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Where Do You Draw The Line?
Poll ended at Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:42 pm
Go for the cheap guitar and add on as money allows. 11%  11%  [ 3 ]
Save up for the real deal. 89%  89%  [ 24 ]
Total votes : 27
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:42 pm
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I've mentioned my Squire Strat on other posts here but since the discussion has arisen on this post I'll briefly repeat what I did to mine-bought her for $89,got new 57/62s for $115,new Grovers for $40,a new Fender white pickguard for $45,new 250k pots for $4 each,new volume/tone knobs/5 way switch knob for $10,and a new 5 way switch for $12. Got my local Fender guitat tech to wire it all up for $40. So for around $360 could I have bought an excellent shape used Strat for what my hotrodded Squire cost me? To me spending a little more on building a Strat to what I want it to be than what a comparable used model Strat would cost is worth it.


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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:06 pm
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I think you should always if possible go to a store and play abunch of guitars and find one you really like. I knew i wanted a les paul for a while but i played like 50 different guitars and actually decided i liked an epiphone les paul better then all the gibson ones i played. now i know this is a fender forum so ill also mention that im currently saving to get a strat and i have played tons of different strats at guitar center and no two strats sound or pay the same. my point is that every guitar is different and you shouldn't get one that doesnt feel right and then try to make it better, you should just find one guitar that you like how it feels to play and have the store hold it for you and save up for it.

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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:17 pm
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And sometimes you just want to buy something with the intention of hot rodding it... 8)

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