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Squire Strat Mod for DSAudioPick the Squire and the MK Frankenstrat, which is which? There are 5 sets of recordings in each mp3 file. The same piece recorded at each switch position, starting from position 5 (neck pickup) down to 1 (bridge pickup).
© Michael Katsilis, 2009. All rights reserved. All music written, arranged, performed and engineered by Michael Katsilis. Requirements
Reshape NeckThe neck before reshaping.
On to reshaping.
Squire standards...
Repaired the truss rod fillet gap (came out of the factory with a short fillet) and finish sanded the back of the neck. It will remain as is with no finish. The neck feels much nicer that it did originally, thinner with a better contour and smoother.
Body Work
Lower quality body wood selections were/are common practice with those finished with solid colour. Although some things are easy to spot, others take a little more destructive effort to reveal some areas covered in bog and caked on sealer to hide imperfections in wood for example. The bottom line is, if the instrument sound great it can be left as is...bog or not.
Rough sanded and buffed the sealer, scratches and all. It's rough looking and that will do for the body.
A pickguard does look nice on the body, even a thick one ply white one. We're hoping a Squire standard strat pickguard will line up with this non standard (no pickguard) Squire body. You can see that this Fender pickguard doesn't line up right with the cavities, pot holes and bridge: those areas can be modified to allow for a standard Fender strat pickguard, but the instruction was to leave it as is for now.
Straight neck after a truss rod adjustment and low action.
Neck PocketBefore
After
NutI made a new nut from bone to replace the Squire hollow plastic nut (see red arrows in image pointing to hollow sections).
ElectronicsDCR Readings: neck 5.02 Ω, mid 4.98 Ω, bridge 5.02 Ω
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