Effects - Pedals, Multi-Effects, and Floor Boxes

[Urinate Forever]

You guys remember my strat?  I painted it about a year ago.

Well, it's been laying around for awhile and I want to make it work.  The electronics are fine but the whole thing is just fucked from the frets being rough to the action being incredibly high.  Doesn't play at all.

What should I do?  It's a squier bullet strat.

[delayed delay]

Ship it to me. :idk:

[Urinate Forever]

HAHA

[k tone]

Apply a $90 Mighty Mite neck (1 11/6" nut but that is my personal preference) and play the shit out of it.

[eti313]

Shim the neck. Sand the frets. BOOM!

[Urinate Forever]

I sort of want a new neck. This one has a funky profile with an odd radius. $90 is a lot though. Should I have someone more mechanically inclined to put it together for me once I get the neck?

[BrentMpls]

Before you spend money on it, I'd try sanding the frets and shimming the neck. At least then it will be playable and as good as its gonna get without dropping cash. 

If you still aren't happy, then look into getting a new neck. 

[Urinate Forever]

I'm not familiar with either concept (sanding the frets, shimming the neck). I think I might have put the neck on too tight, or maybe it's misaligned. I think the nut came unglued too

[AimmarCair]

I am similarly unsure if I put the neck on right on a fender style instrument.

[V]

If it were me I'd just pick up an mim neck and lockung tuners. Call it a day.

[thom]

I'd just fix the neck to the point where it's flipable for $50ish, to fund half of a new neck.

[Urinate Forever]

it's a squier bullet neck, i dont think it's worth anything, really.

[Urinate Forever]

maybe i'll sand it again, and do a better clear coat.

[Danhedonia · Accepted solution]

I've been working on something very similar (VERY - oddly, we both chose blue ....) and found that the chorus of voices encouraging multiple coats of finish and sanding were correct; it really is the difference.

Another key is setting up an appropriate work space.  I live in a place with a ton of blowing dust, and my first couple of attempts were totally stymied by wind-blown dust getting into the finish.  This caused me to HAVE to resand, which turned out to be a plus, though you wouldn't have known it at the time from my stream of profanities.

[Urinate Forever]

my garage worked quite well last year. Didn't have the best spot to sand, haha.

[lefort_1 · Accepted solution]

Will a Peavey neck bolt in?

You can't go wrong with a Raptor neck... nicer than Fenders, imo.

[riff ie]

Trade or flip a pedal or two for a mighty mite neck, also i've always liked that color of blue on a strat always reminds me of Pagey at Knebworth playing In the Evening, looking all of about 98 pound soaking wet...

[Urinate Forever]

I'm not sure. I think a regular fender neck will fit, so why won't a raptor?