ok so my original idea was to mod up a new guitar for me to use around college (i'd mostly have it in my room) and probably live i originally wanted to mod a squier classic vibe 50's strat (it's hard to get a cheap lake placid blue strat) but now i thought to myself that it could be cheaper if i modded a bullet strat but i like a finished neck... and the vintage style tremolo has a cool sound and feel... and don't get me started on the lake placid blue... what should i do? (i plan on installing a humbucker which i've kept for over a year and an 11 hole hss pickguard)

Lake Placid blue is so dam nice though.

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ok this is a college guitar. i wouldnt put a whole lot into it seriously. find you a nice cheap guitar you can mod and be done with it.
there are so many risks at college with guitars. thieft, broken, stupid dorm friends, and the list goes on. i wouldnt put a lot into it until you get there and get settled in for a good while.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

true this is why i thought about the bullet but the only three colors that catch my eye are fiesta red, artic white, and black but i already have white and black guitars and the fiesta red doesn't look good with the mods i'm doing... plus if i save a guitar for too long i could get emotionaly attached to it and never go for the mod... (happened to my vm strat but it did look awesome) and i've dreamed of having a lake placid blue guitar for so long...

yeah but dont go to far out of your way on this.
its a college guitar bro. you put to much into it and something happens to it, your pissed.
just take what color you can get and start building. when you get out of college you can
buy as many placid blue guitars as you like.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

hmm true... what's your call on a fiesta red guitar with a black pickguard and a zebra humbucker?

funny you should ask. im working on a red bodied, blk pickguard, and either
chrome/gold hardware as we speak lol. very good choice my man. high5!

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

lol what colour do you suggest for plastic parts if i go for the black pickguard? i'm also thinking on pearl black

i like the colors blk and red together. i like a brighter red. im thinking a flat blk pickguard and flat blk plastic's. you just dont see that combo very much.
pearl blk for me doesnt have a place here. i want something different.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

well i could probably go with cream parts... they just go awesome with a black pickguard and the zebra humbucker... dunno if it'll go good with red though

blk and red always go together. its the cream thats gonna throw it off.
white might work

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

the problem is that my zebra looks like it's black and cream or black and aged white... not really sure

oh thats easy, black it out lol.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

lool might work xD you got pics on your mod?

nope. just bought the neck, a highway 1 60th anniversary.
i have a gold wilkinson tremolo. still looking for a lipstick red body.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."