I also have a have a squier and have only been playing for a little while. After spending several hours in a music store and trying out many guitars I settled on this one. The biggest difference in it and the other squiers is that it has single coil pickups on the neck and middle and a humbucker on the bridge. In short it is very versatile tone-wise and made sense financially since I was just getting started.
As I said I am in the early stages of learning/mastering playing the guitar and it seems to work very well. I plan on continuing with it for some time and although I would like to upgrade now, I will wait until I have evolved in my technique and realized my style. At that point I can tailor my equipment to create the sound I am looking for.
