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Old October 23rd, 2008, 10:54 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Replaced hardware in Squier Strat
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I have this Squier Stratocaster (made in China) which I partly liked; Guitar body and neck are fine, but the tuners and hardware were awful. So I changed the tuners to standard Fender strat tuners (had to drill extra holes b.t.w.) and replaced the electronics. Bought a set of GFS Alnico Pro II pickups (great sounding!), a decent (though budget) selector switch and CTS pots. Now the strat sounds awesome. I can recommend this to any Made in China or Indonesia Squier strat player

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http://alanneke.hyves.nl/fotos/364628136/0/Z_hp/

http://alanneke.hyves.nl/fotos/364628140/0/2DpO/

http://alanneke.hyves.nl/fotos/364628156/0/TyXm/

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Old October 23rd, 2008, 01:01 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Nice soldering job! When you have time, post a picture of the completed guitar! Welcome to TDPRI!
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Old October 23rd, 2008, 01:05 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Good job on the wiring.
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Old October 23rd, 2008, 02:02 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Nice soldering job! When you have time, post a picture of the completed guitar! Welcome to TDPRI!
My thoughts exactly. I was gonna welcome him too, but then I noticed that he's been a member here for like a year . Must be one of them lurkers
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Old October 24th, 2008, 05:24 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I've been watching you guys silently and in the dark for over a year now :-)
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Old October 24th, 2008, 02:31 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Very tidy work, indeed.

Any issues as to fitting? I noticed you chose not to use a USA style blade switch.
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Old October 27th, 2008, 08:00 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Thanks very much for the compliments on the soldering. Here are some pictures of the completed guitar:

http://alanneke.hyves.nl/fotos/393282743/0/hBXt/
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http://alanneke.hyves.nl/fotos/393282752/0/BuH2/
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Old October 27th, 2008, 08:04 AM   #8 (permalink)
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yes Bubban0v, you are completely right. I used a "made in Japan" pickguard, and a USA style switch doesn't fit on the pickguard; The holes to mount the switch do not line up. Also because it is a japanese pickguard, the CTS pots I used did'nt fit either. The pickguard is ment for metric pots, so I had to drill out the holes a little bit to accomodate the CTS pots.
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Old October 28th, 2008, 07:58 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Do you work for the airforce or something high precision? That soldering is beautiful! Id be ashamed to show you mine.
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Old October 28th, 2008, 08:02 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Haha Steve G :-)

Nothing to do with the airforce.. well maybe something to do with the army I guess. My father tought me how to solder, and he was 15 years in the REME regiment.
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