[ramonesfreak]

Oh sorry I see affinity Strat …not familiar

And I didn’t answer the why part…..I have a lot of guitars. High end stuff. I can only remember having tried one of them, maybe 2 out of 15 I have kept. With high end stuff, I know the guitar is “good “ and I know how they sound already. I know a lot about them before I order them. If I don’t like it, I can send it back

With the lower priced stuff, I have no idea. The last student or budget priced guitar I had was a peavy patriot when I was 13 and I’m 51 now, so,,,,,,

But my understanding is that with the more affordable instruments, the quality, fit and finish can vary from one instrument to another. I would want to try a few to see if it worked right….wonkey electronics, sharp fret ends, sticky neck etc.,,,,

There are some excellent entry level guitars available now days but I would want to sit down with a bunch and play them till I found the one I liked

What’s your budget ?

EDIT…tried to look up those guitars you mentioned…I’m not familiar with any of them enough to comment. They are not really student guitars so disregard what I said.