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John G
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 Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: customizing cheap guitars |
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I have a friend who has some really nice expensive archtops, but when it comes to solid-body guitars he usually buys something very cheap and completely customizes it.
For example, he bought a Fender Squier guitar and upgraded the bridge, tuners, electronics, got a great setup etc. Now the thing plays and sounds great! He ended up spending about what a Mexican Strat would have cost him, but he says after playing both he would much rather have his guitar, and I have to agree. 
Do any of you ever do this? I'd like to hear about some of your project guitars.
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Gorecki
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject: Re: customizing cheap guitars |
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| John G wrote: |
Do any of you ever do this? I'd like to hear about some of your project guitars.
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Constantly! 
The only untouched guitar is my Ovation acoustic. Otherwise all are modified, tweaked and tuned to a greater or lesser degree.
Pickups alone can make a lower end guitar a completely different animal but I most often do those and electronics (if needed), hardware (if needed), nut and some fretwork and a good setup and the results are pretty amazing sometimes.
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marksound
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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About half and half ...
I have 3 Strats (2 built from parts, 1 MIM with a Baggs X-Bridge), a parts Tele, and a Squier 51 waiting to go under the knife. These are my main players.
There's also a Tele Custom FMT, Hamer SATF, SX GG1JR and Ibanez acoustic that are completely stock. They're fine the way they are. |
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Gorecki
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| marksound wrote: | | There's also a Tele Custom FMT |
I like your tele man, guess I've said that before..
I keep getting tempted to buy one of those but I'm still going to force myself to build it...and I'm just going to have to suffer until then! 
Even been tempted to cheat and ask Derek to do my a quilt with hum routes to speed up the process.
At this rate, I'll be fifty before the damn thing's on a table.
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marksound
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I know how you feel. I have wood enough for 2 complete guitars, plus a body and paddle-head neck in the garage that I've had for a long time. I finally cut the headstock last weekend.  |
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