Reviewed by:
XSider, on december 19, 2007
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Price paid: $ 315
Features: This metallic red "Strat-style" Squier Stagemaster is from 2001, and was made in Korea. It has 24 chrome Jumbo Frets. The hardware is black. There's a Floyd Rose on it. The humbuckers are passive, with three way selector and there are two knobs on it. One is for the volume, the other one is for the tone. It's no name tuners are locking. I've got tools with it, and nothing else. // 8
Sound: I mainly play heavy-metal, metalcore, and things like this. Well it sounds good, but it isn't that heavy as I expected from a humbucker. But it has a really wild, biter sound at the bridge pickup. I have a Marshall MG30DFX set to the metal preset which was in it's manual. In clean channel I use almost only the reverb and sometimes delay or chorus. I don't like the clean sound that this guitar can make, because it's not that bright. Maybe it would be brighter with single coils. There's not much variety in the sounds that this guitar can make. // 7
Action, Fit & Finish: Well I can't say much about this, cause it's not a new guitar. But the previous owner cared about it, and it looks pretty good. Sometimes the pickups stop to work, it could be very annoying. Anything else was OK about the hardware, body, etc. Oh, and the tuning knobs and the pickup selector are noisy. // 6
Reliability & Durability: I saw the previous owner playing Live with this, and it will surely withstand Live playing. It's a 7 year old guitar, but like new. I won't sell it for sure. Maybe not the most reliable guitar in the world, but the durability of the body is guaranteed. It was build like a tank. I wish that the knobs and the pickups were better, but it's a Squier and just a little old guitar. // 7
Impression: So if you want to play heavy songs, it isn't the best choice. I play guitar about 1 year, and for first guitar it's perfect to me. Hard to play on it after a time, because the neck is really thick. If somebody will steal it, I won't buy another one, because I haven't seen new Stagemasters nowhere yet. It was hard to re-string it first. There's nothing else can be said. // 7
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