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They are thicker like a Fender. It may off by a mm or 2, but it's very close if not exact. At least comparing it to a Vintera II that is sitting next to it.

It doesn't. Also, I have the Charvel as well. The neck is slimmer and overall faster. The Charvel is a nice guitar. So is the Jackson. Very different guitars to me.

@@benpowersguitar Thanks for your prompt reply (and to an older video). It looks like the features I'm looking for resides in the higher end Jackson American Series Soloist SL2 HT, Ebony. Thanks again!

@@AlanSmitheeman You're welcome. Be aware the X series Soloist necks are a little thicker and gloss, except the matte black. IDK know about the US ones, but might want to verify. I personally disliked it so much, I sold it the same week I bought it. I still have the others we talked about. Though, the US may be great. Would have to play it. Looks great and specs great. I would love to know what you think if you get one.

@@benpowersguitar The matte black would be the only one of interest to me. I am also looking at an acoustic Emerald carbon fibre 12 string guitar so with the hefty price tags on that and the aforementioned Jackson, it will be a long time to save up for each. In the meantime, I will windowshop on your channel!

@@AlanSmitheeman I have yet to try a carbon fiber acoustic. Bet the 12 string sounds great.

I started by doing 2 full rotations, then checking. Once I had the fit, I marked it with tape, so I could just turn until I hit the tape and have a perfect fit. So the first one takes a couple minutes, then it's quick.

@@benpowersguitar nice! Thanks for the tip

I have been trying to decide if they are lower output as well, without getting out my meter. Sometimes they seem that way, sometimes the opposite. I will be pulling out the multimeter as well as trying them against other pups, including other noiseless. I honestly figured you would hate the look of this one:)

@@benpowersguitar Yeah, I can't decide if I like it or not. As it stands I don't, but as I said if it had a dark pickguard and rosewood fretboard it might look good. It is that yellow to maple transition that doesn't do it for me.

@@ccjmusic I will say the title card pic looks more accurate. Kind of washed out in my vid. It is more of a mustard yellow.

@@benpowersguitar I can't see that well enough as it is too small and doesn't show when I open the video as it just plays the video. I'm guess though that the neck color will also have changed.

@@ccjmusic I am not sure, but the neck does almost look to have a little extra yellow in the tint, but I keep going back and forth on it.

Thanks man. Yeah, I really wanted this color for a while. So good in person.

These have the Wizard 3, which is much nicer than anything in the Gio line, to me. Slim, smooth, just great neck.

High output can be so much fun.

Make sure the trem is set level, the strings are properly stretched. I tune up, stretch the strings 3-4 times, tune up again, stretch again, then tune again. Then lock the nut. In my experience, an unlevel trem tends to make the B or G go out of tune easily. Also, make the locking screws on the back of the trem are tight. Sometimes they come loose in shipping, which allows a string to keep slipping.

Thanks man. I hope you're having a good one.

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Made in Canada?

@@oneanother1 No, Ensenada, Mexico.

Personally I am going to take a CV every time. Though I keep hanging on to the Sonic, that was meant for 2 videos and should have been gone months ago. The more I play it, the more I like it. I can see why it's popular. All of these are 2024 models, except the CV from 2023. They have been good, but I did have issues out my Affinities from roughly 8 years ago. Ended up with a Bullet instead.

Thank you, I really appreciate it. Glad you love your FF EVH Relic. They really are cool if you're an EVH fan.

I know I keep asking. Hahah. It's in my head that need gilmours set due to marketing and admiration and has a lot of GAS backing it. I need to try to resist but I am truly curious. If I spent that much and after the thrill is gone and the money I'd question it and then try to see if it was worth it. If it is big noticeable difference and I was legit loving it. I'd then be on the private builder for less or build my own or wind my own. Hahahah. Hope you been well bro. I've been so busy. I'll be back soon. Still waiting on cabin interior materials and the electric has been just ran to the place. Patience. Lol

These are more gritty, mid focused to me. Fat '50s have a bit more chime and TS have a bit more bite, to my ears. I don't use either as my main pickups though.

When it comes to Gilmour, he has used many different pickup sets and combos over the years. More than any one I can think of. You might want to research a favorite era (I would go off live concerts from YT) and go for that. Sounds like you still have a LOT going on man.

Thanks Robert. I have always liked the sound of a strat with decent distortion.

Thanks. Cheapies can lots of fun.

Thanks man. I hope things are smoothing out for you.

Thanks Colin. I am really surprised it's as close to my AVII '61 as it is. I can't wait to put them head to head. I may keep this one instead. Especially with it being half the price. Have to do some serious playing with them both this week.

@@benpowersguitar that will be a good comparison video Ben. I wonder which you will decide to keep.

Thanks buddy, I greatly appreciate it.

You're not going to be dive bombing with it, but it works ok. These really are surprisingly good guitars for their price.

@ yep, not a trem that could take abuse, but would be fun to do some flutters, and more light stuff. My japan hybrid fender with 2pointer stays in tune just fine, and I would asume that so would the jackson, if equipped with locking tuners and proper nut. This new js series is totally a fine example of a good price/quality deal!

@KeijoHuovinen That's a good way to sum it up.

Yeah, I usually wire mine neck/bridge on 1 and mid on 2. It's something that I don't understand why it's not standard wiring.

@@benpowersguitar Yeah but again I'd rather a 4 nobbed strat because again you can isolate all 3 so if you change the bridge or neck setting I think it's really the middle 1 that doesn't have it's own right? So you've now changed it's tone forpositions 4 and 2. Meh maybe it's just a Hamiht thing but I'm real real nitpicky about audio and audio details. What's a roled fret board? I don't really think they changed much to make a real diffrence but the things you mentioned which as I'm blind I guess i'd have to touch the player 2 to really feel if it's a worth difference. You did skip mentioning 1 of them has a humbucker in it now. That may matter sound wize. Again I'd have to hear it too.

Great deal! Wow, injury is how I got in to the light strats with a Bullet back around 2016. I hope it helps you like it did me.

You're right, only the Affinity has the stripe. Didn't even think about it. I thought you might like the Debut. The hero thing often comes in to play, even for me at times. Which once in a while has bit me, as I ended up not liking the guitar once I played it. Hate it when that happens:)

@@benpowersguitar I have often thought about buying a guitar based on a hero, but so far that hasn't happened. But that is mostly due to availability rather than anything else. The guitars I would want would be a Les Paul custom with a black body, but an unfinished natural maple top. and a white SG with 3 pickups and a Bigsby. Your challenge now is to figure out who those guitars belonged to. 😝

@@ccjmusic Dang it, I have seen the white SG in videos. I know Frampton had Black Beauty, but I don't remember him having the SG when I saw him. I won't cheat and use Google. Other than Frampton, IDK☹ I though Iommi, but can't remember anything but the Monkey SG in his hands. Most anything I have had that is a hero guitar, was a knock off or a similar model but different color...but I do have a couple artist models. The Clapton "Blackie" strat and Nita Strauss JivaJr, with her Pandemonium/True Velvet set. Though I had played them before hand, and liked the way they sounded. Plus I love the boost in the EC strat. I like trying to duplicate a guitar I like, then tweak if I want. Like my purple strat is basically another AVII '61, but without the gloss/tint on the neck, I added treble bleed and 2x TBX tone controls & a Tusq nut instead of bone. What I consider a modern vintage.

Thank you. I hope you guys are having a great week.

Yeah, knowing a little setup can do a lot for an inexpensive guitar.

Some CV's use poplar, some naytoh and some others now and then. The CV's are a little thicker, though there are exceptions here and there. Some people really don't like a finished neck, as well as want a 2 point trem and/or a HB for the bridge. While I love the CV, it isn't for everyone. As for Firefly, the 4 I have had were heavy and necks on 2 were a bit thick. The trems/bridges on many are garbage. All but the relic have had cosmetic issues. They have some nice features, but way too inconsistent and not something I would recommend to a beginner.

@@benpowersguitar thank you for the reply. I went with a used classic vibe cause they have it in lefty. Haven't had any firefly's, they seem popular. I really like squier brand, I have some older ones too. I got a Korean laminated plywood one made in Korea!

@@oneanother1 Wow, I remember the laminated ones. I got one years ago as part of a trade. I couldn't hardly give the body away at the time.

Thanks buddy. Happy Holidays.

Actually, you have room for error. I kept count of the turns on the 1st one which I did like 2 turns at time, so I knew pretty much when to stop for the rest.

I have it and 2 Affinity strats here, mine is thinner. I hate to say it, but since it's Amazon, you can return it if you don't like it.

My Behringer gets pretty loud, but the TS9 gets louder for sure. Also think the TS9 has a little more bite.

you are baddest than that moron!

Do you on one or have you played one? In reality guitars don’t produce much Sound it is the entire signal chain.

​@@bluwngI've viewed a lot of reviews. I'm buying one, but even comparing them to other cheap guitars the Debut seems to sound very muddy anytime someone tries to strum a chord instead of single notes. It's not the end of the world, at this price point it's probably better that you're getting good "bones" instead of high end pickups, it's enough to get you playing, and changing the internals later if you don't like them shouldn't be a huge issue, the only problem seems to be that the body is a little thinner so you have to take that into account, but slightly non standard body shapes are something you're almost certainly going to have to deal with on other brand guitars at this price too.

@@pptemplar5840 I learned something the hard way…it is easy to change tone with EQ and drive. We have been fooled to spend tons on new expensive pickups. Even if you buy an expensive pickup it only has one character and is an expensive one trick pony. Ideally you want a flat response and use EQ to mold and tone you want this was the idea with the first active pickups. EMG had to change based on people’s stubbornness and ignorance they didn’t see the potential in the pickup all they heard was the flat response which sounds awful, they didn’t want to mold tone they wanted the one trick pony and some cotton candy.

Thanks man. It's a fun guitar.

Thanks buddy. Amazing how good cheap guitars are nowadays.

I think the Sonic line is the eventual replacement for the Bullets. Though right now, you can still find Bullets for sale at major stores in limited quantities. I think these are just what they say, an Amazon exclusive. Like the one off colors they do for SW & MF. Which is fine, but I would like to see these available from all Squier retailers. I appreciate the feedback on the video format. I was using the same logic when I put it together. I was going to ask you what you thought of it, so that works out.

@@benpowersguitar yeah I think it is a good format for the future for you. I still really like my Bullet Tele, is there a Tele version of the Sonic and Debut?

@@ccjmusic That's the plan moving forward. Yeah, they are both available. I love my older Bullet strat, with a rosewood fretboard.

@@benpowersguitar Yeah, I love rosewood fretboards too. Glad they are slowly move back to them again.

Yeah, it still surprises me how good the inexpensive guitars are nowadays.