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As far as I know, plywood was never used for any Squier guitars other than the Bullet. I do know that the current versions of affinity/standard are alder or ash. The only major difference between a standard Squier and a real Fender is the hardware. Affinity has a slightly thinner body than the standard but is still made of ash/alder.

Sorry, but your knowledge is severely lacking. The downturn of the Squier brand was directly related to the new owner, FMIC, moving production from Japan to India (for a matter of months only) and then to Korea in order to take the brand down market in terms of cost and quality. Even many Japanese-made models were plywood in the late 1980's and early 1990's, including some fully Fender. 1997 saw the *offical* turning point. Of the contemporary range, the Bullets (not positively comparable to the early 1980's models of the same name) are supposedly the only ones to feature plywood bodies, however in Asian markets it's common to see hybrid Squiers with plywood bodies.

RE: "no forums"

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The fact is that Wikipedia's Squier entry especially, is to-date extremely poor - the likes of the Fender, Strat and Tele entries aren't actually totally reliable either. Therefore, links to knowledgeable sites that can fill in the gaps is surely a good idea, and fully in keeping with the guidelines from the External Links page quoted above. The Fender Discussion Page is the biggest Fender forum, and the members of the Fender Info-Base are some of the most knowledgeable out there.