This bolt-on version of the M-80 features two humbucking pickups.

Senior Master Builder Todd Krause and Squier Marketing Manager Justin Norvell discuss the design of the M-80 at the Custom Shop.

“I’ve been working on the M-80 for a long time. I designed it for somebody who was playing at a club, working with a label, about to be signed, or had been signed. I wanted to build a “workingman’s” guitar for a new generation of players. That guitar evolved from many years of seeing things in guitars that I like or dislike. A lot of designs on that guitar are my gut-level reaction to what I see people playing, my playing, and what players tell me they like and dislike – or find comfortable and uncomfortable.

“There’s a lot of design in the M-80 that doesn’t meet the eye. For example, the body comes from a shortened Mustang guitar. If you put a longer-scale Neck on a Mustang, you have to shorten the body so it feels right. I placed the strap buttons, so that when the guitar is hanging, it feels familiar. Let me put it this way … I’ve got 25 years in the business, and the M-80 is the accumulation of 25 years of designing and building guitars for the world’s most discriminating
players.” – Todd Krause

Model Name M80 Special (Bolt-On)
Model Number 034-4000-(Color#)
Series Master Series
Colors (506) Black, (Gloss),
(575) Wine Red Metallic, (Gloss),
(592) Walnut, (Satin),
(Satin Polyurethane Finish)
Body Basswood
Neck Bolt-On Maple, C-Shape,
(Polyurethane Finish)
Fingerboard Rosewood, 12” Radius (305mm)
No. of Frets 22 Jumbo
Pickups 2 Humbucking Pickups
Controls Volume 1. (Neck Pickup),
Tone 1. (Neck Pickup),
Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup),
Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
Pickup Switching 3-Position Toggle:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
Position 3. Neck Pickup
Bridge Adjusto-Matic Bridge with Anchored-Tailpiece
Machine Heads Cast/Sealed Tuners
Hardware Chrome
Pickguard None
Scale Length 24.75" (628.65 mm)
Width at Nut 1.6875” (42.86 mm)
Unique Features Gold and Silver Squier Logo,
Side Dot Position Inlays,
Double Cutaway,
Side Mounted Chrome “Football” Input Jack,
Numbered Control Knobs,
Black Plastic Parts,
Black Painted Headstock
Strings Fender Super 250R, Nickel Plated Steel, (.010 to .046), p/n 073-0250-006
Accessories None
Introduced 1/2005

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