Nelskie
August 15th, 2006, 01:43 PM
I thought it might be cool to have a thread for vintage Squier owners to post information, links, and other stuff about 80's / 90's era Squier Guitars. Even though there were literally hundreds of thousands (maybe even millions) of these guitars made and sold back then, it seems to me that there is still very little about them information-wise.
I myself am very fortunate to own not one, but two of these fantastic instruments. Both are 1987 models - one MIK (made in Korea), and the other MIJ (made in Japan). Although these instruments do not attract as much attention as the Fender-branded MIJ re-issues or standard models, they are still regarded as fine instruments in their own right. As a matter of fact, many owners, as well as collectors, say that the sound / quality of the older Squier MIJ / MIK instruments rivals that of some of their American-made Fender counterparts - a statement that I do not find at all susprising.
One Squier-related thing that I do find surprising is that the *official* Squier web page has zero information on older models. Man, that's so weak. If you think about it, wouldn't it be a feather in their own cap to show some pride in both their history & guitar-building legacy - - instead of continually playing the understudy role to their Fender cousins. I know a LOT of folks (including myself) whose first *real* taste of Fender tone came courtesy of a Squier guitar.
Anyways, to get the thread off to a good start, I've attached a couple of links I've found useful in identifying my own Squier instruments. The first is a SN # dating link that I used to ID my MIJ Strat. For some reason, the MIK models have some really screwy SN #'s, so if any of you MIK owners have a better resource for dating, please let me know. I'm curious to know where my own MIK model was built:
http://pub123.ezboard.com/fguitarsbyfenderfrm7.showMessage?topicID=14.topic
Squier instruments also came in many of the standard / custom Fender colors. If you were wondering about the actual name / code of the color that's on your axe, wonder no more:
http://www.guitarstop.com/Fender/colorchart.htm
Strangely enough, my (2) Squiers are color coded (08) - Ocean Turquoise ('87 MIJ) and (09) - Candy Apple Red ('87 MIK). I've also rassled with the idea of getting a (41) Vintage White guitar, so then I'd have one in red, white, and blue! How's that for patriotic? :D
Vintage Squier owners . . . lemme' hear ya'!
I myself am very fortunate to own not one, but two of these fantastic instruments. Both are 1987 models - one MIK (made in Korea), and the other MIJ (made in Japan). Although these instruments do not attract as much attention as the Fender-branded MIJ re-issues or standard models, they are still regarded as fine instruments in their own right. As a matter of fact, many owners, as well as collectors, say that the sound / quality of the older Squier MIJ / MIK instruments rivals that of some of their American-made Fender counterparts - a statement that I do not find at all susprising.
One Squier-related thing that I do find surprising is that the *official* Squier web page has zero information on older models. Man, that's so weak. If you think about it, wouldn't it be a feather in their own cap to show some pride in both their history & guitar-building legacy - - instead of continually playing the understudy role to their Fender cousins. I know a LOT of folks (including myself) whose first *real* taste of Fender tone came courtesy of a Squier guitar.
Anyways, to get the thread off to a good start, I've attached a couple of links I've found useful in identifying my own Squier instruments. The first is a SN # dating link that I used to ID my MIJ Strat. For some reason, the MIK models have some really screwy SN #'s, so if any of you MIK owners have a better resource for dating, please let me know. I'm curious to know where my own MIK model was built:
http://pub123.ezboard.com/fguitarsbyfenderfrm7.showMessage?topicID=14.topic
Squier instruments also came in many of the standard / custom Fender colors. If you were wondering about the actual name / code of the color that's on your axe, wonder no more:
http://www.guitarstop.com/Fender/colorchart.htm
Strangely enough, my (2) Squiers are color coded (08) - Ocean Turquoise ('87 MIJ) and (09) - Candy Apple Red ('87 MIK). I've also rassled with the idea of getting a (41) Vintage White guitar, so then I'd have one in red, white, and blue! How's that for patriotic? :D
Vintage Squier owners . . . lemme' hear ya'!