snake
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Post by snake on Nov 21, 2005 15:39:24 GMT -5
so i am going to be doing some major work on my squier strat. i plan on replacing the pickups, wireing and hardware. The other thing i was considering was replacing the body and the neck. however if its not necessary i would rather save the money. so i was wondering if anybody had any expierience with this and could tell me whether or not it would be worth it.
btw the guitar was made in indonesia
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Post by Mini-Strat_Maine on Nov 21, 2005 23:53:18 GMT -5
so i am going to be doing some major work on my squier strat. i plan on replacing the pickups, wireing and hardware. The other thing i was considering was replacing the body and the neck. however if its not necessary i would rather save the money. so i was wondering if anybody had any expierience with this and could tell me whether or not it would be worth it. Um, pickups, wiring, hardware, and maybe body and neck? Could you still call what's left a Squier Strat? Sounds kinda like the old joke about "jacking up the radiator cap and putting a new car under it." By way of a more useful answer, I'd offer the opinion that replacing the body and neck would be extraneous unless something was wrong with one or both. Once you've gotten to that point, you're probably better off investing in a whole new guitar, or building something from scratch. You might try the new electronic stuff in the Squier, and if it still doesn't "trigger your meter," buy the new body and neck and transfer the good pups and everything to there. Put the old stuff back where it came from, and sell off the Squier, or keep it for a backup or as a test bed for more mods. An upgrade of the pups and things associated with them would probably be a satisfactory improvement. But if any of the wood stuff is somehow defective or even if it "doesn't feel right" for you, then replacing it might be an option. The above is just one reader's opinion. -- Doug C. |
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Post by mike on Nov 23, 2005 10:05:28 GMT -5
I really like Squier guitars and have 4, 3 strats and a stagemaster.
Pots, wireing, and shielding are cheap. Parts are inexpensive and your biggest investment is time. As much as I like my Squiers, if I was thinking about adding mods like expensive pick-ups, bodies or necks, I would find the ax that has exactly what I was looking for and buy that. There comes a point where you stop looking like you're hotrodding you ax and it begins to be, well, dumb.
Do a parts list. Look at what you want to put into your Squier and what the final cost would be, include the guitar. Then check out guitars with those components already added. Take a look at my Squiers. I've changed the looks and tone on all of them for the better. On my standards my total cost, including guitar, is less than $150 each. On my Affinity, I had to pay $149 for the gutar, it's the 20th anniversary model, and for that color guitar, was truly a limited addition, and not produced on the affinity since that model.
Check out building a kit guitar, Carvin has a nice one.
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Post by bam on Nov 26, 2005 10:25:19 GMT -5
warning : as far as I know, there is NO Fender factory/custom shop in Indonesia.
(that means, your Squier could probably a fake)
btw,
doesn't that mean the same as buying a new guitar ?
(whoa, just kidding) :lol:
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Post by mike on Nov 28, 2005 18:27:06 GMT -5
Fake Squier's!, I love it.
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Post by bam on Dec 3, 2005 6:53:04 GMT -5
because .. they're good as guinea pigs, or .. what .. ?
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