SlashRules
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I have a Squier Affinty Strat and I have changed the pups 2 fender mexican pups and i am goin 2 change the pups again 2 buckers. I was wonderin if there any other worthwhile upgrades
Essential Strat Upgrades
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Jeff_H
Dean Hardtail Fanologist
Re: Essential Strat Upgrades
IMO at least locking tuners, graphtec saddles, new nut (graphtec or slipstone) and fully shielding the pickguard and body cavity.
If have a vintage bridge and want to get really picky, for $95 you can buy the best vintage bridge assembly set from www.callahamguitars.com
IMO at least locking tuners, graphtec saddles, new nut (graphtec or slipstone) and fully shielding the pickguard and body cavity.
If have a vintage bridge and want to get really picky, for $95 you can buy the best vintage bridge assembly set from www.callahamguitars.com
SlashRules
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Re: Essential Strat Upgrades
Is it possible 2 fit a floyd rose Speedloader and EMG 81 & 89 or 85?
Is it possible 2 fit a floyd rose Speedloader and EMG 81 & 89 or 85?
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Lewguitar
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Re: Essential Strat Upgrades
Boy....lots! I always rewire mine for a master volume and master tone: 250K CTS pots and a .02 Sprague Orange Drop cap. I always connect the tone control to the middle lug of the volume pot (the 50's Mod) so I don't lose highs when I turn the volume control down. Then I install a Fralin Blender Pot which lets me blend in the bridge pickup to the neck pickup or add the neck pickup when the switch is set to the bridge pickup. I can also get all three pickups on when the switch is set for the neck & middle or middle and bridge. If the vibrato block is cast or made of pot metal I replace it with one made of steel. I almost always change the pickups to something better: I like Duncan Antiquity Texas Hots or Fralin True Vintage with a Steel Pole 43 for the bridge pickup...the Duncan 59B if it's a Super Strat. If the frets are worn I replace them with medium jumbos and a bone nut. If there's not enough string angle behind the bridge saddles I shim the neck a little so I can raise the saddles and get more string angle behind them to increase sustain and improve the tone. That's all I can think of for now! Lew
Boy....lots! I always rewire mine for a master volume and master tone: 250K CTS pots and a .02 Sprague Orange Drop cap. I always connect the tone control to the middle lug of the volume pot (the 50's Mod) so I don't lose highs when I turn the volume control down. Then I install a Fralin Blender Pot which lets me blend in the bridge pickup to the neck pickup or add the neck pickup when the switch is set to the bridge pickup. I can also get all three pickups on when the switch is set for the neck & middle or middle and bridge. If the vibrato block is cast or made of pot metal I replace it with one made of steel. I almost always change the pickups to something better: I like Duncan Antiquity Texas Hots or Fralin True Vintage with a Steel Pole 43 for the bridge pickup...the Duncan 59B if it's a Super Strat. If the frets are worn I replace them with medium jumbos and a bone nut. If there's not enough string angle behind the bridge saddles I shim the neck a little so I can raise the saddles and get more string angle behind them to increase sustain and improve the tone. That's all I can think of for now! Lew
Empty Pockets
BadHairDayologist
Re: Essential Strat Upgrades
The first upgrade for a Squier Strat is to buy a new guitar.
If you want Floyd Rose Speedloader stuff, get a job this summer (mow lawns, sell lemonade, ANYTHING) and save up for a new BC Rich NJ-series. It'll be a lot easier to just buy a new guitar than try and turn your Squier into a tone machine.
The first upgrade for a Squier Strat is to buy a new guitar.
If you want Floyd Rose Speedloader stuff, get a job this summer (mow lawns, sell lemonade, ANYTHING) and save up for a new BC Rich NJ-series. It'll be a lot easier to just buy a new guitar than try and turn your Squier into a tone machine.
strat_master
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Re: Essential Strat Upgrades
why not just buy a new guitar? with all those "upgrades" you could get a better guitar instead and sell the squire.
why not just buy a new guitar? with all those "upgrades" you could get a better guitar instead and sell the squire.
Re: Essential Strat Upgrades
i agree cept dont sell the squire
its prob worth too little to be worth selling - and with the mex pups you could have a worse sounding guitar..
i think you should keep it if you ever want a strat-y sound coz as soon as you get something with EMG 81 or 85's in ur gonna loose any chance of that
strat_master said:
i agree cept dont sell the squire
its prob worth too little to be worth selling - and with the mex pups you could have a worse sounding guitar..
i think you should keep it if you ever want a strat-y sound coz as soon as you get something with EMG 81 or 85's in ur gonna loose any chance of that
