Which Squiers are thin body?

[stratmanshow]

I asked this question about ten years ago but it went off topic and I didn't get a good answer. I'm looking to buy a Squier locally just for the body but I don't want to waste my effort only to discover it's a thin body. Please advise me what to avoid

 

[Lanaka]

All recent Bullets/Sonics and Affinities.

It gets a bit murky with older Bullets and Affinities before 2000. Maybe a few years later but I'm not an expert.

 

[Ringthane]

Anything Bullet/Sonic/Affinity is thin body. Standard, SE, Classic Vibe, are all full thickness. I think Vintage Modified is too but I've never seen one in person.

 

[Lanaka]

With older ones, I'd being a caliper or something to measure to check the thickness.

 

[Lanaka]

Anything Bullet/Sonic/Affinity is thin body. Standard, SE, Classic Vibe, are all full thickness. I think Vintage Modified is too but I've never seen one in person.

I agree, stay with the Standards, SEs, CV and Contemporaries and yer kosher. I dunno about VMs.

 

[dpang2836]

He might be looking for a measurement? Full thickness Strat is 45 mm. plus! Affinities had a few years where they were slightly thicker around 41.9. Some are 38-39. Bring a Caliper!

 

[Eddie]

Modern Bullets and Affinities. New Sonics.

Last full thickness Bullet was 1994-1995.

Affinity transitioned from full thickness to thin body around 1998 ... most CY98 were still full thickness but I snagged a thin body without checking. By 2000, almost all Affinity production was thin body.

 

[stratmanshow]

Maybe I asked backwards. Which ones other than CV are full thickness? I don't need calipers to know, I can feel that right away. I'm trying to avoid making a trip for nothing

 

[Ringthane]

Standard and Classic Vibe for sure.

 

[dpang2836]

Make them measure and tell what Model because Affinity's were varied and I don't think they were ever "Full Thickness"? Close but not 45-47 mm. Around 42 mm.

 

[Lanaka]

All recent Bullets/Sonics and Affinities.

It gets a bit murky with older Bullets and Affinities before 2000. Maybe a few years later but I'm not an expert.

Modern Bullets and Affinities. New Sonics.

Last full thickness Bullet was 1994-1995.

Affinity transitioned from full thickness to thin body around 1998 ... most CY98 were still full thickness but I snagged a thin body without checking. By 2000, almost all Affinity production was thin body.

Thanks, I wasnt sure of the cutoff dates for the full-thickness Bullets and Affinities.

 

[Las Palmas Norte]

All models of Vintage Modified are full thickness, as is Deluxe and Deluxe Hotrails models.

 

[Ahnlaashock]

All of the black label Korean stuff.

 

[Lanaka]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but only time when body thickness is important is when ye want to install a standard thickness neck, stacked pickups, humbuckers with long legs or p/p pots. I'd add bridge blocks in the past but nowdays ye can find a short block or cut/grind down a block.

But nowdays, ye can also get necks with thin heels, single-coil sized humbuckers, humbuckers with short legs, and decent dime sized pots. P/p pots are tricky, but with a little judicious routing and/or grinding/bending of tabs, you could get a one brand or another p/p pot to fit. Just measure twice before cutting.

 

[Lanaka]

OH, unless yer like me, I like my guitars Feeling more solid. My fave Strats are in the 7.5 pound and heavier ranges. My two fave Telecasters are both in the mid to high 7 pound range. My number one Les Paul is over 9 pounds.

 

[BlueSquirrel]

Anything Bullet/Sonic/Affinity is thin body. Standard, SE, Classic Vibe, are all full thickness. I think Vintage Modified is too but I've never seen one in person.

Vintage Modified and Deluxe strats are full-bodied for sure.

 

[BlueSquirrel]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but only time when body thickness is important is when ye want to install a standard thickness neck, stacked pickups, humbuckers with long legs or p/p pots. I'd add bridge blocks in the past but nowdays ye can find a short block or cut/grind down a block.

But nowdays, ye can also get necks with thin heels, single-coil sized humbuckers, humbuckers with short legs, and decent dime sized pots. P/p pots are tricky, but with a little judicious routing and/or grinding/bending of tabs, you could get a one brand or another p/p pot to fit. Just measure twice before cutting.

American-made pickup selector switches might not fit in a thinner body either. They would probably require some routing.

 

[stratmanshow]

Thanks guys. I have a couple of thin bodies and they just fee odd to me.

All of the black label Korean stuff.

That, I did already know but unfortunately they are no longer a cheap option, although they should be IMO. Funny though, because the neck I have waiting is an E10, so a standard pocket will require a bit of work. The heel on the E10's is just a hair shy of 2 1/4". A 90's Korean solid wood body would be ideal. I've got another one on a Pro Tone body and it was a perfect fit.

 

[Ahnlaashock]

The narrow heel necks don't even fit the old bodies well, if that is what you have.
My CN2 Squier Series neck is one of the undersized heel necks. You could move it from about 11 to 1 o'clock in the pocket. That is why I switched bodies, thinking it was the pocket in the laminate body. It wasn't. It had to be side shimmed in the SE body.
The other thing with the small heel necks, is that the rosewood necks are too narrow for the "USA Spec Bridge" and saddles the full sized models came with. Switching to the SE bridge, got the strings back on neck from 15 to the end, where with the original bridge, you could not use the low E in that area unless you bent it back onto the neck.
Did Cort make the E-10's?
Someone once suggested that since the taper of the board changes in about the same spot, that the boards were cut a hair too narrow, and the heel was as narrow as it was, to match the boards.

 

[stratmanshow]

Did Cort make the E-10's?

No, they are Young Chang. The heels are over standard on E10's pretty much 2 1/4" but it's mostly their thick finish which can be sanded back a bit. The later laminate CN bodies and E9's, S9s all fit albeit snug. I already have an S9 laminate with another E10 neck but I don't like the forearm contour angle on those 90's bodies. It starts higher and stops short of the strap pin.
What you describe was also a problem with the 70's Fender necks!