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by **noelford** » 06 Nov 2009, 08:09

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'?

by **Tab** » 06 Nov 2009, 08:45

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

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

by **David Martin** » 06 Nov 2009, 09:02

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

by **StuartD** » 06 Nov 2009, 10:03

Hi David

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

Regards

Stuart

by **cockroach** » 06 Nov 2009, 10:46

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.

by **StuartD** » 06 Nov 2009, 11:35

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

by **Amanda** » 06 Nov 2009, 14:29

by **noelford** » 06 Nov 2009, 16:49

Amanda! Shhh!

by **Amanda** » 06 Nov 2009, 17:07

Whoops !

I deleted my previous post!

by **Bluesnote** » 06 Nov 2009, 19:32

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 :think: