Squier Deluxe Strat Electric Guitar  

I am playing guitar more than 25 years and in my liftime I have played numerous strats and others.

Well this piece of instrument is exactly bang for the bucks very well made and faboulous sounding.

If you want to compromise with the branding but not the sound/Job than this is the right thing to pick.

So what are you waiting for Grab ur fav effects with it and rock n roll.

No flaws at all

The instrument in the price range

Great value for the price

I purchased the Daphne Blue. I wish there was more color choices, but this one is growing on me. I may change the pick guard color to something wilder. The Duncan type pickups are more than adequate for great sound. Right out of the box it needed only tuned a little. Intonation seems right (I have not checked with a tuner yet). I plugged into a Fender MustangII amp with a litttle reverb and clean. Blown away how awesome for $299! A little Blues, Some Pearl Jam. It adapts great to distortion and most amp models.

The finish is perfect. The intonation was perfect. Stays in tune for the most part. I have had to retune the light strings after bending alot. This shoud improve when the strings are seasoned. The "Duncan Design" pickups are very good for the money, and can always be upgraded later. I have a Squier Standard also, and there is a big improvement in quality and sound with the Deluxe.

For $299, you definitely get more than you paid for.

This guitar can be used professionally. Good tone and feel. It may irritate musicians who paid 900 to 1200 for American Strats and they  may have negative comments, so keep the secret!

I couldn't be happier with this guitar. The finish is flawless. I love the blond neck, the playability, the duncan pick-ups and everything else about this model. Clearly all Strats are not the same, but this Squier model appears to be equal in every way to the higher end models aside from the logo and country of origin.

Great fit and finish.

Yes you can get a less exensive Strat, but I'm pretty well convinced you won't find a better value. Truly hits the sweet spot between quality and price.

The only thing I was concerned about when I ordered this was the Lake Placid Blue color. I'd love to see this offered in more colors, but once I got it and have had lots of comments about how great the color is, I decided my fears were not justified.

Just got my Daphne Blue Deluxe yesterday.  Been playing a Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele for a while now, and was assuming I'd match it with a CV Strat, but I decided to go with the more modern design of the Deluxe.  This guitar is exactly what it claims to be: a good, solid, modern Strat.  I think it's better than the MIM Strat's I've tried, and if someone handed it to me and told me it was a MIA, I'd see no big reason to doubt it.

Flawless finish, nice neck, good bridge and pickups, acceptably good pots/switch/jack, decent fretwork.  Stays in tune well (I have decked the bridge, so it's down only, not floating), action is low, and intonation is spot on.  Only took very minor tweaks out of the box to get it that way.

Not just a good guitar for the money, but a great guitar, period.  I think you'd have to spend in the four figures to get something that feels or sounds significantly better.

No guitar deserves a 10 overall, but this thing comes very, very close.  IMO, the CV and Deluxe models are the top of Squier's line, and which one you choose comes down to whether you want the vintage look, feel and sound (CV) or something completely modern (Deluxe).  Can't go wrong with either.

You get what you pay for, and this is exactly what I expected for what I paid for it.  The Seymore Duncan pickups are comparable to a good quality Fender Strat pickup.