Squier Stratocaster Korean gold logo 50th Anniversary
The Gold Logo Korean Squier was built in 1996 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Fender. It is one of the the highest quality guitars you can find amongst the Korean Squier range and is a major step up in build quality and finish over the 1992 to 1995 Korean Squiers. The 1996 Gold Logo Squier is well built guitar with a solid alder body and finished in a nitrocellulose lacquer. The real feature of this guitar is the neck, it has a thin maple neck with a 9.5 inch radius fretboard (as opposed to the normal 12 inch radius on the standard Korean Squiers from 1992-96). The necks are well lacquered and the frets are not to big either. The joint to the solid alder body is strong and the body tends to be heavy than even a USA Stratocaster. The finish is beautifully smooth and well lacquered. The machine heads however are from the nornal Korean Squier and are a cheap fitting, though this guitar keeps in tune. The pickups on my Squier came standard with the guitar and have a nice punchy kick to them and a sweet tone. I would say this guitar is better than most Mexican Stratocasters and is nicer to play.
I bought this guitar new in 1997. The serial number shows it was manufactured at the Cort factory (Cor-Teck) in Korean and was made in late 1995.
I don't know what it is about this guitar, it plays beautifully, with a lovely neck and is my favourite guitar from my collection and I can't put it down! I fitted a tortoise shell pickguard and black Squier pickup covers and knobs.
Below shows the solid alder body and the headstock
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