Would would you drop $200 on?

[Butcher of Strats]

Necks are personal things, but even "great" Korean Squier necks are not worth $200.

I think shoppers looking for holy grail awesome deals get misled by the fact that almost every Squier has fans that for them, the particular affordable guitar model is "a great guitar with a great neck", but those fans of those budget guitars are generally fans of budget guitars, and not calling Korean Squier necks great necks in comparison to how good the best Fender necks are.

So when @svntiprod says "I hear amazing things about the '80s Squier necks", first off it relates to cheap guitars that are good for the price, and second it may be further misleading if he is confusing '80s MIJ to '90s MIK.

Squier makes great guitars for the price, particularly if the buyer likes modding, and buys the cheaper Squiers that have the worst hardware and electroics.
Those shoppers will still call guitars amazing and great, despite feeling that half the guitar needs to be removed and thrown in the trash.
Or in comparison to the crap bridge, crap tuners and crap pickups & pots, "the neck is great!"

 

[Butcher of Strats]

How’s the neck? I hear amazing things about the 80s squier necks, are the 90s ones amazing too?

In the 1980s, Squier was made in Japan.
After the reputation problems Fender had with late CBS production then sale to FMIC, the MIJ Squiers hit the market and everybody noticed they were in some cases arguably better than some of the 1970s CBS USA Fender production.
Both MIJ Squier and MIJ Fender from the 1980s are close to the same guitars, and the "JV (Japan Vintage) Squiers of the '80s are collectible.

Nothing to do with MIK Squier of the '90s.

 

[dbb541]

I'd pass on them at $200 each.

 

[Thrup'ny Bit]

I think shoppers looking for holy grail awesome deals get misled by the fact that almost every Squier has fans that for them, the particular affordable guitar model is "a great guitar with a great neck", but those fans of those budget guitars are generally fans of budget guitars, and not calling Korean Squier necks great necks in comparison to how good the best Fender necks are.

So when @svntiprod says "I hear amazing things about the '80s Squier necks", first off it relates to cheap guitars that are good for the price, and second it may be further misleading if he is confusing '80s MIJ to '90s MIK.

Squier makes great guitars for the price, particularly if the buyer likes modding, and buys the cheaper Squiers that have the worst hardware and electroics.
Those shoppers will still call guitars amazing and great, despite feeling that half the guitar needs to be removed and thrown in the trash.
Or in comparison to the crap bridge, crap tuners and crap pickups & pots, "the neck is great!"

The E9s were decent guitars with good necks, regardless of what you own or play. Even US Fenders are built to a price, Leo made them as cheap as he could to maximise profits, nothing has changed..

 

[Butcher of Strats]

The E9s were decent guitars with good necks, regardless of what you own or play. Even US Fenders are built to a price, Leo made them as cheap as he could to maximise profits, nothing has changed..

What are the E9s?
The last MIJ or the first MIK?

I generally love MIJ stuff, and I notice SOME better than crap MIK stuff, including Strat saddles I buy these days from Korea which are excellent.
What FMIC and Gibson seem to usually spec is not too good on the budget stuff. Now and then like some of the MIK Epi production was a little too good.

Just as the MIJ Squier was too good.
And mabe even the MIC CV Squier was dermed too good by FMIC so they chose what, Malaysia or some less great production line for the CV?

Then WE the buyer players also change, and many of us want better that what two years prior we claimed was amazing on our gear chat forums.

When the comment was made that the OP read about "amazing" necks which you quoted, this relates to individuals amazement.
If one is amazed by a cheap guitar neck?
They need to get out more!

 

[Butcher of Strats]

Just for two points of reference being what a neck is vs how we feel about it, these are my two daily players, Warmoth necks.
Good serviceable necks.
I do not consider them amazing.

 

[Butcher of Strats]

I love all these MIJ necks too

 

[Thrup'ny Bit]

The last MIJ or the first MIK?

MIK but not the first.

 

[Gridlock]

I just dropped $250 on this mint condition ‘08 Vintage Modified Squier and a hardshell case. I think that I did okay. A lot of guitar for the money.

 

[HighwayStar106]

I think shoppers looking for holy grail awesome deals get misled by the fact that almost every Squier has fans that for them, the particular affordable guitar model is "a great guitar with a great neck", but those fans of those budget guitars are generally fans of budget guitars, and not calling Korean Squier necks great necks in comparison to how good the best Fender necks are.

So when @svntiprod says "I hear amazing things about the '80s Squier necks", first off it relates to cheap guitars that are good for the price, and second it may be further misleading if he is confusing '80s MIJ to '90s MIK.

Squier makes great guitars for the price, particularly if the buyer likes modding, and buys the cheaper Squiers that have the worst hardware and electroics.
Those shoppers will still call guitars amazing and great, despite feeling that half the guitar needs to be removed and thrown in the trash.
Or in comparison to the crap bridge, crap tuners and crap pickups & pots, "the neck is great!"

I have an E9 (circa 1989) Squier Bullet, and the neck really is that good. When a mate of mine played it he actually said, ‘it feels just like a Fender neck!’. Later ones, including that VN5 and also my CN4, weren’t quite as nice but still perfectly decent and I find them preferable to a modern Bullet neck.

There’s nothing wrong with the electronics and hardware on most early Korean Squiers either. They’re not Fender quality parts, but I’ve only had to replace the switch on my Bullet. Everything else does the job fine. Again, it wasn’t until the ‘90s that the quality really dropped and you start to see cracked trem blocks and tuners that fall apart for no obvious reason.