I have a lot of relatively difficult study, practice and composition homework and I like to take a break from that by playing something that's just good fun. For now that's surf rock. I'm also quite taken with the Sahara sound, especially Mdou Moctar. But I don't have the right kind of guitar. I've never had a strat-type guitar and I don't know much about them.
The project concept is to buy a cheap guitar mail order from a retailer that will accept it back if I don't like how it feels/plays. If I'm happy with it then I'll put in nice SD puckups.
Requirements: low cost, modern neck (e.g. 12" radius), trem.
Q1: Is it practical to convert an HSS guitar to SSS? There are many more options if so.
Q2: To get that well-known strat bridge pickup sound, does the pup need to be mounted on a pickguard or would mounting it in the guitar body work as well? For example, would Yamaha PAC112V make a less suitable platform than a PAC112J.
The project concept is to buy a cheap guitar mail order from a retailer that will accept it back if I don't like how it feels/plays. If I'm happy with it then I'll put in nice SD puckups.
Requirements: low cost, modern neck (e.g. 12" radius), trem.
Q1: Is it practical to convert an HSS guitar to SSS? There are many more options if so.
Q2: To get that well-known strat bridge pickup sound, does the pup need to be mounted on a pickguard or would mounting it in the guitar body work as well? For example, would Yamaha PAC112V make a less suitable platform than a PAC112J.
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