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< Music Gear ~ Buggering about with a Strat. |
| Leather Mike |
 Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:24 am |
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I've been offered a Squier strat for whats essentially free, so was considering arsing about with it a bit. Essentially, I want to know how difficult/expensive it would be to change it from is current pickup config (S-S-S, 5 way selector,) to my preferred setup. (H-H, 3-way selector)
I can get pickups for it for naff all, so that's that bit covered. would the rest be an expensive/difficult job? |
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| starscream |
| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:13 pm |
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| Take a fucking jig saw to it Mike! |
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| Leather Mike |
| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:44 pm |
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damn right steve, saw the bastard in half and buy a real guitar instead 
right enough though, would it go as far as routing etc or are squiers hollow under the scratchplate? |
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| Wardy |
| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:24 am |
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Why would you want to convert a Strat to a 3 way selector?!! That defies all logic, man!
I could understand maybe if you wanted to put in double coils for the bridge or neck pickups but why reduce your options from 5 sounds to 3 ??? You'd probably get some quality clean tones when you split the pickups - that's mostly what strats are for! They're not just for Xmas, ya know?  Even if it is a Squire! |
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| kranog |
| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:02 pm |
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| demeyes |
| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:06 pm |
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Leather Mike wrote: I've been offered a Squier strat for whats essentially free, so was considering arsing about with it a bit. Essentially, I want to know how difficult/expensive it would be to change it from is current pickup config (S-S-S, 5 way selector,) to my preferred setup. (H-H, 3-way selector)
I can get pickups for it for naff all, so that's that bit covered. would the rest be an expensive/difficult job?
How easy that will be really depends on the routing under the pickguard. If it has a big route that you can fit the humbuckers into then it will be a simple job of buying a new pickguard to meet your configuration and putting that on. If there isn't room for humbuckers, you'll have to make room! The rest is the same. It shouldn't be a really difficult job at all. |
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| starscream |
| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:44 pm |
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That red one is fucking mighty. |
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| kranog |
| Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:24 am |
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| Leather Mike |
| Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:26 am |
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That's incredible man, well played.
Do ya do custom builds for people?  |
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| kranog |
| Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:23 pm |
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Not really - I just love buying beaters for half nothing and giving myself a budget to turn it into a pretty cool axe!  |
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| starscream |
| Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 11:39 am |
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| How did you do the fret board mate? |
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| kranog |
| Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 7:04 pm |
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| starscream |
| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:56 am |
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That's pretty neat!
I've a battered up Dean Vendetta that needs some serious attention and these simple but effective customisation options may be the way forward! |
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| Leather Mike |
| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:10 pm |
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starscream wrote: That's pretty neat!
I've a battered up Dean Vendetta that needs some serious attention and these simple but effective customisation options may be the way forward!
Those Space Invaders fretmarkers are fucking awesome |
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| starscream |
| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:24 pm |
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| I'm thinking the stars up the neck, some bareknuckle warpigs and a set of Grover tuners. Might install a locking nut for the sake of solidity.Needs an entire new set of electrics in general and my friend John knows how to install LEDs onto guitars... hmmm.... |
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