MODEL NUMBER
031-0700-(Color#)
BODY
Body Material: Alder (Also Agathis in 2002 for EU)
Body Finish: Polyurethane
Body Shape: Slightly Slimmer Stratocaster (40 mm)
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: Fast Action Slim “C”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
Width at Nut: 1.61” (40.6 mm)
Position Inlays: Pearloid Dots, Wide Spacing (maybe few models w/narrow spacing)
Truss Rod: Standard, Head Adjust
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Large
Logo: Black Silkscreen Squier Logo
Other Decals, front: “STRAT”, “by Fender” (early models “BY FENDER”), “Affinity SERIES”
Other Decals, back: “Crafted in China”, Serial Number
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Standard Humbucking Pickup
Middle Pickup: Ceramic Single Coil Pickup
Neck Pickup: Ceramic Single Coil Pickup
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: HSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Synchronous Tremolo
Saddles: Die-Cast CBS Style Saddles
Tuning Machines: Standard Die-Cast Tuners
String Tree: #2, Wing
Hardware: Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply White, 8-Hole; 1-Ply 11-Hole Platinum Sparkle Black on (564)
Plastics: White; Black on (564)
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "Squier by Fender"
COLORS
(506) Black
(519) British Racing Green, Until 12/2002
(558) Torino Red, Until 1/2004
(580) Arctic White, Until 1/2004
(590) Baltic Blue, Until 1/2004
(525) Metallic Red, Since 2/2004
(595) Metallic Blue, Since 2/2004
(564) Montego Black, 1-Ply Platinum Sparkle Pickguard and Black Plastics, Since 2/2004
ACCESSORIES
Less Case
COMMENTS
Renamed from Squier Affinity Fat Strat to Squier Affinity Stratocaster HSS in 2007
Replaced by Squier Affinity Stratocaster HSS (Upgrade #1)
FENDER SAID
The Fat Stratocaster features one humbucking pickup (bridge) and two single coil pickups, an alder body, and bolt-on maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard.
031-0700-(Color#)
BODY
Body Material: Alder (Also Agathis in 2002 for EU)
Body Finish: Polyurethane
Body Shape: Slightly Slimmer Stratocaster (40 mm)
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: Fast Action Slim “C”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
Width at Nut: 1.61” (40.6 mm)
Position Inlays: Pearloid Dots, Wide Spacing (maybe few models w/narrow spacing)
Truss Rod: Standard, Head Adjust
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Large
Logo: Black Silkscreen Squier Logo
Other Decals, front: “STRAT”, “by Fender” (early models “BY FENDER”), “Affinity SERIES”
Other Decals, back: “Crafted in China”, Serial Number
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Standard Humbucking Pickup
Middle Pickup: Ceramic Single Coil Pickup
Neck Pickup: Ceramic Single Coil Pickup
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: HSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Synchronous Tremolo
Saddles: Die-Cast CBS Style Saddles
Tuning Machines: Standard Die-Cast Tuners
String Tree: #2, Wing
Hardware: Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply White, 8-Hole; 1-Ply 11-Hole Platinum Sparkle Black on (564)
Plastics: White; Black on (564)
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt, "Squier by Fender"
COLORS
(506) Black
(519) British Racing Green, Until 12/2002
(558) Torino Red, Until 1/2004
(580) Arctic White, Until 1/2004
(590) Baltic Blue, Until 1/2004
(525) Metallic Red, Since 2/2004
(595) Metallic Blue, Since 2/2004
(564) Montego Black, 1-Ply Platinum Sparkle Pickguard and Black Plastics, Since 2/2004
ACCESSORIES
Less Case
COMMENTS
Renamed from Squier Affinity Fat Strat to Squier Affinity Stratocaster HSS in 2007
Replaced by Squier Affinity Stratocaster HSS (Upgrade #1)
FENDER SAID
The Fat Stratocaster features one humbucking pickup (bridge) and two single coil pickups, an alder body, and bolt-on maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard.
ENG: History of the Squier made in China and Indonesia
ITA: Storia delle Squier Made in China e Indonesia
ITA: Storia delle Squier Made in China e Indonesia
2005 Squier Affinity Fat Strat, Courtesy of Reverb
