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Post subject: Modding your Squier
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:10 pm
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How many here have modded your Squier or plan to? Mine was purchased modded, with newly installed Dimarzio pickups and and extra pickup switch.


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Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:37 pm
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The only modification I am doing on my CV 60 has already been done. I changed the pickguard and accessaries from the aged white and tortise shell to 3 ply white white pickguard and white parchment accessaries. The rest of my CV 60 is fine just the way it is.

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Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:59 pm
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I am going to put in the strat pickups in my duo sonic sometime after i get a jagmaster.


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Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:56 pm
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My '83 SQ went from this:

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To this with an RS Guitarworks Vintage kit:

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And my '08 Squire Deluxe went from this:

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To this:

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Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:44 pm
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Well, with my '08 Squier Standard Special, the very first thing I did was rip that damned "mint green" pickguard off and replace it with a normal white 3 ply...that mind green really messes with my eyes! Later I did put a set of Fender Vintage Noiseless pickups (as well as the 1 meg ohm pots) in her but I recently pulled those out and put them in my '85 Squier MIJ and I put an older set of Korean Squier pickups (with 250k pots) back in the '08 until I can find something better. Honestly, I would love to put a set of EMG pickups in the '85 but I just can't really afford them right now.

I would -LOVE- to put a better trem block on the '08 (if not the trem plate as well)...preferably a Callaham, but they say they don't make them for Squiers so I'm kind of waiting for the right opportunity or inspiration to come along there. If I can get that done, I may at some point look at putting a set of Duncan's in her too and if/when I do that, I'll probably upgrade the rest of the electronics too. I also may upgrade the trem block on the '85 as well...still toying with that idea. Oh...I also put roller T's on my '85 too (but not on the '08...at least not yet).

Dumb little thing but both of those guitars also got an extra trem spring too...both now have 4 trem springs as does my '96 MIM Fender Standard and my "International Partscaster" (home built Strat).

On the '85, I am thinking about replacing the saddles with the Fender stamped saddles. Nothing wrong with the current saddles...purely an aesthetic thing really but since it's got the vintage trem, I'd like the saddles to say "FENDER/FENDER"...the original saddles are unstamped (it's an MIJ thing).

I also do all my own setups and I tend to raise the high E and B strings on my Strats a tich too...but I don't think that really counts as an "upgrade" or a "mod".

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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:49 am
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Here is the Squier 7 I put an Evo And Blaze Dimarzio set into.
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:53 am
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And here is a Squier Cyclone I "modded". Had a friend paint a Gulf racing scheme, threw in an Atomic II and Tex-Mex single, custom tuners and a 68 Mercury Cylone emblem sunk into the body and sealed in acrylic.
I got it from a scratch and dent sale, and the original paint was scratch (go figure) so I figured "why not?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:42 am
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BastardN wrote:
And here is a Squier Cyclone I "modded". Had a friend paint a Gulf racing scheme, threw in an Atomic II and Tex-Mex single, custom tuners and a 68 Mercury Cylone emblem sunk into the body and sealed in acrylic.
I got it from a scratch and dent sale, and the original paint was scratch (go figure) so I figured "why not?"
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Man that's cool, I thought the "Cyclone" was a decal.

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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:34 am
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I'm thinking of giving my squier bullet strat a dark red paint job for the pickguard, and I'm thinking of putting some LACE's in....

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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:14 pm
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I have a bunch of ideas for my Bullet (single humbucker version) like:

-New paint (maybe)
-70's neck
-Locking tuners or at least some decent ones
-New pickup (maybe a DiMarzio or Seymour Duncan.... or if I'm crazy enough, a Gibson 57 classic... or one of those humbucker sized P90 deals)


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Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:24 am
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FBRN wrote:
BastardN wrote:
And here is a Squier Cyclone I "modded". Had a friend paint a Gulf racing scheme, threw in an Atomic II and Tex-Mex single, custom tuners and a 68 Mercury Cylone emblem sunk into the body and sealed in acrylic.
I got it from a scratch and dent sale, and the original paint was scratch (go figure) so I figured "why not?"
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Man that's cool, I thought the "Cyclone" was a decal.

It took forever to find a half way decent Cyclone Emblem, I almost went with a decal. Luckily my friend talked me out of it.
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:48 pm
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BastardN wrote:
FBRN wrote:
BastardN wrote:
And here is a Squier Cyclone I "modded". Had a friend paint a Gulf racing scheme, threw in an Atomic II and Tex-Mex single, custom tuners and a 68 Mercury Cylone emblem sunk into the body and sealed in acrylic.
I got it from a scratch and dent sale, and the original paint was scratch (go figure) so I figured "why not?"
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Man that's cool, I thought the "Cyclone" was a decal.

It took forever to find a half way decent Cyclone Emblem, I almost went with a decal. Luckily my friend talked me out of it.
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Ok...this is just my opinion and I honestly don't mean any offense here so please don't take this the wrong way. Personally I love the idea that you had there...very cool to say the least...but to me, in those pictures at least, it looks like the routing for the Cyclone emblem was really a bit....errr....sloppy. I think if the routing for the emblem had of been more precise, that would have looked truly incredible. Call me insane but I would have sat there with a Dremel or something and gotten that cut really tight against the emblem...on the other hand I do get a bit anally retentive about details...

I would be curious as to how you sealed that with the acrylic...that part of it looks really nicely done. Did you use one of those 2 part acrylics or something? How was it applied? I have a guitar project coming up myself and while it's not going to be a car emblem (it's actually going to be a Chinese motif), that does give me an idea or to so I'm curious as to how you did it.

Anyways, again just my opinion...I really think if the routing had of been better, that would have been just really incredible.

Peace,
Jim


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Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:37 am
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My 2007 Squier Standard Stratocaster has had the following modifications:

1. Pearl pickguard
2. White knobs
3. Fender Vintage Noiseless pickups and circuitry
4. Fender pots
5. New 5-way switch
6. GFS saddles
7. Custom neckplate by forum member Ceri

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For less than the cost of a MIM Fender, I've got a great little guitar. I love it! 8)

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Ok...this is just my opinion and I honestly don't mean any offense here so please don't take this the wrong way. Personally I love the idea that you had there...very cool to say the least...but to me, in those pictures at least, it looks like the routing for the Cyclone emblem was really a bit....errr....sloppy. I think if the routing for the emblem had of been more precise, that would have looked truly incredible. Call me insane but I would have sat there with a Dremel or something and gotten that cut really tight against the emblem...on the other hand I do get a bit anally retentive about details...

I would be curious as to how you sealed that with the acrylic...that part of it looks really nicely done. Did you use one of those 2 part acrylics or something? How was it applied? I have a guitar project coming up myself and while it's not going to be a car emblem (it's actually going to be a Chinese motif), that does give me an idea or to so I'm curious as to how you did it.

Anyways, again just my opinion...I really think if the routing had of been better, that would have been just really incredible.

Peace,
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No offense taken at all. I like the creative criticism. I learn alot from it.
We are usually equally as anal and detail oriented.
My friend and I did the routing. It was a first time in a guitar body (not for routing pup's..lol), and the contour of the body was a surprise variable...more routing.., so we had to to level it off and counter sink it. More routing,
It was a bit tedious. I'm not knocking Squiers, but the quality of the wood was a factor. So as anal, and careful as we are It sounds alot easier than it was.
It was project we where we asked, what if we....? I would like to try it again on another project in the future.
And surprisingly it turned out better than we expected. I'm really happy with it and play it alot.
The acrylic he used was a 2 part mix. Hypodermic plunger type application. He isn't happy with it because he tried in on another project and it has a blue hue and very tiny bubbles. I like it in this guitar because looks way older than it is.
My friend did a great job and continues to custom paint guitars for me.
All I gotta do is buy him Corona's.- :lol: -N


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Ok...this is just my opinion and I honestly don't mean any offense here so please don't take this the wrong way. Personally I love the idea that you had there...very cool to say the least...but to me, in those pictures at least, it looks like the routing for the Cyclone emblem was really a bit....errr....sloppy. I think if the routing for the emblem had of been more precise, that would have looked truly incredible. Call me insane but I would have sat there with a Dremel or something and gotten that cut really tight against the emblem...on the other hand I do get a bit anally retentive about details...

I would be curious as to how you sealed that with the acrylic...that part of it looks really nicely done. Did you use one of those 2 part acrylics or something? How was it applied? I have a guitar project coming up myself and while it's not going to be a car emblem (it's actually going to be a Chinese motif), that does give me an idea or to so I'm curious as to how you did it.

Anyways, again just my opinion...I really think if the routing had of been better, that would have been just really incredible.

Peace,
Jim


No offense taken at all. I like the creative criticism. I learn alot from it.
We are usually equally as anal and detail oriented.
My friend and I did the routing. It was a first time in a guitar body (not for routing pup's..lol), and the contour of the body was a surprise variable...more routing.., so we had to to level it off and counter sink it. More routing,
It was a bit tedious. I'm not knocking Squiers, but the quality of the wood was a factor. So as anal, and careful as we are It sounds alot easier than it was.
It was project we where we asked, what if we....? I would like to try it again on another project in the future.
And surprisingly it turned out better than we expected. I'm really happy with it and play it alot.
The acrylic he used was a 2 part mix. Hypodermic plunger type application. He isn't happy with it because he tried in on another project and it has a blue hue and very tiny bubbles. I like it in this guitar because looks way older than it is.
My friend did a great job and continues to custom paint guitars for me.
All I gotta do is buy him Corona's.- :lol: -N


First off please let me say thank you for taking that in the spirit in which it was intended! A lot of people around here lately seem to get a real attitude if you criticize something...I'm very grateful that you didn't.

Yes, I can certainly imagine that the quality of the wood was certainly a factor there...doesn't really surprise me. In that case it does sound like you did the best you could have done and for that it does look pretty cool...at the very least it's always nice when a project like this turns out better than you expected.

BTW...when I did the pickup on my old Kramer, at the time I was working for a machine shop and had access to a Bridgeport mill...that was really the main reason why I did that on my guitar. Now a days now that I have a lot more woodworking skill, I might attempt it with a router but back then I -never- would have even tried. Having a decent mill to work with made a HUGE difference. Of course even using the Bridgeport, I will say that I was literally sweating my balls off doing it! LOL!!! I just stood there thinking "Why the hell am I cutting in to my baby like this?". Now that I've cut a couple of my own bodies and such it's not that big a deal but back then...yea...it was really a nerve racking experience.

On the acrylic thing...thanks for the head's up on the blue hue and the bubbles...it's something I'll keep in mind. I'm curious about any post-clean up work you had to do there...did you (or your friend) do any kind of finish sanding/polishing at all or did you just go with the acrylic "as is". In the pics it looks pretty flat but I've seen acrylics used in other applications where you tend to get some "ripples" and such but as I understand it's also -really- hard to sand out too.

BTW...when you have a friend who's willing to do good work for the cost of a six pack or two...hey...ya can't beat the price! LOL!

Peace,
Jim


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