The Cheapest Fender Stratocaster on Amazon

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  • 🔻There are so many claims on the internet that Chinese guitars are going to destroy the American Economy. Today we look at Fender who is taking that head on by producing a Squier Debut Line of Guitars dubbed Debut. CRAFTED IN CHINA???
    🔻I guess we are still supporting an American economy, but the logic seems a little flawed. Take a look inside and see what this thing has to offer. See how It stakes up against our previously reviewed Chinese Guitar from TEMU.
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  • @Mr.PhatsVarietyVibesShow
    @Mr.PhatsVarietyVibesShow 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Fender makes the debut Telecaster version but only sold in the UK on the AMZN website

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Seriously? That’s a bunch of crap, I’d certainly be interested In that

    • @Mr.PhatsVarietyVibesShow
      @Mr.PhatsVarietyVibesShow 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@SearchingForTone it's true... I didn't believe it myself till some dude in the UK reviewed it ,& posted a link to the UK Amazon maybe you can find it too if you select UK Amazon....I think the tela hard tail with out the bar would be a better beginner guitar, cause on those cheaper lower end guitars the bar isn't very good..

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @Mr.PhatsVarietyVibesShow I might have to track it down. Wonder if I’d have to use a VPN in the UK to allow me to connect to Amazon UK🤔

    • @Mr.PhatsVarietyVibesShow
      @Mr.PhatsVarietyVibesShow 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@SearchingForTone Yeah, that might be possible ,so you can do a video on it when you find it , but it's there.. this Dude reviewed it *This Guitar Puts Fender to Shame - Squier Fender Debut* type this in he has a link to it on the UK AMZN I see it but I can't buy it .

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @Mr.PhatsVarietyVibesShow I was able to get to the U.S. Amazon, but it’s saying delivery between September 13th and January 2025. Must be logged

  • @stevecassidyguitar
    @stevecassidyguitar 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Nice one mate! Great job! 😀👍
    I think I'll have to check one out soon - Thank ya! 🙏

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Would love to see your video on it.🤙

  • @Geohillierneo
    @Geohillierneo 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    All these videos saying it's $119.... here in the UK it's £129... which is $165! What is that all about?! 🤔

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Geohillierneo sorry for not representing. I do value the UK audience….so much so I tired to order the debut telecaster that is only available to you lucky blokes. To get it here with shipping and taxes would be $294 US and wouldn’t be here till 9/13

  • @neilmartin7564
    @neilmartin7564 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I do like that matte fiinish,,,enjoyed the video mate cheers

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Glad you caught it. I didn’t think it was going to be as good as it was. Just got an epihone LP in mail today $30 US more and it’s garbage. This was much more put together

  • @christopheraaron8299
    @christopheraaron8299 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I went ahead and ordered one (supposed to be here tomorrow) because it's only $120 and I already have a loaded pickguard with alnico v pickups and a wiring harness with upgraded pots and thick braided wires laying around and a set of locking tuners that are unassigned as of right now, so why not? I kinda have to. I got the 2 tone sunburst one. I'll probably just keep the stock trem because I'm not much of a whammy bar guy anyway, but I'll still leave it floating.
    I kinda like that it only has one string tree and the slim headstock. Traditionally, the cheaper ones have two trees and the fat 70s headstock, so it gives it a little bit more classic look. I'll probably swap the tree out for a roller tree. I've heard good things about these, I have to imagine Fender's profit margins are extremely low, but it's a good way to take back some business from the cheap copycats. I mean, who's gonna pay $90 for a Glarry now when they can get a real Strat for $30 more?
    This will be Strat #6 in my current lineup. I also have a Fojill mahogany light relic Strat, two Squier Affinity Strats, a DIY kit built Strat and a 2007 MIM Fender Standard Strat, all of which I heavily modded or restored.

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      That awesome dude. Let me know how the upgrades go. I think I want to keep it stock just to see it over the years, I have 4 others myself. One I modded(the black one I use in videos). I’m not much of “tremolo” user either but I just like the floating bridge for some reason🤙

    • @christopheraaron8299
      @christopheraaron8299 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@SearchingForTone I've never kept any guitar 100% stock. I'm a mod guy. When I see a guitar, my first thoughts are "what can I do to make this guitar uniquely mine." The mod job I'm most proud of is my Bullet Mustang-90. Nothing like P90s in a short scale guitar.

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @christopheraaron8299 nice. Ever do anything with body shape? I don’t know if you’ve seen my short about the Epiphone I just reviewed. But I took an angle grinder to it. But I’m actually digging sanding it down right now, added some bevels going to stain it soon.

    • @christopheraaron8299
      @christopheraaron8299 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@SearchingForTone Nah, the most I've done is get out the heat gun, strip them and repaint them.

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @christopheraaron8299 that’s pretty awesome, this is my first thing even close to that. It was only cause it was basically “free”

  • @AkaSnugD
    @AkaSnugD 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Sure, Fender may make the best $120 guitar, but it took a lot of companies making ≈$100 guitars for years to get them to do it.

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      This is very true, I do go back and forth over the idea of the cheaper guitar. Partly because Fender showed up late to the game. But if I were younger me, I’d probably go this route. It’s a shame most are reactionary instead of visionary.

    • @AkaSnugD
      @AkaSnugD 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@SearchingForTone I suppose that’s my issue. The market was always there but over the past 20 years the “cheaper” lines - Squier, epiphanies, just got more and more expensive while fenders and gibsons became all but unaffordable, and those companies were fine with that situation

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@AkaSnugD I guess it’s how you look at it too. Luxury car makers aren’t making affordable cars, just because automation is getting easier and cheaper cars are using their game.
      Maybe Fender’s answer could’ve been instead of meeting them at their level, taking the existing line of squier keeping the quality and dropping the price a little

    • @ckelly5141
      @ckelly5141 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Great point!👍

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@ckelly5141 I’m seeing that especially with Epiphone. Their budget line is produced in the same factories of other brand that are making ones that rival their $500 models.

  • @sonnysilversmith2156
    @sonnysilversmith2156 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    🤙🏾 it seemed like the 5 pickup switch is backwards, like the bridge location is the neck….idk

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I don’t think that was the case, but I’ll have to double check now….

  • @KarstenJohansson
    @KarstenJohansson 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I like the look of it. Nice finish. Narrow doesn't suck (and has benefits). But the intro to the video shows that it doesn't stay in tune. Pickups are better than expected fo' sho'.

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      That wasn’t too bad for dive bombing a tremolo all the way to pick guard I wouldn’t expect most fenders to handle that 🤣. But it was also the stock strings so they’ve bent in that position for so long over the saddles that I’m sure when I snap them off there going to look like hockey sticks on the end.

    • @bluwng
      @bluwng 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Vibrato are a system and two things are required for a non locking system. First proper setup to your playing style and second adapt your playing to the setup. Example if you dive a lot then setup the guitar for dive, if you deep a deep bend it will go out of tune but you just dive and you are all set. For a player that doesn’t dive often it won’t work that is why 1 and 2 matter. The bridge itself isn’t rocket science it’s just a plate of metal that pivots on a fulcrum. If you think there is a magical plate of metal pivoting on a magic fulcrum you will be disappointed. Basic physics vs superstition and speculation goes a long way.

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I was doing it to illustrate that some when you dive bomb are completely out of tune. This you could at least get away with finishing you song. But certainly not a set 😀

    • @KarstenJohansson
      @KarstenJohansson 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@SearchingForTone Or tune on the fly like Yngwie is constantly doing with his Strats. 😅

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@KarstenJohansson true lol

  • @douglepong
    @douglepong 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    i think it's really nice for the price. I would buy it if it's offered in Canada for that price.

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      How much is it Canadian ? It was pretty impressive for the price

    • @douglepong
      @douglepong 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@SearchingForTone it’s not offered here in Canada at all. Canadian Amazon doesn’t have it listed. The United States gets the best stuff.

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @douglepong that’s really a shame, I know we trade jabs our countries from time to time but it’s the same damn continent

  • @stevebrule6046
    @stevebrule6046 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I Need a Chinese guitar

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Don’t get an Epiphone

    • @serpentsbane9166
      @serpentsbane9166 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@SearchingForTone Why is that? Are you only referring to their new stuff? Was thinking of getting an old Korean made one used off Shop Goodwill for cheap! \m/

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      If it looks good go for it. When you can get your hands on one and see it for yourself that’s key

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Their Chinese made recent models have poor reviews, and I’m about to release one Friday that further supports that. I think as you go up in the range the quality gets better

    • @serpentsbane9166
      @serpentsbane9166 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@SearchingForTone Interesting. I saw another TH-camr a week or two ago posted a comparison between the old Korean LP Special II model vs the new Chinese version, he said the Koreans were better quality... \m/

  • @dnields
    @dnields 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Not a fender. It’s a squier

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Sorry made by Fender

    • @christopheraaron8299
      @christopheraaron8299 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      As someone who owns both Fender and Squier guitars, the distinction isn't that relevant. My 2 Affinity Strats are nearly as good as my MIM Fender Standard with all the mods and upgrades I did.

    • @dnields
      @dnields 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@christopheraaron8299 as someone who’s been playing for almost 40 years and has had several Fenders and Squiers (USA, MIM, and MIJ ones) in that time, I can attest that the difference between the two brands IS very relevant. In your own words, after modification your Squier is “nearly” as good as Fender. But that’s not the issue here. It’s not how “good” one is compared to the other, it’s a simple matter of using the correct brand name for the guitar.

    • @christopheraaron8299
      @christopheraaron8299 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@dnields All you had to say was "I'm a snooty guitar snob" and I would have totally understood.

    • @SearchingForTone
      @SearchingForTone  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@christopheraaron8299 it is a testament to the quality of the CNC machines now a days. I remember when production lines were garbage and every once in a while there was a “good year” where everyone went crazy over a factory line made model.