The Squier Sonic Stratocaster HT is an affordable first electric guitar with the classic Stratocaster look, a lightweight body and a simple hardtail bridge that's particularly well suited to beginners.
Three Squier ceramic single-coil pickups give you the bright, clear sounds associated with a Strat, while the comfortable C-shaped maple neck makes it an easy guitar to start learning on. Fender confirms this model uses an SSS pickup configuration, so the supplied copy referring to humbuckers is incorrect.
If you're diving into the world of electric guitars and love the classic Stratocaster style, the Sonic Strat HT is an exciting choice to kick off your journey! It's lightweight, comfortable and uncomplicated, and we particularly like the hardtail bridge for beginners. There's no tremolo system to set up or learn around — you can concentrate on tuning the guitar, learning your chords and getting comfortable playing.
The three single-coil pickups also give a new player plenty to explore. The five-way switch takes you through bright, crisp sounds for rhythm and lead through to warmer neck pickup tones, so you're not locked into one particular style of music.
We'd recommend the Sonic Strat HT for beginners, younger players moving into a full-size electric, or anyone wanting an inexpensive Strat-style guitar for home. And in Sea Foam Green, it looks much more intriguing than your typical beginner guitar.
