Guitar: Squier Stratocaster

I bought a Squier electric guitar on last Saturday. It is a strat model. I'm an amateur in electric guitar, so I may give mis information on what is a strat model. A strat model is an electric guitar that bears similar appearance as the Fender Stratocaster, which normally has a pickup configuration of Single Coil - Single Coil - Single Coil. Other electric guitar models that I know of are:

1. Tele - Something like the Fender Telecaster
2. Les Paul - Something like the Gibson Les Paul

Squier is a subsidiary of Fender. It basically produces the same electric guitars like it big brother, but with cheaper material to reduce the production cost. A Fender Stratocaster would cost about RM 2000++, and my Squier cost only RM 500++.

I tried the sound with the ZOOM practice amplifier (15W) that my friend gave me. It sounds great with the pickup sets to neck & mid position, with some chorus & some delay. As compare to playing an acoustic guitar, I personally find it that it's much more enjoyable to play with an electric guitar because of the sound that it created. Not to say that acoustic guitar doesn't sound nice, and I really wanted to get a new acoustic guitar too, and top of my list would be the McPherson acoustic guitar (USD 4400, about RM 16000++); it is the array of sounds that an electric guitar can produce that I really appreciate. After all, I'm struggling to get the right sound to accompany in a church worship setup, because my Fender Stratacoustic (acoustic electric) can't produce the same fill as nice as the electric guitar when I'm playing with another acoustic guitar.

At first my friend doesn't really like to buy anything below RM 1000 because of the quality. Yet, after trying out my Squier, he's amazed by how much it could accomplished with RM 500 nowadays as compare to 10 years ago. Well, face it, as years go by, technology is advancing to a state where it will be getting cheaper and cheaper to obtain the things that are impossible to be owned 10 years ago.

Even though my Squier could produce the nice sound, I still prefer a Parker Fly/NiteFly. Yet, I don't want to spend so much money into buying such expensive guitar at first place (Parker Fly - USD 3000/RM 12,000, Parker NiteFly - USD 1500/RM 6,000) because I won't be able to harness the potential of the guitar if I don't really have the skill to play it. So hopefully I could play well on my Squier that I would feel like to change it to a Parker next time :)