MODEL NUMBER
033-0600-(color#)
 
BODY
Body Material: Solid Hardwood
Body Shape: Stratocaster
 
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: “C”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Position Inlays: Pearloid Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Standard, Head Adjust
Skunk Stripe: None
 
HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Black Squier Logo
Other Decals, front: "STRAT", "BY FENDER", "Affinity SERIES"
Other Decals, back: None (1996-1997); Crafted in China decal and Serial (1998)
 
EARLY MODELS HEADSTOCK
Type: Small
Logo: Black Squier Logo
Other Decals, front: "STRAT", "Fender"; Early models with "MADE IN CHINA" decal
Other Decals, back: None
 
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Ceramic Single Coil Pickups
Middle Pickup: Ceramic Single Coil Pickups
Neck Pickup: Ceramic Single Coil Pickups
Controls: Master Volume, Tone, Tone
Configuration: SSS
 
HARDWARE
Bridge: Synchronous Tremolo
Saddles: Die-Cast Block Saddles
Tuning Machines: Ping Standard Covered Hexagonal
String Tree: #2, Wing
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard: 1-Ply White, 8 Holes
Control Knobs: White
Switch Tip: White
Tremolo Arm Tip: White
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt; Plain (1996-1997), "MADE IN CHINA", Serial "NC" or "YN" (1998)
 
COLORS
(506) Black, (558) Torino Red, (580) Arctic White
 
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .009 to .042
 
ACCESSORIES
Less Case
 
COMMENTS
Early Models simply called "Squier Strat", Tradition Series
Replaces Squier Bullet SRS Stratocaster - Made in China
Replaced by Squier Affinity Strat

ENG: History of the Squier made in China and Indonesia
​ITA: Storia delle Squier Made in China e Indonesia

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1996 Squier Strat with engraved neck plate (Reverb)

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Few 1996 Squier Strats with engraved neck plate. Some have a "MADE IN CHINA" decal, some not (Courtesy of Reverb and Dancinboy and Rocco Bagadonouts from Squier Talk)

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1998 Squier Affinity Strat with serial number on the back of the headstock (Courtesy of Guitar Gas)

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