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Fender Squire Affinity Series Mini Strat Black Finish
 
Manufacturer: Squier by Fender
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List Price: $179.99
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Product Description
The Mini is the 3/4-size version (20.75" scale length) of the Bullet® and makes an ideal travel guitar for players of all ages and a great first guitar for young beginners. Featuring three single-coil pickups and five-way switching.

Product Specifications:
Product Number : 031010
Country of origin : ID
Special features : White Plastic Parts, Black Silkscreen Logo, Dot Position Inlays
Dimensions
Height : 4.0
Length : 44.5
Volume : 1.494
Accessories
Controls : White Plastic Knobs
Body
Body Shape : Other
Body Style : Solid Body Electric Guitar
Electronics
Bridge Pickup : Standard Single-Coil Strat® Bridge Pickup
Controls : Master Volume, Master Tone
Middle Pickup : Standard Single-Coil Strat® Middle Pickup
Neck Pickup : Standard Single-Coil Strat® Neck Pickup
Pickup Configuration : S/S/S
Pickup Switching : 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
Hardware
Bridge : Hard-tail 6-Saddle Bridge
Hardware : Chrome
Strap Buttons : Standard Strap Buttons
String Nut : Synthetic Bone Nut
Switch Tip : White Switch Tip
Tuning Machines : Covered Tuners
Neck
Fretboard Radius : 9.5" Radius (241 mm)
Fretboard : Rosewood
Fret Size : Medium Frets
Neck Material : Maple Neck
Neck Plate : Standard 4 Bolt
Neck Shape : "C" Shape
Number of Frets : 20
Nut Width : 1.60? (40.6 mm)
Position Inlays : Dot Position Inlays
Scale Length : 22.75? (575 mm)

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Simply Amazing
 
Review Date: February 3, 2010
Reviewer: Stephen Wilson, San Jose, CA USA
I've been playing for over 20 years, and I was really excited when my 7 year old daughter asked for a guitar for Christmas. I bought her a mini strat in red after trying it out a guitar center. It plays amazing for something in this price range! Yes, the strings are a little slack, but that's not bad for a new player with small hands. It's a great size and weight for a small player. She's a 3/4-side person (at just over 4 ft tall), so I figure a 3/4 sized guitar is perfect.

My daughter feels like a total rock star when she puts it on and has been practicing basic chords and scales for the past month. She's really starting to get the hang of it. She'll probably outgrow this guitar in a couple of years, but if she keeps at it she'll be a great player by then.
No attention to string scale problem
 
Review Date: December 1, 2008
Reviewer: R. Reece, Orinda, CA United States
This has the bones of a good instrument, but the designers did not pay attention to the core design problem of a mini guitar--the string length, or scale. Had the mini Strat a typical Strat's vibrato, the total string length would be a couple of inches longer, which would be a dramatic improvement for this guitar. The longer the string from tuning key to stop, the more tension required to raise the string to proper intonation. And the more tension, the better it will play and sound.

The designers used a ridiculously complex tailpiece that has two hex screws to adjust the height of each string. With the relatively low string tension, adjusting the bridge is a delicate process. It is hard to keep the saddles low enough, to not affect playability, because you have to raise them enough to keep the saddles from rattling. A little more string tension would solve that.

If you tune this thing high pitched like a mandolin, it plays much better. In truth, it's accidentally designed to be tuned like that. Tuned normally, it's too twangy. My daughter won't touch it; she prefers my full-scale SG because it sounds so much better. Try heavier than average strings; they help, but that also makes the instrument less playable for small hands.

The pickups are nothing special, but the Mini Strat does have the five-position switch, and the in-between positions produce nice, chunky tones.
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