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Hello Kitty Stratocaster - Degayitzing it


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Originally posted by Suspicious Mail

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dude throw a super hot rodded mega brewtal dimarzio up in that bitch and nobody will ever mess whit u

 

Love it. I'd throw a zebra X2N in it and play "Running Wild" - Judas Priest over and over again...for hours...and look at myself in the mirror

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Ok I am not gonna be the guy who join the bandwagon here.I am going in the opposit direction with my response instead of being a smart ass about the whole thing.First and most importantly,Get the one that has the black paint job....thats a must.Get yourself a replacement pickguard to replace the Hello Kitty one.If you look around enough,you will find one thats cut for a single Humbucker.And a few screws can mount the new one and cover the old screw holes.Then invest in a Duncan Invader pickup to replace the one in it...They are about 80 bucks.Peice that bad boy back together and you have yourself a home made Tom Delonge Strat.In total,you will spend mabey 20 bucks for the pickguard,80 bucks for the pickup,although a Invader is not really a must,get one that sounds good like a Invader or a Dimarzio. And with these small modifications,you have yourself a kick ass guitar for about 100 bucks more than you pay for it.I should know,my sister gave me hers after she grew tired of it and thats exactly what I did with it although I did refinish the back with a silver sparkle paint later on because it said Hello Kitty on it.It looks sweet with silver sparkle on the back and black front.But who see's the back?I may add silver glitter nail polish to the front and a second clear coat to make it killer.Good Luck with it.Oh by the way,I have had people offer me more than 500 bucks for mine.But it sounds so good with the invader and with no trace of Kitty anywhere on it,it looks really convincing with the replacement pickguard,I wont sell it.Just thought you would like to know that.Have fun and well.....build the guitar.

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I think the best move is to leave the guitar stock but make yourself look super gay so that the guitar looks very manly in comparison - it's a relativity thing.

 

Please post a pic of yourself wearing sparkley shoes, pink striped pants, a puffy pirate shirt, an ascott, and eye makeup while holding the Hello Kitty guitar.

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Originally posted by mjc600



I knew I would get that...


But it has one knob and one humbucker and a maple fretboard and comes in black with a strat body and neck with no tremelo! It's almost perfect! Except the pickguard that pumps estrogen into the amp.

 

You could always do yourself a favour and stop living in fear of your true self and just find your way out of the closet..... :p

 

Seriously, though..... if what you want is a single volume / single bucker Strat, there are cheaper ways of doing it - e.g. buy a used Squier Std Strat with the bucker in the bridge, and simply gut it and rewire up with just the bucker and vol pot, and a new plate, or alternatively if you're gonig to fit an upgraded bucker, buy any Squier Strat and you can do it easily enough with a new plate. Gonig to be cheaper and easier than hacking around with the cosmetics of the guitar you don't like. You could even be lucky and fall in with a used DeLong Strat, which sounds to me to be what you're really looking for.

 

Edited to add: mised your bit re liking the fixed bridge, in which case definitely think first about finding a used Delong. Alternatively, as I suggested above, use a Standard and just block the trem, or fit one of those fixed bridge unti converter do-dahs to it.

 

I love those Hello Kitty guitars.... if only they had a regular Strat jacksocket on the front, I'd buy one and Hendrix it.

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