1995 Fender Mexican Series questions
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Re: 1995 Fender Mexican Series questions
From what I know, Squier (<--that's how yo uactually spell it) was a series in the Fender line before it became it's own company. I have a book with a guitar on it that has "Squier series" on the headstock and I thought the same as you. But ya, fro mwhat I know, Squier was a series before independant and I'm 90% sure they were higher quality when they were a series rather than a company.
From what I know, Squier (<--that's how yo uactually spell it) was a series in the Fender line before it became it's own company. I have a book with a guitar on it that has "Squier series" on the headstock and I thought the same as you. But ya, fro mwhat I know, Squier was a series before independant and I'm 90% sure they were higher quality when they were a series rather than a company.
Re: 1995 Fender Mexican Series questions
I own the same guitar..... Mine is a 1994 Mexican Made Squier, Black with an all Maple Neck.... I bought it new in 1995 in Toronto at the 12th Fret who was selling a bunch of them cheap. The Store told me that Fender was with-out an overseas contract to make Squiers, so they offered Squiers for 2 years or so from the Mexican plant until they could set up something over in Asia. I heard that these Mex Squiers only came in Black from the Mexican Plant, but you could choose all Maple necks or ones with a Rosewood board. They were the same guitar pretty much as a Mexican Standard but had cheaper tuners and bridge... I have since found used Mexican Standard tuners and a used Mex Standard's bridge and replaced the Squires cheaper parts....
At the time i didn't have much money but wanted a strat so i ended up with that Squier.. That Squier was only $300 Canadian new so it fit the bill. It's not as nice as a really good strat but for the bucks they rock... I stuck a Hot Rails in the bridge a few years ago. It plays and sounds the same as my 1999 Mexican Standard... I kind of like the ceramic pickups in those cheaper strats.
Oddly i used that Squier for a lot when learning repair work... I had routed it out for humbuckers, used the neck to make a template for my home made guitars.... It's been taken apart more times then i can count.
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aaronl said:
I own the same guitar..... Mine is a 1994 Mexican Made Squier, Black with an all Maple Neck.... I bought it new in 1995 in Toronto at the 12th Fret who was selling a bunch of them cheap. The Store told me that Fender was with-out an overseas contract to make Squiers, so they offered Squiers for 2 years or so from the Mexican plant until they could set up something over in Asia. I heard that these Mex Squiers only came in Black from the Mexican Plant, but you could choose all Maple necks or ones with a Rosewood board. They were the same guitar pretty much as a Mexican Standard but had cheaper tuners and bridge... I have since found used Mexican Standard tuners and a used Mex Standard's bridge and replaced the Squires cheaper parts....
At the time i didn't have much money but wanted a strat so i ended up with that Squier.. That Squier was only $300 Canadian new so it fit the bill. It's not as nice as a really good strat but for the bucks they rock... I stuck a Hot Rails in the bridge a few years ago. It plays and sounds the same as my 1999 Mexican Standard... I kind of like the ceramic pickups in those cheaper strats.
Oddly i used that Squier for a lot when learning repair work... I had routed it out for humbuckers, used the neck to make a template for my home made guitars.... It's been taken apart more times then i can count.
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