Squier2023
Squier-Meister
FYI....Monoprice has some of their retro Teles and Strats on sale for $76.
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Thanks. They're down to just the blue Strats. Limit 20 per customer, please.
Indio by Monoprice Cali Classic Electric Guitar with Gig Bag, Blue - Monoprice.com
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I bought one like it for about that price for my daughter a year or so ago. It was a very nice guitar that needed only a setup, and that was mainly because she wanted to experiment with all 4ths tuning.
It looks like they have white ones on sale too.
It looks like they have white ones on sale too.
Ralph124C41
Dr. Squier
- Feb 10, 2016
- 6,505
I have both the older two-tone blueburst Strat and the even older white Strat. The newer needed a setup but the white one was pretty much spot on.
fattboyzz
Dr. Squier
Wow. The MP5 is $159 
This Indio Tele in Blue w/ Black pickguard is about $77+tax. Time to raid the cookie jar!
Indio by Monoprice Retro Classic Electric Guitar with Gig Bag - Monoprice.com
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My son has the blonde tele and it's pretty nice and a steal at that price. I bought one of those cali strats awhile back and it had the worst fret sprout I'd ever seen. I also bought one of their Boardwalk semi-hollows and it's a beautiful, great playing guitar right out of the box. So quality control may be all over the place which I'm sure most people know about these Chinese imports.
jtcnj
Squier Talker
- Feb 8, 2016
- 77
I have the Blonde one (but has the 6 saddles) about a year. The nut was crappy, but the fretwork - both the ends and level are the best I have ever got of the many budget guitars I have owned. Bootstrap Extra Crispy pickups in it now, and I sprung for brass saddles.
I like it a LOT.
If it had the maple fret board, I might not have grabbed the CV 50's during the PAS sale.
Nah, I couldn't pass up the deal.
I got the blue 3 -saddle one to swap the necks for the maple board. The neck had a slight twist, so it went back. The neck had no finish and wasn't smooth - like they never completed it before assembly. Overall the quality seemed a bit less, but I may have just been soured over the neck.
Likely just a QC issue, as is not uncommon.
I like it a LOT.
If it had the maple fret board, I might not have grabbed the CV 50's during the PAS sale.
Nah, I couldn't pass up the deal.
I got the blue 3 -saddle one to swap the necks for the maple board. The neck had a slight twist, so it went back. The neck had no finish and wasn't smooth - like they never completed it before assembly. Overall the quality seemed a bit less, but I may have just been soured over the neck.
Likely just a QC issue, as is not uncommon.
Squier2023
Squier-Meister
Jt, how often does PAS have sales? I was thinking of a CV Strat to go with my tele. 
welp...you got me buying another freaking guitar! lolololol!!! got the white strat looking guitar....steal a deal dot com!
DougMen
Squier-Axpert
People need to remember that fret sprout is due to changes in temp and humidity that occur between the factory and the end buyer, not because of poor work by the factory, which is why some here say their guitars had fret sprout, while others didn't
DougMen
Squier-Axpert
So, it went from China to the LA area? That's a long trip, and we have no way of knowing how many stops it made in China after leaving the factory but before leaving the country, nor do we know what conditions it experienced on the way to California or after it arrived in California and before it reached the Monoprice warehouse. Did it travel by plane or by ship (with no environmental controls), and after arriving in California, how long did it sit in Customs, and then how many trucks did it ride on, and how many other USPS or UPS facilities did it sit in between Customs and Monoprice's Southern California headquarters? We don't know the answers to any of those questions.
I expect when a guitar arrives at the SoCal headquarters/warehouse, it is given a professional setup by their luthier, based on how it was explicitly described by Monoprice back when I was trying to buy a guitar from them. Apparently, their professional luthier ignores extreme fret sprout. And, the marring on the guitar finish appeared to be from rough handling. Alot of this was located at / near the control plate, making me think the luthier was the person responsible. I’m not blaming the factory or their shipper. This attempted purchase was near Christmas, 2021. My sense was that their luthier was overwhelmed or just wasn’t professional. 
DougMen
Squier-Axpert
Maybe their "luthier" is like me, in that I know how to adjust action, intonation, and the truss rod, but I wouldn't be caught dead trying to do a fret level or to file down sharp frets ends, and even if I did, I don't have the tools to accomplish those things, or the skill or tools to work on nuts either. They probably only do those three things, even if they do know how to do those things, because they don't consider fret and/or nut work to be part of a normal setup. I'll bet that SW's "55 point inspection" also only includes action, intonation, and truss rod, but not any fret or nut work.I expect when a guitar arrives at the SoCal headquarters/warehouse, it is given a professional setup by their luthier, based on how it was explicitly described by Monoprice back when I was trying to buy a guitar from them. Apparently, their professional luthier ignores extreme fret sprout. And, the marring on the guitar finish appeared to be from rough handling. Alot of this was located at / near the control plate, making me think the luthier was the person responsible. I’m not blaming the factory or their shipper. This attempted purchase was near Christmas, 2021. My sense was that their luthier was overwhelmed or just wasn’t professional.
Some of my Squiers have some sharp fret ends, but it doesn't bother me, either because my hand doesn't really contact either side of the neck when playing and moving up and down, or, if it does, I don't feel it.
I only feel it if I intentionally run my fingers along all the fret ends to see if any are sharp.
jtcnj
Squier Talker
- Feb 8, 2016
- 77
I think this was an overstock dump; I stumbled across it while browsing Reverb for something else.Jt, how often does PAS have sales? I was thinking of a CV Strat to go with my tele.
I got a mint used CV50's strat about a year ago, (not from PAS). Those are the 2 Squiers I own.
I have had several other budget strats; the last one got sold when I got this one and have no GAS for any others.
