It’s easy to forget how important theSquierbrand is in the history of guitar making. Before挡泥板1982年，恢复了停产的弦乐制造商，用于官方许可的日本制造的吉他，这是不合适的Stratocaster或Telecaster的想法。如果您想在1981年进行廉价挡泥板，则必须与The Lead和Bullet这样的学生模型进行制作，或者从Tokai和Greco等人那里获得高质量的仿制。
It was Squier that pulled Fender’s iconic instruments out of their ivory tower and paved the way for the world-dominating megacorp of 2022, which will sell you a Strat for every market – from the price of a decent pair of jeans all the way up to the price of a nearly-new hatchback.
The early days of Squier coincided with Fender’s post-CBS upheaval, and so it’s entirely fitting that this new 40th Anniversary Gold Edition Strat feels like just the kind of left-field mix that emerged from Fender’s Japan operation in the period where the streams of Squier and Fender were crossing.
Under the hood, however, this guitar is functionally identical to the stock Classic Vibe ’60s Strat. That means we get a nyatoh (not to be confused with nato) body, maple neck and laurel board, plus Fender-designed alnico pickups. You also get a modern 9.5-inch fingerboard radius and a comfortable modern C profile, plus a vintage-style six-screw vibrato bridge. So far so standard, but that is rather burying the lede – just look at the thing.
是的，这种策略积极地尖叫着“额外”：大70年代风格的床头柜，金色硬件，带有珍珠块镶嵌的装订指板，阳极阳极的挑剔的金守卫，当然还有那种豪华的红宝石红色金属饰面。它融合了70年代最疯狂的一些过剩的方式，使人们笑了起来，这让人联想到日本最著名的创作。这也是庆祝Squier生日的一种完美的方式，但这只是一个表演小马吗？
In use
好吧，不，坦率地说。如果已经有一段时间以来，您已经花了一段时间与一位大笨拙的人在一起，那么您可能会仔细检查一下，这不是写在那个超大号钉上的挡泥板。它以良好的分层应有的方式张开和庸医，调谐器将在不失去脚步的情况下，持续一个相当紧张的鞭打时期，脖子虽然有些通用，但很舒服。尽管光滑的效果也没有任何粘性，并且弗雷特的末端一直都很好地使那条漂亮的绑定板弄平了。
拾音器带有交错的高度销售，非常平衡。and whether you’re funking out of phase on position four or stamping on a Tube Screamer to belt out some rich driven chords in position one, they do the job with aplomb – something that’s aided by the always welcome decision to give the bridge pickup its own tone control.
这位作家记得那些时代的时代，紧张吉他是平淡的踩踏墨西哥或美国制造的挡泥板，但这证明了品牌已经走了多远，以及如何在Squier和Fender的底部之间的界限曾经是Blurrier。这是一个严肃的吉他，直接开箱即用，我们拥有的几个小问题（脖子上的拾音器都缺少一点特征，阳极氧化的金硬件将是顶部的樱桃）几乎不值得一提。
不太明确的是如果这黄金版是worth a hundred quid more than the Classic Vibe ’60s guitar it’s based on – but that’s in the eye of the beholder. If you want something more traditional, this guitar is clearly not for you… but if you want a Strat that stands out from the crowd while not breaking the bank, well, you and this Squier could be celebrating many anniversaries of your own together.
主要特点
- PRICE£499
- 描述Double-cut solidbody electric guitar, made in China
- 建造nyatoh身体，螺栓固定的枫木脖子，带9.5英寸半径指板，21个狭窄的螺丝，骨骼螺母
- 硬件六助剂复古风格的同步颤音，复古风格的调谐器
- ELECTRICS3X挡泥板设计Alnico单线圈，五向拾音器选择器，主卷，2倍音调控件
- 比例长度25.5”/648mm
- 颈部宽度螺母42毫米，第12码52毫米
- 脖子深度22mm at first fret, 23mm at 12th fret
- 字符串间距36mm at nut, 54mm at bridge
- 重量3.4kg/7.5磅
- FINISHES红宝石红色金属（如所评论），普莱西德湖，西耶纳森伯斯特 - 全部配有金色硬件和金阳极源
- 左撇子No
- 接触fender.com
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