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Squier Affinity Mini Stratocaster Electric Guitar in Torino Red

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Solid hardwood scaled down body
Rosewood Finger Board
20 frets
3 x single coil pick-ups

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I have to admit that at first I thought this was someone’s idea of a joke, or even a display only...

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Squier Affinity Mini Stratocaster Electric Guitar Torino Red

The Fender Squier Affinity Stratocaster is effectively a scaled down version of the full sized Stratocaster that measures 22.75 inches but yet retains most of the recognised features available. It still has the iconic Strat shaped double cut-away hardwood body and traditional Maple neck whilst the finger board is crafted from Rosewood and provides 20 frets.

Just like the real thing it has 3 single-coil staggered pick-ups managed by a 3 way selector switch and a static hard tail bridge. The pick-ups have their own volume and tone controls with the usual ¼” jack insert situated on the face of the body. All hardware is chrome plated including the bridge, machine heads and the jack socket whilst the headstock has a more traditional size and does not appear to be scaled down as the rest of the instrument.

by Gig Stig

I have to admit that at first I thought this was someone’s idea of a joke, or even a display only model that Squier would use at trade shows and the like. But once I sat down and actually began to play this instrument I started to change my opinion on the Squier Affinity, I began to seriously think about who this instrument was aimed at and what practical use it might have.

The obvious one of course is schoolchildren who are learning to play the guitar, the scaled down size may suit kids from 8-12 years old and the quality of the finish and raw materials make this an easy guitar to learn on if you’re a beginner. The sound is good without being great, but I say that with appreciation of the fact that this model has been made to a specific budget, and therefore was never going to be the Stradivarius of the guitar world.

However, speaking as a potential customer, the neck plays well, the tuning is stable and the pick-ups sound like Fender pick-ups – so I guess for the price it’s hard to criticise this instrument.

The other potential user group for this instrument are the established guitar players who just want a fun, cheap instrument to take away on holiday with them and enjoy playing. I’m talking about the type of person who enjoys playing guitar frequently and just throws it in the boot of the car to pull-out and practice scales, licks and so forth …. as obviously this type of instrument won’t take up much room.

I’ve come to the conclusion that in fact the Squier Affinity is not a joke, nor is it a toy, and indeed it does have real-world practical uses for specific user groups, so if you belong to one of those groups - check out the Squier Affinity.