Members SnowStorm Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Oh {censored}ing {censored}!!!!! :love::love: Awesome. I so want a Strat with Rails in the neck and middle position. Humbuck in the bridge. No offense but get a better neck than the Squire. Other than that, Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johnny'sGotTheBlues Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Isn't the roller nut a bit overkill on a hardtail with locking tuners? I might have skipped that but otherwise I like your build a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarbilly74 Posted May 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 aherm, not true. Still, my head would be asploding looking at that conflicting hardware. yeah it's kinda bothering me too, if it was on a guitar I use all the time, I'd change immediately, but honestly I am not much of a strat player, I just wanted one to play occasionally. This will probably be my beater/backup guitar. I still want to change the tuners to chrome eventually, but I will do it if/when I come across a good deal on a set of locking tuners. No big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarbilly74 Posted May 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Isn't the roller nut a bit overkill on a hardtail with locking tuners? I might have skipped that but otherwise I like your build a lot! It's totally overkill But I already had it in my gear drawer so I figured I might as well use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarbilly74 Posted May 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Oh {censored}ing {censored}!!!!! :love: :love: Awesome. I so want a Strat with Rails in the neck and middle position. Humbuck in the bridge. No offense but get a better neck than the Squire. Other than that, Wow. The neck is actually fine, the issue was more the original nut and set up, but once I fixed that, it plays really well. The body is a bit thinner than a standard strat, but it resonates well and the guitar is pretty loud acoustically. I am surprised with the quality of the body/neck for the price I paid. I mean, $60 is pedal money. Cheap pedal money to be exact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nightflameauto Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Looks pretty nice. Makes me twitchy to get going on my two, wait, three guitar projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ENdtime Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 God damnit how does it {censored}ing play?! Lol exactly.. 15 posts in before we hear it plays as good as any guitar out there...? I'm not buying it... For $60 and parts I will say it looks much better than expected.. And I'm sure it plays and sounds ok.. But its a bullet strat! Lol... Just busting yer balls a touch... Looks like it would be a fun guitar to swing over yer head with your pants down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarbilly74 Posted May 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Yeah for sure, if I was a full-time strat guy, I'd definitely get something better but for my strat needs, it's cool. As for how it plays, the action is comfortable, no fret buzz, fast neck, even frets.. I guess that's good lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gt_jumper Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 nice colour, im jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretless Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 So Loop's thread inspired me to build a HSS using a cheap Squier and the parts I already had at home. I just finished working on it and I have to say I am very happy with the results. The base guitar is a hardtail Squier Bullet I picked up for $60. Parts used were: Mighty Mite pre-wired HSS pickguard Schaller straplock-compatible strap buttons LSR rolling nut Ibanez hardtail bridge and back plate Gotoh Kulson-style Magnum locking tuners. I got too excited and forgot to take "before" pictures but you all know what a Squier Bullet looks like So here are some pictures of the finished product: Body with new pickguard and bridge: The Squier bridge is top-loaded so I had to drill the holes for the Ibanez bridge, that was the hardest part, but thankfully the bridge uses a backplate instead of ferrules so that made the job a bit easier: Added locking tuners (they're gold but whatever, it's what I had) and finally, removed the Squier logo and added LSR nut: Pic of the whole guitar: Sweet ! Love the color ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Came here to say Pointless nut --explainedUgly pickguardUgly tunasWould like to hear that bucker though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarbilly74 Posted May 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Came here to say Pointless nut --explained Ugly pickguard Ugly tunas Would like to hear that bucker though I wanted a black pickguard, but I already had this one and it was pre-assembled so {censored}ing A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Anomaly Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Billy, I hate you. And by "hate", I mean that I love you more than any heterosexual man should. You and your gold plated penis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarbilly74 Posted May 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Billy, I hate you. And by "hate", I mean that I love you more than any heterosexual man should. You and your gold plated penis. with mismatched BRASS balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members isvoid Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 *applause* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Anomaly Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 naw, cereal tho, good job. {censored} is on POINT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members terryd5150 Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Nice build! Looks sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johnny'sGotTheBlues Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 so I figured I might as well use it. Sounds just like what I'd do too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members telephant Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Looks clean!!! Ive never owned a string thru strat before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crunchtime Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Looks great. Can't wait to hear more about pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarbilly74 Posted May 13, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 13, 2012 Looks great. Can't wait to hear more about pickups. I tried it with the band this afternoon. These pickups are great. The bridge HB will do one thing only, and that's tight high-gain but it does REALLY well. Big low end, good mids and it still keeps the "cut" of a strat. The rails also sounded good for the mellower stuff, kinda stratty but still with a bit of HB fatness. I didn't hear any of those nasty overtones that cheap pickups seem to have, they sounded really solid. No excessive feedback either, just the normal for a high gain pickup. I have no intentions of changing them and I am probably going to start to use them on other projects as well, definitely a good set of pickups, one of my new favorites for passives, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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