Fender Squier Stagemaster
This is my latest addition to the house, a Fender Stagemaster. To be honest I wasn’t very familiar with the stagemaster. The stagemaster is no longer in production and it was made from the mid 90’s till about 02 (i think). Almost all of the stagemasters have a licensed Floyd Rose trem and a reverse headstock and at least on humbucker. There are different levels from the standard to the deluxe series. Most were made in China Or Korea. According to the serial number mine was made in 1999.
Some of the stagemasters are wicked nice with neck-thru maple necks with basswood bodies and a quilted top finish. There are seven string models too. The neck on mine os one of the thinnest necks I hace seen on a Squier strat.
I like the fact that these are somewhat similar to the HM Strat at a fraction of the price. The stagemaster sells all day long on ebay for $150-$250.
Hello,
can you tell me wich Stagemaster this is. Is there a site for this Fender where i can find it. I own one but don’t know wich stagemaster it is ;-(
Gr,
Jack
I was wanting to know if you could give me some info or if you could direct me to a site where I can find out all the info about my guitar. It’s a Squier Stagemaster model # s/n kc01028502. It’s solid black with a Floyd Rose whammy bar, upside down headstock and neck through. Thanks
I think you mean ONE humbucker and not “and at least on humbucker”??
Info – ALL the Neck Thru Stagemasters were made in Korea and are NOT Basswood, they are Alder. Basswood is a SOFT and very muted sounding wood, and it’s extreme softness can NOT be used with neck thru designs.
In fact, none Fender’s three Squier manufactures (Cortex (Cort), Saetung, Samick) ever used Basswood. They either used Asian Ash, Alder or Sen wood. The majority of Squiers made in Korea in the 80’s though, were sadly made of Plywood before Fender was using Japan as the “quality” Squiers until they stopped in 1989, so 80’s Korean Squiers aren’t highly sought after by collectors or player who know better.