Stratocaster Style Guitars

There’s a reason nearly every blues guitarist worth their salt has owned a Stratocaster at some point in their playing life. That in-between quack, the way a single coil breaks up just so when you dig in, the way the whole guitar seems built for bending strings and telling stories — it’s no accident. A … Read more

Somewhere in a guitar shop right now, someone is standing between two identical-looking guitars, squinting at the headstock logo like it’s going to whisper the answer. Fender vs Squier Stratocaster is one of those debates that sounds simple until you actually try to answer it — because “which is better” depends entirely on who’s asking … Read more

Ask ten guitarists what the best Squier Stratocaster is and you’ll get eleven answers, half a dozen strong opinions about neck profiles, and at least one heated debate about whether “budget” and “brilliant” can ever share a sentence. They can. That’s the whole point of this guide. Squier has spent over four decades building the … Read more

Ask ten guitarists which electric guitar they’d grab if the house was on fire, and at least six will say a Stratocaster. There’s a reason that double-cutaway silhouette has outlived disco, grunge, and three separate decades of “is the guitar dead?” think-pieces: it just works. The best Fender Stratocaster for you, though, depends enormously on … Read more