~Spirit of Dragons~
Anjith
Ahem... <******** Squier xd I've had bad experiences with them... So I'll share!
1) A brand new Squier just picked up off the shelf screwed me over at a Jimi Hendrix memorial my friends put together (I know it's kinda lame : / ) It just stopped working randomly.
2) Tried to fix it later and found out that it was miswired BY THE COMPANY.
3) They wouldn't refund me OR fix it for free.
4) I was playing my friend's once and it shocked/electricuted me : /
5) I've had the bridge bust off while bending a note.
So yeah, these are just my experiences, no one else ever has a problem with them though. Also I've noticed that Fender/Squier's don't really do well with heavy metal. But they excel in Blues/Neoclassical/Clean tones. Ibanez are very versatile, they can do the above listings and Heavy Metal.
Personally I'd go for the Ibanez.
1) A brand new Squier just picked up off the shelf screwed me over at a Jimi Hendrix memorial my friends put together (I know it's kinda lame : / ) It just stopped working randomly.
2) Tried to fix it later and found out that it was miswired BY THE COMPANY.
3) They wouldn't refund me OR fix it for free.
4) I was playing my friend's once and it shocked/electricuted me : /
5) I've had the bridge bust off while bending a note.
So yeah, these are just my experiences, no one else ever has a problem with them though. Also I've noticed that Fender/Squier's don't really do well with heavy metal. But they excel in Blues/Neoclassical/Clean tones. Ibanez are very versatile, they can do the above listings and Heavy Metal.
Personally I'd go for the Ibanez.
Wait, it actually electrocuted you?! You really should have reported that. A guitar that will physically harm the player is inexcusable and should not be put on the shelves. I'm surprised Fender let this faulty guitar through... I had gotten the impression that they checked every guitar that they sent out. You could have actually probably sued Fender, since it sounds as though there were witnesses in the room when it shocked you. How exactly did it shock you? Through the strings or something?
What you should have done when it died on you was just to take it back to the place you bought it from (that is, assuming it was within the return/exchange period).
Good luck with your next guitar^^
Yeah, my buddy Iggy was there. I was surprised too. I got shocked* (sorry for improper use of vocabulary) while playing,, my right hand got shocked in the intro to Master of Puppets, it happened a few more times throughout the night actually.
