Signed by Richie Sambora

This lightweight Olympic White Squier Stratocaster weighs just 7.50 lbs. and has a nut width of just under 1 5/8 inches and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. Solid alder body, medium profile maple neck, and a slab rosewood fretboard with 21 frets and pearloid dot position markers. Headstock decal with "Squier Strat by Fender" in black and "Affinity Series" at the ball end of the headstock. Two "butterfly" string trees. "Crafted in China" and serial number "CY02027410" in black on back of headstock. Individual Gotoh tuners with five-sided metal buttons. Four-bolt neck plate engraved with "20th Anniversary / Squier / by Fender / Freedom / Of Expression / Since 1982". Single-layer white plastic pickguard with eight screws. Three flat-pole single-coil pickups with balanced outputs of 5.01k, 4.91k, and 4.85k, respectively. Three controls (one volume, two tone) plus five-way selector switch, all on pickguard. White plastic Stratocaster knobs. Fender style "Synchronized Tremolo" combined bridge/tailpiece. A mint example housed in a modern 'tweed' hardshell case with plush lining.

Signed in black marker on the body of the guitar by Bon Jovi lead guitarist Richie Sambora.

This 20th Anniversary Squier Stratocaster was donated by Richie Sambora to the annual fall event auction held at the Petersen Automotive Museum and was sold at that auction on November 12, 2005. The letter of authenticity accompanies the instrument.

After Fender's decision to switch Squier's production from strings to guitars, the Stratocaster was one of the first models to be put under the Squier production line, then located in Japan, as it was the most commercially successful guitar Fender had produced. Originally, the headstock had a "Fender" name written in large script, followed by "Squier series" in smaller script. This was later changed to the current '60s headstock featuring "Squier" in larger script, followed by "by Fender" in smaller script.

The Squier Stratocaster is an electric guitar manufactured and sold by Squier, a marque of Fender. While it is essentially a rebranded Fender Stratocaster, it does not qualify as a Strat copy, as the Stratocasters are still considered to be of original make since Squier is owned by Fender, whereas manufacturers of Strat copies do so to use the generic strat body shape that hundreds of manufacturers without any affiliation to the Fender company have used for fifty years. Squier Stratocasters, being inexpensive, are popular amongst beginner and novice guitarists.

In 2002, for the 20th anniversary of the Squier line of Stratocaster guitars, that year's model was also offered in a limited-edition green finish, as well as a "Freedom of Expression Since 1982" engraved neck bolt cover.