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2011 Squire 60's Classic Vibe Stratocaster w/ Texas Specials - $500 (Denver)
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The guitar was designed to provide a 60's vibe at a budget price, and as a long-time player and guitar afficionado, I think they did a great job of achieving that. They gave it a 60's-style headstock and tuners (including the logo and markings). It has an attractive aged-looking low-gloss "vintage-tint" maple neck, and sports high-narrow frets. The body is light-weight alder wood. The fingerboard looks like rosewood, but they call it Indian laurel, and I have kept it oiled. It has a vintage style tortoise pickguard, and a vintage style tremolo. The hardware is nickel plated. The nut is bone. The body has a nice vibrant looking 3-color vintage-tint gloss sunburst.... surprisingly good color and paint quality for this price level, IMO.
The pickups were replaced professionally (not by me) with Fender Custom Shop (CS) Texas Specials. The CS stickers are still intact. There are no bevels, staggered poles with a very low "B" string (to balance output). Under the "B" strings, there is a red dot for bridge pickup and a blue dot for neck pickup. There is the yellow wire off middle pickup, using cloth/enamel. These are all features of the highly-rated "Texas Specials" (think Stevie Ray blues tone!), which cost $315 uninstalled, so it is a significant upgrade. They measure 5.8k, 5.9k and 6.3k ohms, respectively.
Slim "C" shaped neck, 25.5" scale, 9.5" radius, 21 frets. 1.65" bone nut. Vintage style synchronized tremolo and vintage style tuners. Typical 5-way selector switch. This one has aged PU covers and knobs. The knobs were changed to match the aged pickup covers, adding to the vintage vibe.
As for condition and playability-- I call it near mint. Very little sign of play or wear, including to the frets. There is the one ding, as mentioned above, visible in the last picture posted. I measure 1/16" high "E" string height at the 12th fret (about 2/16" on the bass side), and for me it plays very nicely. I'd say the guitar could use new strings, as they've been on there a while stored. Probably a 9 high "E" currently. I could possibly throw in a set if I have what you want.
The guitar weighs only 7.25 lbs
Bonus: included is a high-quality excellent Fender-branded gig bag. The tremolo bar is included in the bag (I do not use one).
This guitar sells for $500 new with no case and is still made, with high feedback ratings all around. This one is 15 years old but still near new (near mint) in condition. Any build flaws would have emerged by now, so this is solid.
No trades, please. Cash or Venmo. Price Firm. Great value.
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