New Deluxe Squier Strat amazed again!

[ZMAN]

As most of you know I am a huge fan of the new Deluxe Squier Strats. I have two. One in Daphne and one in White Pearl Metalic. The White pearl is a stunning guitar. I had a friend visit from out of town and he tried mine and immediately had me order one for him. It took a week and a half and I got a call that it was in. I had it set up with a set of D'Addarios.
I went to pick it up yesterday and this one is even nicer than mine. It has an almost burled maple neck and it looked sweet. Sound and playability are awsome. Here are the pictures.

[just strum]

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I like those Strats and interesting neck on the new one.

If you don't mind me asking, what are you paying for these new Strats?

I feel I'm about to break my last "I promise, this is the last one" - my wife's response will be "Who the he77 is this ZMAN that is making you buy one???"

Very nice ZMAN!!!:

[Lev]

wow, I really like the smaller Fender headstock rather than the usual Squire big 70's headstock.

[street music]

VERY NICE!

[ZMAN]

We are paying 299 Canadian for them. The going price in the US is between 239 and 249. Duff has put a deposit on one and I think it was 239 in P. A.
The neck on this one is very unusual and of the four that I have had in my possesion it is the only one like that. So they might differ. I have one of the MIM 60ths and it has a pretty flamey neck. The only one I have seen like that also.
Apparently in talking to others about the grain, it all comes down to a crap shoot on what woods they get for the necks. Also the way it is cut. Usually the big guys like Fender and Gibson will save those cuts for the high end guitars.
Sorry JS, I am not trying to fuel any marital discord, and I now feel like a pusher! I rarely get this excited about a guitar but these are the best value in a guitar that I have seen in many years.
My dealer had brought another 4 in and he said that he has drained the Canadian distributor. He has 1 White and 2 Blue left. He had ordered 7 in total.
They took forever to finally get into circulation, at least 2 months longer than the original release. They are made by Cort in Indonesia.

[marnold***]

They are made by Cort in Indonesia.

The same factory that built the highly-acclaimed Squier '51s. Cort builds good stuff. That neck looks very nice.

[stingx]

Gorgeous guitars. I have some time off today so I would like to gauge for myself how well they sound and play.

Btw, the decor in your pictures looks just like that of the old age home my grandmother lived in.

[warren0728]

nice set of twins....

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[ZMAN]

Stingx: I will tell my interior designer about your comment. He will love that.

[Robert****]

Cool, I've never played one of those. I have to go check them out.

[luvmyshiner]

Those are stunning Zman.

[just strum]

nice set of twins....

ww

Those are stunning

Those are the very words I say (internal voice) to a woman at work that I am good friends with.

[ZMAN]

They're creamy white as well.
OK let's get back on topic!

[warren0728]

They're creamy white as well.
OK let's get back on topic!

but i kinda like where this topic is going!!

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[just strum]

Sorry ZMAN, I needed a little something to distract myself from the GAS. I started to type in the Sweetwater site and damn if history didn't take me to the site and a picture of a white Squire. Could your thread and my Internet history be telling me something???

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/clos...ratDSMPW--Main

That gets you off the hook from taking the blame, now you can say it wasn't you, it was the Sweetwater site, although you and I will always know the truth.

ZMAN, you have damn good taste in guitars.

[ZMAN]

See the gods have spoken. They drew me to the Squier site a couple of months ago and lo and behold. The Daphne was the one that got my attention, and it is sweet as well but the White pearl just knocks my socks off.
The neck in the Sweetwater picture is much lighter than they are in reality but with the larger picture you can see there is some pretty good grain on most of them.
The pickguard and hardware are all aged and it almost has a monochromatic look to it.
Thanks JS. My guitar purchases take a lot of time and I usually jump around on color and style a lot before I finally pick.
I have a CIJ 68 Reissue in Vintage White with maple that is my other favourite. Huge Hendrix vibe on that one. Even though his was arctic white!

[just strum]

I'm a big fan of Vintage white also, but I don't see them around often.

Looks aside, are you really happy with the sound and playability of these Squires to the point where you aren't planning out mods to upgrade or change the sound?

[Brian Krashpad]

Those look great.

Are the stock pickups alnico or ceramic?

[ZMAN]

I have 8 strats and the tone and playalbility of the Deluxe Strats is amazing. They felt familiar so I did a comparison with my 50th Annivesary Deluxe Strat. The dimensionsof the body and feel of the neckare exactly the same. The only difference is the neck on the 50th is creamier and the rolled edges are better. The tone from the pickups comes very close to the SCNs. I will probably get flamed over this but that is how I feel. Very clean and clear. They are Alnicos by the way. I will not change anything on them. Of course that being said I have never modded any of my guitars.
So I am not the one to ask that question. The SC-101 pickups are being use on tons of guitars out there.
A lot of people buy Squiers to mod, but I don't see the need on these.