The Squier Affinity HSS Stratocaster is a rock guitar for beginners and younger players! Without getting too technically the 'HSS' bit means there's a 'humbucker' pickup on this model, humbuckers are more powerful so they sound rockier! Squier Affinity Series are entry level instruments made by Fender themselves, so what you're getting is not a cheap copy of what the rock stars use: the Squier Affinity Stratocaster HSS is made by the same company that designed the Strat over 50 years ago and have been building them ever since! Squier guitars are renowned throughout the world for unbeatable value, because when it comes to musical instruments just being cheap isn't good enough: but affordable quality is what you get from a Squier by Fender electric guitar!

The Olympic white colour combined with black scratchplate looks the business! High contrast, high power and super modern!

Here's what Squier say about the Affinity Stratocaster

Squier Affinity Series guitars are the best value in electric guitar design. The Affinity Series Stratocaster HSS delivers solid sound and style, and new for 2013 are a two-color headstock logo, single-ply "platinum sparkle" pickguard, and eye-catching Lake Placid Blue, Olympic White and Burgundy Mist finishes. Other features include single-coil neck and middle pickups, humbucking bridge pickup, five-way switching, smooth-playing rosewood fingerboard with 21 medium jumbo frets, synchronous tremolo bridge and large ’60s-style headstock.

Specification

Series: Affinity
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Polyurethane
Body Shape: Stratocaster
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Polyurethane
Neck Shape: "C" Shape
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Nut Width: 1.61" (40.9 mm)
Position Inlays: Dot
Headstock: Large '60s Style
Neck Pickup: Standard Single-Coil Strat
Middle Pickup: Standard Single-Coil Strat
Bridge Pickup: Standard Humbucking
Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
Tuning Machines: Standard Die-Cast
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black , 1-Ply White , 3-Ply Black , 1-Ply White
Other Features: Large '60s Style Headstock, White Plastic Parts, Black Silkscreen Logo, Dot Position Inlays