Squier really hit its stride in the ‘ 90s , when the company was given much more freedom to innovate and stopped simply copying old Fender designs . An excellent example of the forward-thinking philosophy Squier adopted at this time is the Venus model , from the same Vista series that produced the Super-Sonic and Jagmaster . The Venus was available in six and 12-string versions , and was a shockingly unique design , blending elements of Strat , Rickenbacker , and other oddball pawn shop rockers . The Squier team co-designed it with Courtney Love of the band Hole as her signature model guitar , which was quite notable given that Bonnie Raitt was the only other female musician to have a signature model guitar at that time . The six-string Venus listed for 699 dollars and the 12-string listed for a whopping 999 bucks , making it a fairly expensive instrument for that era . It was only produced from ‘ 96 to ‘ 98 , and retains a high resale value to this day , if you can manage to locate one .
SQUIER VISTA VENUS
Squier really hit its stride in the ‘ 90s , when the company was given much more freedom to innovate and stopped simply copying old Fender designs . An excellent example of the forward-thinking philosophy Squier adopted at this time is the Venus model , from the same Vista series that produced the Super-Sonic and Jagmaster . The Venus was available in six and 12-string versions , and was a shockingly unique design , blending elements of Strat , Rickenbacker , and other oddball pawn shop rockers . The Squier team co-designed it with Courtney Love of the band Hole as her signature model guitar , which was quite notable given that Bonnie Raitt was the only other female musician to have a signature model guitar at that time . The six-string Venus listed for 699 dollars and the 12-string listed for a whopping 999 bucks , making it a fairly expensive instrument for that era . It was only produced from ‘ 96 to ‘ 98 , and retains a high resale value to this day , if you can manage to locate one .
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