It was (just over) thirty years ago today...

[JimN]

...that the Fender Squier Series of guitars and basses was launched in Europe.

I saw two 1962 Reissue Stratocasters in French's music shop in St Helens - one with the "Squier" logo on the tip of the headstock, the other with the more normal "Original Contour Body" decal. Both priced at £199. I got the one with the "normal" logos, and still have it...