 22 frets. The guitar is basically a lower quality double fat standard strat. Nothing incredibly special about it. The body on mine is metallic purple with a black pickguard which actually looks pretty sweet.
Tone:
Comments: It's got a fatter sound to it than a standard strat for obvious reasons. I only have a couple complaints. First of all, there's a slight buzzing problem on the sixth string, especially if you're not pressing hard. Also, the strings that came on it were very low quality. On several strings I couldn't even get a note below the 12th fret, but I put Elixirs on it and that's fixed.
Quality:
Comments: It's a solid guitar and it's great for a beginner. It feels very sturdy. On the negative side one of the pickups is kind of wobbly. Buy a Squier Standard if you want something better than an Affinity (even cheaper) but don't have the money for a regular Fender.
Overall:
Pros: I think it's a decent value for the money. I've never had any real troubles with it. I'm not an advanced player, I've only been playing for about six months, but this guitar has done me well so far. I'm sure when I get more serious years from now I'll buy something better, but this is fine for now.
Cons: It's a very basic instrument that has minor buzzing problems and minor problems with one of my pickups. The strings that came on it were terrible. Not much more to be said.

Submitted by:
Rob Switzer (robswitzer@hotmail.com)
Playing Experience:
under one year
Musical Tastes:
alternative blues classical classic rock heavy metal

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