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Flaskan · July 5th, 2012, 01:21 PM

What do you think about the new models? I want them! And when I get them I will change the pickups to original fender wide range!

bluescube · July 5th, 2012, 04:07 PM

Cunife wrhb's will cost more than the guitar. Reissues are standard humbuckers under the covers

mistermullens · July 5th, 2012, 07:58 PM

Just came across these on YT too. Crazy!

mistermullens · July 5th, 2012, 08:01 PM

Basswood body, C shape, 9.5, and a 4 bolt neck.

Blues Twanger · July 5th, 2012, 10:30 PM

The Deluxe does have a 12" radius fretboard. The Custom is 9.5 inch.

PixMix · July 5th, 2012, 10:32 PM

Mucho gas!

smoss469 · July 6th, 2012, 12:03 AM

Why on earth would you put pickups that are worth at LEAST $500 in a guitar worth a lot less? Isn't that like getting a top of the line engine and shoehorning it into an old Ford Pinto?

string breaker · July 6th, 2012, 02:31 AM

I personally wouldn't put $500 pickups in anything unless i was a major gigging artist, or just had alot of money to blow. Personal reasoning.... beer... it happens. And it is not a friend to guitars. Especially if you are having a ground issue already. . . BUT, there is absolutely nothin wrong with the engine idea, that's just good ol' fashioned drag racin haha. Well there is one prob... it's a ford.

As for those squiers though, not bad. Depending on what street price is.

BoogerRooger · July 6th, 2012, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by smoss469

Why on earth would you put pickups that are worth at LEAST $500 in a guitar worth a lot less? Isn't that like getting a top of the line engine and shoehorning it into an old Ford Pinto?

The asking price of original Wide Range pups is to do with their rarity, rather than them being vastly superior to anything else. The build quality of Squiers these days is excellent. If you want that original sound and you've got some pups to drop in they'd go very nicely together.

studio1087 · July 6th, 2012, 07:11 AM

Buy this and don't modify......

steadyriot · July 6th, 2012, 01:00 PM

I NEED one of those Customs!
Think I'll trade in my old vintage modified! ;)

caliban335 · July 6th, 2012, 02:19 PM

Musician's Friend has the Custom at $299.99, so that's probably the street price for these guitars. Lollar has a WRH replacement for $200. Curtis Novak makes a replacement for $190. Telenator has a replacement for $450, as well as modifications for $250 and $85. Creamery in the UK has replacements and modification options also. Bottom line, you'll pay nearly as much or far more than the cost of the guitar to get a pickup that sounds like the original WRH.

mavr · July 6th, 2012, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by steadyriot

I NEED one of those Customs!
Think I'll trade in my old vintage modified! ;)

I'd prefer one of those modern player thinlines in black transparent color, with two P90 pups

Hekim · July 6th, 2012, 05:51 PM

I really don't see the issue. The pickups will cost the same, regardless of what they are installed in. As long as it produces the sound you are after and you are comfortable with the playablity of the guitar what difference does it make the name on the headstock.
Its not like the pickups can't be removed and used in another instrument or sold at a later date.

spankdplank · July 6th, 2012, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hekim

I really don't see the issue. The pickups will cost the same, regardless of what they are installed in. As long as it produces the sound you are after and you are comfortable with the playablity of the guitar what difference does it make the name on the headstock.
Its not like the pickups can't be removed and used in another instrument or sold at a later date.

Yup. You pay $300 for a nice playing Squier and put $300 in for pups, and you have a nice playing and sounding guitar for $600. Or you could pay $700 or more for a nice playing guitar and $300 for new pickups. Either way you end up with a nice playing and sounding guitar, but with option 1 you end up with some change in your pocket. Same reasoning behind people putting high end pickups in partscasters.

Does anyone know if the humbucker in the Squiers is PAF or WRH size?

puremania · July 6th, 2012, 07:18 PM

I REALLY want one of the VM Jags...

Blues Twanger · July 6th, 2012, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by spankdplank

Yup. You pay $300 for a nice playing Squier and put $300 in for pups, and you have a nice playing and sounding guitar for $600. Or you could pay $700 or more for a nice playing guitar and $300 for new pickups. Either way you end up with a nice playing and sounding guitar, but with option 1 you end up with some change in your pocket. Same reasoning behind people putting high end pickups in partscasters.

Does anyone know if the humbucker in the Squiers is PAF or WRH size?

I agree with this logic. This is why I always say the best $300 Tele is an Affinity with CS Texas Special pickups.

iTzKPanda · July 7th, 2012, 12:26 AM

I believe on guitar center, it says the proruct will be available on the 13th. Hopefully the Deluxe or the Custom will have a floor model at my GC.

BoogerRooger · July 7th, 2012, 02:11 AM

This would do it for me. I'm in the market for something armed with 'buckers. I'd see how these sound before considering swapping. Good that there are plenty of options though.

Telenator · July 7th, 2012, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by studio1087

Buy this and don't modify......

For $85 we'll modify that neck pickup to sound better than you ever thought possible.

Fender did a fine job winding it, they just put the wrong magnets in it.

A re-issue WRHB is only 8K ohms, so our MOD1 is a better volume match to the single coil bridge pickup than our MOD2 or CuNiFe model, or many of the others for that matter.

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July 5th, 2012, 04:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
bluescube Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Greensboro NC Age: 46 Posts: 1,875 15 Photos	Cunife wrhb's will cost more than the guitar. Reissues are standard humbuckers under the covers

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Blues Twanger TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 12	The Deluxe does have a 12" radius fretboard. The Custom is 9.5 inch.

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caliban335 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Age: 59 Posts: 1,469	Musician's Friend has the Custom at $299.99, so that's probably the street price for these guitars. Lollar has a WRH replacement for $200. Curtis Novak makes a replacement for $190. Telenator has a replacement for $450, as well as modifications for $250 and $85. Creamery in the UK has replacements and modification options also. Bottom line, you'll pay nearly as much or far more than the cost of the guitar to get a pickup that sounds like the original WRH. __________________ Jemima surrender. That's all ya hafta do. I'll bring over my Fender & I'll play all night fer you.

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Hekim Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Age: 56 Posts: 137	I really don't see the issue. The pickups will cost the same, regardless of what they are installed in. As long as it produces the sound you are after and you are comfortable with the playablity of the guitar what difference does it make the name on the headstock. Its not like the pickups can't be removed and used in another instrument or sold at a later date.

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iTzKPanda TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Tampa, FL Age: 16 Posts: 38	I believe on guitar center, it says the proruct will be available on the 13th. Hopefully the Deluxe or the Custom will have a floor model at my GC.

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