MODEL NUMBER
031-0700-(Color#)
BODY
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Polyurethane
Body Shape: Slightly Slimmer Stratocaster
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; Black on (564) and (505)
Width at Nut: 1.61” (40.6 mm)
Position Inlays: Pearloid Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Standard, Head Adjust
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Large
Logo: Squier Gold Logo
Other Decals, front: "STRAT", "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: See Colors List
Plastics: White; Black on (564), (505), (502), (566)
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt; "Squier by Fender"
COLORS
(506) Black, 3-Ply 8-Hole White Pickguard, Until 6/2013
(525) Metallic Red, 3-Ply 11-Hole White Pickguard, Until 6/2013
(595) Metallic Blue, 3-Ply 11-Hole White Pickguard, Until 6/2013
(502) Lake Placid Blue, 1-Ply 8-Hole Platinum Sparkle Pickguard and Black Plastics, (7/2013-2016)
(566) Burgundy Mist, 1-Ply 11-Hole Platinum Sparkle Pickguard and Black Plastics, (7/2013-2016)
(505) Olympic White, 1-Ply 11-Hole Platinum Sparkle Pickguard and Black Plastics, Since 7/2013
(564) Montego Black, 1-Ply 11-Hole Platinum Sparkle Pickguard and Black Plastics
(592) Race Green, White Pickguard and Plastics, Since 2017
(581) Slick Silver, White Pickguard and Plastics, Since 2017
ACCESSORIES
Less Case
COMMENTS
Replaces Squier Affinity Stratocaster HSS
Replaced by Squier Affinity Stratocaster HSS (Upgrade #2)
FENDER SAYS
Squier Affinity Series guitars are the best value in electric guitar design. The Affinity Series Stratocaster HSS delivers solid sound and style, and new for 2013 are a two-color headstock logo, single-ply "platinum sparkle" pickguard, and eye-catching Lake Placid Blue, Olympic White and Burgundy Mist finishes. Other features include single-coil neck and middle pickups, humbucking bridge pickup, five-way switching, smooth-playing rosewood fingerboard with 21 medium jumbo frets, synchronous tremolo bridge and large ’60s-style headstock.
031-0700-(Color#)
BODY
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Polyurethane
Body Shape: Slightly Slimmer Stratocaster
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; Black on (564) and (505)
Width at Nut: 1.61” (40.6 mm)
Position Inlays: Pearloid Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Standard, Head Adjust
Skunk Stripe: None
HEADSTOCK
Type: Large
Logo: Squier Gold Logo
Other Decals, front: "STRAT", "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: See Colors List
Plastics: White; Black on (564), (505), (502), (566)
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt; "Squier by Fender"
COLORS
(506) Black, 3-Ply 8-Hole White Pickguard, Until 6/2013
(525) Metallic Red, 3-Ply 11-Hole White Pickguard, Until 6/2013
(595) Metallic Blue, 3-Ply 11-Hole White Pickguard, Until 6/2013
(502) Lake Placid Blue, 1-Ply 8-Hole Platinum Sparkle Pickguard and Black Plastics, (7/2013-2016)
(566) Burgundy Mist, 1-Ply 11-Hole Platinum Sparkle Pickguard and Black Plastics, (7/2013-2016)
(505) Olympic White, 1-Ply 11-Hole Platinum Sparkle Pickguard and Black Plastics, Since 7/2013
(564) Montego Black, 1-Ply 11-Hole Platinum Sparkle Pickguard and Black Plastics
(592) Race Green, White Pickguard and Plastics, Since 2017
(581) Slick Silver, White Pickguard and Plastics, Since 2017
ACCESSORIES
Less Case
COMMENTS
Replaces Squier Affinity Stratocaster HSS
Replaced by Squier Affinity Stratocaster HSS (Upgrade #2)
FENDER SAYS
Squier Affinity Series guitars are the best value in electric guitar design. The Affinity Series Stratocaster HSS delivers solid sound and style, and new for 2013 are a two-color headstock logo, single-ply "platinum sparkle" pickguard, and eye-catching Lake Placid Blue, Olympic White and Burgundy Mist finishes. Other features include single-coil neck and middle pickups, humbucking bridge pickup, five-way switching, smooth-playing rosewood fingerboard with 21 medium jumbo frets, synchronous tremolo bridge and large ’60s-style headstock.
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
Gold Logo Squier Stratocaster HSS Affinity Series, Montego Black Finish (Courtsy of Chicago Music Exchange)
Gold Logo Squier Affinity Stratocaster HSS, Race Green Finish, Courtesy of Sweetwater
