Name: SQUIER AFFINITY SERIES STRATOCASTER OW HSS
SKU: 037-0700-505
Availability: BackOrder

Squier Affinity Stratocaster HSS, Olympic White Overview

Superb value for money with an iconic design and great playability. The Squier by Fender Affinity Stratocaster offers a striking visual appeal that’s certain to stand out on stage. HSS pickups combination delivers a powerful yet versatile sound, perfect for numerous genres. Five-way switching also ensures you can achieve your desired tone, from searing leads to rhythm and blues.

An iconic Stratocaster body provides comfort with a classic appearance, whilst its cutaway promotes the access to upper fingerboard shredding. Its 6-saddle tremolo bridge and die-cast tuners allows you to stay in-tune, while providing the ability to create classic pitch bends. Ideal for novice players to seasoned pros on a strict budget.

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Alder Body

The Squier by Squier Affinity Stratocaster features an alder body, which combines resilience with impressive attack to provide a crisp, bright, midrange burst of tones. The body is lightweight and comfortable which makes this guitar perfect for long practice sessions. An affordable instrument, perfect for beginners and seasoned players on a budget.

HSS Pickups

The Affinity Stratocaster is loaded with a HSS (Humbucker, Single coil, Single coil) pickup configuration. This is an incredibly versatile setup and gives you the choice between dark and powerful humbucker tones alongside bright and nuanced single coil sounds. The pickups are wired to a 5-way switch which gives you five distinct tones to choose between, with biting bridge-position sounds, mellow neck-position tones, and all manner of in-between sounds which will instantly remind you of countless recordings. This pickup combination is incredibly versatile and partly the reason why the Stratocaster is often chosen as a session player’s guitar, and by other artists in almost every genre of music. The HSS arrangement will allow you to play in many genres of music, from powerful rock sounds through to jazz, funk, country, pop, blues; the only limits are your imagination.

Affinity Series

A proud heritage. The Affinity Series has always been very popular due to its well known design and affordability. Its contoured solid alder body is the same world-renowned style that fueled the fires of Hendrix, Clapton, SRV, and many more. Additionally, the Squier Affinity offers superb playability as well as a great tone. The simplicity of this guitar allows it to be versatile with all types of players and styles – discover your true sound.