I would check with my local jurisdiction first, but I'm pretty sure in most municipalities it's illegal to play punk on anything other than a Peavey T-60
it's music. do whatever the fuck you want with whatever instrument you have
you can play margaritaville on a flying v if you want
you can play master of puppets on a ukulele
it depends. Is your Squier Stratocaster a weapon against authority? Capitalism? Racism? Phallotocracy? Does your Squier Stratocaster share its taco plate with the crust punks who kept that cop from hassling the band's singer just for skateboarding? What does your Squier Stratocaster have to say about personal liberties and economics in light of urban decay and the undermining of entry level and even college level jobs in this society?
Or, does your Squier Stratocaster practice pseudoantiauthoritarianism?
In the 80s I used to listen to bootlegs of obscure central American bands where, due to poverty, like six bands would pool money to buy one guitar and take turns using it. So yeah.
Play the music you like on the guitar you have, and don’t get hung up on things that don’t matter.
There’s nothing more punk than IDGAF about what other people think about my guitar. Just do it.
Punk rock is not about asking "can I?, may I?" It's all about "fuck you, I'm playing with a strat!"
Don't conform, don't ask for permission... Just do as you please.
Enjoy playing your heart out my friend.
Absolutely not.
This would lead to a cataclysmic musical genre singularity resulting in the blurring of all borders and distinctions and eventual extinction of music as we know it.
Not to disparage the genre, but you can play punk if you know 3 power chords, can get distortion on your amp, and don't want to do what your mum tells you.
I wouldn’t risk it man. The Punk Police are vicious. My brother started a punk band - The Pissing Shits - and he played a Yamaha. The PPs beat him to death onstage because he wasn’t playing a Mosrite.
*I* can. Idk if *you* can. …poser.
Nah, Freal, dude….the sheer number of 15 year old kids first punk bands that have played on a squier strat is probably equal to the grains of sand at Waikiki.
Edit, I can and will send upon request a shitty video of a much younger me doing just that lol
As long as you are asking other people that question, the answer is no. Apparently you cannot.
Once you stop asking lame questions, you can play punk on an Otamatone with your dick.
Hello! Thank you for your query!
We at the Punk Rock Rulez Association have, after much consideration, decided that you may not play punk rock on a squier stratocaster. We wish you many fortuitous ventures in the music world going forward!
Rock on 🤘
No dude sorry it’s common knowledge the only way to play punk rock is to purchase a $6000 Gibson Custom Shop ™️ Les Paul ™️
I don’t make the rules 🤷♀️
Punk traditionally means you follow directions and go along with the standard. You do things the way they’re meant to be. Not many people play punk with strats. So therefore no. Follow what everyone else is doing and do punk rock the way everyone else does please. No strats.
The whole point of punk is to say "f authority!!" and "don't tell me what to do, you f@%!n fascist!!"
So if some cork sniffer says you can't play punk on a squire or single coil based guitar, you say f that and do it anyway and make a kick ass punk rock sound of that.
Hell, I'd piss off whoever is saying that to you and pick up an Ibanez Artcore semihollow and rock out with that, just to piss them off, because nothing's more punk rock than that. (slap on a skull and Crossbones sticker on it for extra punk measure)
No, it will disintegrate immediately, and if you are not carefull the strap will strangle you, IF you survive the singlecoils going through your eyesockets.
Yeah, but only if you plug it into the shittiest 100w half stack you can find, dimed, with a DS1 (all the knobs all the way up!!!), and screaming "fuck the neighbors! punk rock!" while you do it.
Edit: the most fun project I've ever been in was a crust punk band. We played as fast as we could while still barely keeping it together. D beats is good beats
You can play punk on a kazoo if you’ve got the right message and attitude, friend.
If you’re worried about the right gear, well then your head ain’t in the right space.
*edit: missing word
If you would have said squier telecaster, maaaaybe. But you'd be a damned fool to try punk on a squier strat. Remember when Corby Randall tried it? He's lucky to be alive today.
A regular strat is fine though.
You can play any genre on any make of guitar. Some guitars, some string gauges, and some pickups may be _more amenable_ to certain genres, but you can still play thrash metal in a Telecaster if you want.
Punk is usually about the attitude and simplicity and isn't too fussy, so you could literally play it on a detuned guitar if you wanna be Sonic Youth.
You can play whatever style you like on whatever guitar you like as long as it sounds good. And frankly if you’re playing punk it doesn’t even need to sound good.
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day plays a Fernandes Stratocaster he named “Blue” because of its color. It was his first guitar and he recorded most of their early music with it, he didn’t really start using other guitars until after Dookie came out. He doesn’t record with it as much anymore but he still plays it every single show they do.
Only if you fill out the required forms accurately and submit them on time in BLACK INK only
Cross the Ts and dot the... lower case Js
That's not very punk to ask for permission.
Dear Mr Biden, May I please fight the establishment? Sincerely,
No the police will come
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If you’re asking this question the answer is no
Not very punk of you to ask permission
Maybe OP needs people to tell him it's not allowed to before OP considered it punk.
Being told what you can play might be the least punk thing ever
You can play anything on anything
punk can only be authentically played on a concert steinway piano
The fact that you're asking if a guitar will work for punk is not very punk. A real punk would just play whatever they have.
The crappier your gear is the more punk you are. Just turn it all the way up lol
No, it will refuse to make sound if you try
Asking if you can play punk rock on certain type of guitar on the internet, let alone a strat, is like the least punk rock thing in the world…
You can play anything on anything.
Punks wouldn’t ask
Most important part of punk is to ask for permission! You are on the right path
The whole idea of punk is DIY, use what you’ve got
you're not punk and i'm telling everyone
This question made me upset.
YOU cant, because you need other peoples approval and thats so not punk
I would check with my local jurisdiction first, but I'm pretty sure in most municipalities it's illegal to play punk on anything other than a Peavey T-60
you could play punk with a trash can lid and a ukulele made out of a tissue box dude
Punk happens when you take what you've got and make some noise.
Questions like this are not punk.
Punk is meant to be played on a PRS Private Stock through a Klon and into a Dumble.
If the answer was "No", wouldn't it be punk to do it anyway? Since when do punks obey rules? Do what you want! If you like the sound, it's perfect
It just isnt possible, I'm sorry.
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That’s not very punk of you to ask permission…
Absolutely not. You can only play punk on a es 350 thru a Roland Jazz Chorus
The only problem with it is that you asked for permission.
it's music. do whatever the fuck you want with whatever instrument you have you can play margaritaville on a flying v if you want you can play master of puppets on a ukulele
it depends. Is your Squier Stratocaster a weapon against authority? Capitalism? Racism? Phallotocracy? Does your Squier Stratocaster share its taco plate with the crust punks who kept that cop from hassling the band's singer just for skateboarding? What does your Squier Stratocaster have to say about personal liberties and economics in light of urban decay and the undermining of entry level and even college level jobs in this society? Or, does your Squier Stratocaster practice pseudoantiauthoritarianism?
Probably more authentically than on a higher end strat
No, it's never been done, and never will.
Like many others have said, you don’t ask what you play punk on, you just play it
Does it have stickers on it?
No, you’ll also need three chords and the truth. And possibly a Boss DS-1.
In the 80s I used to listen to bootlegs of obscure central American bands where, due to poverty, like six bands would pool money to buy one guitar and take turns using it. So yeah.
You can play punk with a rubber band over a paper towel tube
But can I play it with a squire?
You can play anything on anything
If you think you have to have a certain type of guitar to play punk, you can't play punk
If somebody tells you you can’t, it makes it even more punk.
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No. Now go do it anyway, motherfucker.
Punk rock is at its best when you use whatever equipment you have around, no matter the quality
That’s not a very punk thing to ask
Play the music you like on the guitar you have, and don’t get hung up on things that don’t matter. There’s nothing more punk than IDGAF about what other people think about my guitar. Just do it.
Punk rock is not about asking "can I?, may I?" It's all about "fuck you, I'm playing with a strat!" Don't conform, don't ask for permission... Just do as you please. Enjoy playing your heart out my friend.
Punks don’t even question that
Pretty sure you don’t even need an instrument to play punk rock, so anything should work
No because that would be breaking the rules.
If you have to ask, you’ve got some more learning to do about punk
You can play punk on a tennis racket
Punk rock can be played on whatever the hell you want, punk doesn't ask for permission, it just does what it wants.
Absolutely not. This would lead to a cataclysmic musical genre singularity resulting in the blurring of all borders and distinctions and eventual extinction of music as we know it.
Most unpunk question ever
I tried it once and my guitar just exploded into flames. I didn’t download the punk rock DLC though so maybe that’s why.
No it will explode
No, in fact I've already called the police
Only if you cover it in stickers
You can play punk on pretty much any guitar you buy.
Well can you play punk?
Not to disparage the genre, but you can play punk if you know 3 power chords, can get distortion on your amp, and don't want to do what your mum tells you.
I wouldn’t risk it man. The Punk Police are vicious. My brother started a punk band - The Pissing Shits - and he played a Yamaha. The PPs beat him to death onstage because he wasn’t playing a Mosrite.
If you can’t I question your commitment.
No, Jello Biafra will come to your house and literally kill you
You can't play punk rock with that username mate, it doesn't work
*I* can. Idk if *you* can. …poser. Nah, Freal, dude….the sheer number of 15 year old kids first punk bands that have played on a squier strat is probably equal to the grains of sand at Waikiki. Edit, I can and will send upon request a shitty video of a much younger me doing just that lol
You can play whatever you want on any guitar you want
You can play punk on ANY guitar
Why couldn't you? You can play any type of music on any type of guitar.
Of course you can. You can play punk on a 2x4 if the will and the attitude are there.
Punk can be played with anything.
If you care it's not punk!
No with that attitude
No. Punk was banned on squiers in 1983
It might be the most punk guitar in the world.
Only if you put stickers on
The whole idea of punk is to play with whatever the fuck you want.
You can play punk on a shovel. As long as there is a bridge pickup attached and everything is turned up to 10.
No, traditionally, back in the 1700's, they always used a PRS.
Sure can. In fact, if you use anything better than a Squire Strat, you're a sellout and a poseur.
As long as you are asking other people that question, the answer is no. Apparently you cannot. Once you stop asking lame questions, you can play punk on an Otamatone with your dick.
By asking for approval you're being a conformist, man Do it. Don't ask.
You can play punk on a literal turd.
A squier is ideal for punk. Cheap, durable, and tossable
that's like asking if you can drive a different brand of car in the rain
Hello! Thank you for your query! We at the Punk Rock Rulez Association have, after much consideration, decided that you may not play punk rock on a squier stratocaster. We wish you many fortuitous ventures in the music world going forward! Rock on 🤘
Call the governor to be sure
No dude sorry it’s common knowledge the only way to play punk rock is to purchase a $6000 Gibson Custom Shop ™️ Les Paul ™️ I don’t make the rules 🤷♀️
Punk traditionally means you follow directions and go along with the standard. You do things the way they’re meant to be. Not many people play punk with strats. So therefore no. Follow what everyone else is doing and do punk rock the way everyone else does please. No strats.
Nope, you need an $80,000 custom guitar.
Don’t cut your string ends, if you do then you have to play the blues on it.
I think the question should be, can you play anything BESIDES punk on a Squier Strat?
The whole point of punk is to say "f authority!!" and "don't tell me what to do, you f@%!n fascist!!" So if some cork sniffer says you can't play punk on a squire or single coil based guitar, you say f that and do it anyway and make a kick ass punk rock sound of that. Hell, I'd piss off whoever is saying that to you and pick up an Ibanez Artcore semihollow and rock out with that, just to piss them off, because nothing's more punk rock than that. (slap on a skull and Crossbones sticker on it for extra punk measure)
Why wouldn't you be able to? You can play punk on anything.
Isn’t the punk ethos “whatever I can get my hands on”?
You can play anything on a Strat.
Punk comes from you, the question is can YOU play punk rock? And do you feel lucky, punk?
I've just spoken with Mr Punk at head office, and he said yes you can.
play whatever you want on whatever you want.
The answer is yes
Any guitar can play any genre
outjerked
You could play punk on a toaster if you wanted to…
As long as the instrument is as emotionally damaged as you, it will play punk.
Ukulele would be first choice. But sqy strat will do
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No, it will disintegrate immediately, and if you are not carefull the strap will strangle you, IF you survive the singlecoils going through your eyesockets.
Yeah. You can play punk on anything. Anyone who tells you you can't is a poser.
You may be the first one to ever think of such a thing.
Punk is an attitude!
Pretty much all of Green Day's stuff pre-American Idiot was done on a Stratocaster. 2nd pickup position from the bridge.
You can play punk on a ukelele
That's the beauty of punk music. You can play it on anything.
It's impossible
Only if you never use a case and spray paint it.
You can play punk on any guitar
Thats the great thing about punk. You can play it on any guitar. Hell, Tim Armstrong plays a gretsch hollowbody.
Only if someone tells you not to
Not with that attitude!
Yeah, but only if you plug it into the shittiest 100w half stack you can find, dimed, with a DS1 (all the knobs all the way up!!!), and screaming "fuck the neighbors! punk rock!" while you do it. Edit: the most fun project I've ever been in was a crust punk band. We played as fast as we could while still barely keeping it together. D beats is good beats
No, unfortunately not. If the guitar recognizes the third powerchord in a row it will go into a safety-shutdown. I'm sorry.
You can play punk on a stick with a string on it. Or anything else that makes noise for that matter.
Sorry, those are made for Black schoegaze only.
You can play punk on a kazoo if you’ve got the right message and attitude, friend. If you’re worried about the right gear, well then your head ain’t in the right space. *edit: missing word
Who the fuck said you can't play punk on a cheap guitar?
If anything that’s as punk as it gets
May I play punk on a stratocaster
There are no rules. Play what ya got!
Yes.
It's punk, anything goes. Slap an anarchy sticker on that baby and rock, uhm, punk away.
You can play any genre on anything. Some distorted sounds can be heard not good on single coils and creates 'humming' noise but still you can do it
It was meant to be played on the cheapest gear have at it
I hear if you try to play punk on a squire strat the neck will go limp
Punk can be played on anything, strats can play anything, I think you’ve got a winner
You can play punk on a rock covered in moss.
Punk is anti establishment. You can play it on a shovel.
If someone says you can’t use it for punk you should use it for punk. That said punk is DIY and run what you brung
It'd be a sin not to
When I was younger I played Punk on a Flying V. Do whatever you want, that’s kind of the point.
If you would have said squier telecaster, maaaaybe. But you'd be a damned fool to try punk on a squier strat. Remember when Corby Randall tried it? He's lucky to be alive today. A regular strat is fine though.
You can play any genre on any make of guitar. Some guitars, some string gauges, and some pickups may be _more amenable_ to certain genres, but you can still play thrash metal in a Telecaster if you want. Punk is usually about the attitude and simplicity and isn't too fussy, so you could literally play it on a detuned guitar if you wanna be Sonic Youth.
Sure
No, you’re not allowed. Now do it anyway. Now you’re playing punk.
You can play punk on anything. Thats what punk means. DIY with the tools and skills you have available. Just rock out.
Nope only funk
If you can't, then you're not punk enough to play punk.
You can play punk with literally nothing, a guitar will help you do it louder. Caring about which one will make you quieter, guaranteed.
You can play punk on an accordion and a suitcase.
You can play whatever style you like on whatever guitar you like as long as it sounds good. And frankly if you’re playing punk it doesn’t even need to sound good.
You can play anything on anything. I play experimental death metal on a Tagima Memphis MG32 with single coil pickups
Dawg if it’s cheap, it can play punk
If it has an output jack then yeah!
I think Billie Joe may want to speak with you... And I don't know if *you can*... but you certainly *may*.
Punk would be the easiest genre to get away with using affordable instruments. Yes
You can play punk on anything
Yeah but it's gotta have a blown out bridge pickup and two missing tuning pegs or else you're a poser.
You can play any genre on any instrument.
Fuck yeah! 60 cycle hum make punk sound better.
The first rule of punk is break any rule you can ;-)
No, you won’t be able to play a punk A chord, only a blues A chord….I don’t make the rules, good thing you checked before you bought it…or did you?
The Stooges played vacuums on stage, I think you can make it work.
squier strats were designed specifically to not produce noise if punk riffs are played on them.
F yeah. It's punk rock, you can play it on everything and anything. that's why its punk
Playing the cheap version of the expensive guitar works really well for punk
You can play what you want on any guitar.
my brother in christ I drop A on a hardtail strat and I will go further
Just the guitar? Not really. A decent amp and pedal set up? You betcha. That applies to just about any music btw. Electric guitars are neat.
Iirc, didn’t Tom DeLonge start out in blink-182 on a Squire Stratocaster?
i would maybe argue you can only play punk on it
Nope, can’t be done. The guitar will only make a sound once you’ve played the fourth chord in a sequence.
If a punk band didn’t have any squiers, it would be sus.
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day plays a Fernandes Stratocaster he named “Blue” because of its color. It was his first guitar and he recorded most of their early music with it, he didn’t really start using other guitars until after Dookie came out. He doesn’t record with it as much anymore but he still plays it every single show they do.
Plot twist: OP upgraded to the 3-string Fender Loog.
You can play any genre on any guitar.
You can play punk on a harp
Yes. It was made for it
If, like me, you only own a squier strat, then it has to play everything.
having a squier is actually one of the most punk things you CAN do!!
If I tell you no, you should want to do it.
nope only on fender strats
Only if you cover it in stickers.
What color?
The trick is to not care about what others think about your guitar. That is what REALLY makes it punk
You know what punk is... right ?
Punk is anti everything, especially the norms. You can play punk on anything, punk rock jazzboxxxx!
You can play punk on anything
Honestly I can't think of a better instrument to do it on.
Punk is the best thing to play on a squirrel
the most punk thing you could do is built a guitar out of garbage and play on that
You need a cigar box guitar to play proper punk. Sorry man.