New Squier "Sonic" series

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Re: New Squier "Sonic" series

Post by sal paradise » Tue Feb 14, 2023 2:25 am

Might have to get a coral Bronco & flip it to lefty. And maybe change the pickup.

It looks really cool in that colour.
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Re: New Squier "Sonic" series

Post by CROSS_guitars » Tue Feb 14, 2023 2:45 am

Futuron wrote:
Tue Feb 14, 2023 1:54 am
In addition to pics above:
Bronco also in white, and black.
HH Mustang also in California blue.
SS Mustang also in Torino red.

Pickups are ceramic. Prices are slightly higher than existing Bullet Mustangs, as to be expected.


Back of Mustang:
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No contour there...
Where you getting these pics from?

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Re: New Squier "Sonic" series

Post by andare » Tue Feb 14, 2023 5:46 am

sal paradise wrote:
Tue Feb 14, 2023 2:25 am
Might have to get a coral Bronco & flip it to lefty. And maybe change the pickup.

It looks really cool in that colour.
I have a shell pink Bronco. The pickup is a generic Strat ceramic affair. Doesn't even sound bad but the signal to noise ratio is really low. The single coil hum was driving me crazy. Very easy to fit a dual blade humbucker, though I wish I could put a proper gold foil pickup in there. Broncos are routed for full-size humbuckers.
The neck on mine is fantastic. Rolled edges too.

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Re: New Squier "Sonic" series

Post by Gordon » Tue Feb 14, 2023 6:44 am

Futuron wrote:
Mon Feb 13, 2023 3:25 am
Must be coming soon. Anyone got any more info? What I'm seeing looks either Bullet (probably) or Affinity level, likely replacing that line. Indonesian. Laurel & Poplar.
I don't have the idea of buying a ne guitar, but this... is.. :-*

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Re: New Squier "Sonic" series

Post by panoramic » Tue Feb 14, 2023 9:20 am

that SS mustang would be fun to mess with and I dig the cheap-y burst vibe
I used to be cool, now I just complain about prices.

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Re: New Squier "Sonic" series

Post by ainm » Tue Feb 14, 2023 10:00 am

Gordon wrote:
Tue Feb 14, 2023 6:44 am
Futuron wrote:
Mon Feb 13, 2023 3:25 am
Must be coming soon. Anyone got any more info? What I'm seeing looks either Bullet (probably) or Affinity level, likely replacing that line. Indonesian. Laurel & Poplar.
I don't have the idea of buying a ne guitar, but this... is.. :-*

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https://www.truetonemusic.com/products/ ... tian-coral
If Hank Marvin did humbuckers.

The finishes on these look so plasticky, but I don't dislike them. With the Barbie film out this year, I wonder if they considered doing a marketing tie-in.

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Re: New Squier "Sonic" series

Post by Futuron » Wed Feb 15, 2023 1:12 am

Here's the other HH (California blue). The only Mustang in the line that has a laurel fretboard (the others being maple). No back contour for the HH either.

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Re: New Squier "Sonic" series

Post by fuzzy_man_peach » Thu Feb 16, 2023 5:21 am

Where are the pictures for the different colours from? I can’t find them anywhere!

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Re: New Squier "Sonic" series

Post by Zork » Thu Feb 16, 2023 6:33 am

Will all the models be available in all the colors?

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Re: New Squier "Sonic" series

Post by sholkham » Thu Feb 16, 2023 6:40 am

California blue is such a good colour
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Re: New Squier "Sonic" series

Post by hexes » Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:46 am

Tahitian coral is awesome. I think I'll get the bronco and throw tape wounds on there for some thunk/thwap with a guild bisonic pickup swap. I also fully expect it to be as lovably awful as the bullet mustang. hopefully it's a step above the bullet.

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Re: New Squier "Sonic" series

Post by astro » Thu Feb 16, 2023 5:26 pm

I am sad to see the body contours missing from the Sonic Mustang. I recently bought a bullet Mustang, which was the only Mustang available with contours, glad I did as I find contours make a guitar more comfortable.

I am digging the maple fretboards and the colour options on the sonic series. So cool to see the Bronco bass finally get an update. It’s been the same since the late nineties! I’m a little sad to see they replaced the cool looking two saddle bridge with a generic (but undoubtably better in terms of intonation) 4 saddle bass bridge. But I’m very happy to see that they got rid of the junky tuners that Broncos had, let’s hope these new sealed units are better.

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Re: New Squier "Sonic" series

Post by Sweetfinger » Thu Feb 16, 2023 10:15 pm

Personally, I am delighted to see they all have single ply plain white pickguards. I hope the templates haven't changed.

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Re: New Squier "Sonic" series

Post by vistavision » Fri Feb 17, 2023 12:09 am

Here are the Bronco bass and Mustang colors all in one place.
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I'm sure some Fender dealer in '64 looked at the new Duo-Sonic II and thought, "That's not a Duo-Sonic. That's a Mustang".

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Re: New Squier "Sonic" series

Post by Fiddy » Fri Feb 17, 2023 5:14 am

The White Bronco bass is my favourite

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