Not the best value for a Squier, you pay for the HK design, though that is exactkly why I wanted it. But the construction is top notch. One piece maple neck with decent fret finish and excellent playability. I bought one to mod and mod I did. Swapped out the pickup for a GFS Crunchy Pat and tossed the pea sized Alpha pot and wired up a CTS 500K. Had to open up the hole in the body a bit with a round file. With my usual set up, all my guitars get the personal touch regardless of price, it plays great. It's one of my faves that I own.

One of the girls in my class owns this guitar, and I used it one day. It's incredible for such a cheap thing. For some reason it's much better than every other Squier I ever used.

The neck finish was great, the frets were great, the hardware was great, no dead spots, the nut had no issues ... damn! Every other Squier I ever used had at least one issue even when new.

It hasn't got much bells and whistles though, just a humbucker, volume and a cat staring at whoever is in front of you ... That said, I like the sound better than the crappy single coils of other Squiers.

Geez, girls are lucky to have a guitar this well made at this price. With a Super Distortion pickup, this guitar could be a true monster ... with the face of a kitty ... how cool is that?

If you're on a budget or want a cheap backup, I highly recommend it, even if you don't like the kitty. This one is just superior to the other Squiers...

I played this at a guitar store and it was awesome. As the guy in the store so excellently put it, "this guitar has the power to strike fear into the hearts of your enemies." That tells it like it is. Put a new humbucker in it and maybe some new tuners and you've got an awesome guitar.

this squier hello kitty guitar reminds me of that double neck i got got signed by J. Page in 1969 (ha ha). this little guitar is killer. maybe if somebody comes by my motor home in idaho you will see me playing eruption (originally done by the best guitarist ever alex van halen!!) in my backyard auditorium. It has a wonderful tone and kick a**. if you juice this kool kat up with EMG pickups, and some DR blues strings than it could tour with AC/DC.

My daughter wanted a guitar to get started and so we purchased the Hello Kitty Stratocaster for her on her birthday. She's kind of an emo kid, so she immediately fell in love with the black kitty design.

Plays great with her Behringer GM-108 amp. She's having a lot of fun with the combo even if she is still having difficulty with an open F.