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I often wonder why Fender chose 'Squier' as a name. Judging by the number of people who have difficulty spelling it on these forums, it seems to cause a lot of confusion. Do you think the 'r' and the 'e' transposition from the normal spelling was deliberate on Fender's part, or did they, too, make a simple spelling mistake and really intend to use 'Squire'?

Well, the Americans have always had trouble spelling English words!

Kind regards to all our friends on the other side of the pond.

If I remember rightly Squier was the name of an early company acquisition by Fender. I think they made strings....

http://www.squierguitars.com/news/index.php?display_article=99

Hi David

That's quite correct. Fender owned the Brand Name. They were originally a string company. VC Squier.

Regards

Stuart

VC Squier made the "Esquier" brand strings - I used to use Esquier Rock'n'Roll light gauge (and also another contemporary brand LaBella Rock'n'Roll lights) when they became available here in Australia in about 1967. The only other light gauge strings available then were from the UK (Rotosound, Picato) The Esquier adverts used to feature Jimi Hendrix, who reputedly used Esquier strings.

The first Squier guitars I saw were made in Japan in the early '80's- years ago, I had a fiesta red maple neck model (Bullet?) which had a small Strat style body- - it was like a 'student' style short scale model I think, but it was a very good little guitar.

The first Squier Guitars in England were all made in Japan.

There were 5 originally, Maple neck 57 strat, Rosewood neck 62 strat, 52 tele, 62 precision bass and a 62 jazz bass. They all had the original Fender logo on the headstock and where it normally says 'vintage contour body' it said Squier Series. They mirrored the first Vintage American reissues. For me - and I'll put my tin hat on - there hasn't been a Far Eastern guitar with the Fender logo on that comes anywhere near to the quality or sound on those originals.

Regards

Stuart

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I deleted my previous post!

On another post here I spelt it Squeir for the simple reason, not that I cant spell, but I was sure I'd seen it spelt this way on some music store sites
But on purchasing one last night, that and the fact that the box is right in front of me at this very moment with the word Squier on it I guess I must have been under the influence when I was in these sites
However. Irrespective of whichever way it's spelt, its a bloody good buy for an el cheapo guitar for home use only 133 Canadian plus taxes(around 70 quid) I always was last of the big spenders Tight auld Scots git that I am