Originally Posted by: PonyOneIMHO, fwiw, there are a lot of Strat knockoffs by misc companies (Aria, Hondo, Kramer, etc) that were closer in quality to a good Fender than any of the Squiers I've played.

In Sound quality yes, but overall no way. Like I said before, nothing comes closer Overall to a Fender than a Squier(duh same Company :p ). And that's all there is to it.

P.S. I'm not trying to be arrogant or anything, I agree there are alot of Better strat copies out there. But I think there is something authentic about Squier Strats :)