Members mikesr1963 Posted April 2, 2012 Members Share Posted April 2, 2012 This is my Shoreline Gold Strat after some more jewelry was added. I play this one almost daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsupermanny14 Posted April 2, 2012 Members Share Posted April 2, 2012 Originally Posted by mikesr1963 This is my Shoreline Gold Strat after some more jewelry was added. I play this one almost daily. What is the mini toggle switch for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikesr1963 Posted April 2, 2012 Members Share Posted April 2, 2012 When I put the GFS pickups in the toggle was added to cut the neck pickup on and off so it could be used with the bridge pickup or have all 3 pickups on at once. The bridge pickup is wireed to have a tone control too. Originally Posted by elsupermanny14 What is the mini toggle switch for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsupermanny14 Posted April 2, 2012 Members Share Posted April 2, 2012 Originally Posted by mikesr1963 When I put the GFS pickups in the toggle was added to cut the neck pickup on and off so it could be used with the bridge pickup or have all 3 pickups on at once. The bridge pickup is wireed to have a tone control too. If you have the pickups selector on the neck pickup and you turn the neck pickup off does it cut the guitar's sound? In other words, can it work like an "on/off" switch for the guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikesr1963 Posted April 2, 2012 Members Share Posted April 2, 2012 No, but if you got 3 way mini toggle you could wire it what way. Originally Posted by elsupermanny14 If you have the pickups selector on the neck pickup and you turn the neck pickup off does it cut the guitar's sound? In other words, can it work like an "on/off" switch for the guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikesr1963 Posted October 17, 2012 Members Share Posted October 17, 2012 New jewels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted October 17, 2012 Members Share Posted October 17, 2012 This one is part Squier. 2002-ish Squier Standard body and trem. The body is actually that metallic black. Pickups are Lace Hot Golds, neck is a Fender Robert Cray signature. It's actually a pretty cool guitar and fairly unique-looking in my lineup of very surf-oriented strats though I do need to get some proper cream knobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted October 17, 2012 Members Share Posted October 17, 2012 And this 1989 Korean Squier body had been my testbed for color testing. It started as a Fiesta-ish red, then I refinished it to Celery where it stayed for a few years. This I started doing the testing thing. It has had partial areas of two colors of coral, a more tomato-look Fiesta, charcoal metallic, a metallic blue, a teal color and a couple coats of primer here and there (the white areas). I was just scuffing it up with the sander to get ready for a champaign-ish color but I liked how it looked. Think I'll throw it together with the Squier standard neck from the above guitar, GFS Premium Alnico V pickups I pulled from a guitar a few years ago and maybe a pickguard I'll paint matte black with the idea that it will get scratched up pretty quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikesr1963 Posted October 18, 2012 Members Share Posted October 18, 2012 I would put a satin clear coat on that, like they do with some old cars, and keep it like that. Any chrome parts I would us a scotch bright pad on and turn it satin as well. That's just bad-ass. Originally Posted by cratz2 And this 1989 Korean Squier body had been my testbed for color testing. It started as a Fiesta-ish red, then I refinished it to Celery where it stayed for a few years. This I started doing the testing thing. It has had partial areas of two colors of coral, a more tomato-look Fiesta, charcoal metallic, a metallic blue, a teal color and a couple coats of primer here and there (the white areas). I was just scuffing it up with the sander to get ready for a champaign-ish color but I liked how it looked. Think I'll throw it together with the Squier standard neck from the above guitar, GFS Premium Alnico V pickups I pulled from a guitar a few years ago and maybe a pickguard I'll paint matte black with the idea that it will get scratched up pretty quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members cratz2 Posted October 21, 2012 Members Share Posted October 21, 2012 Got her put together. Didn't have any flat black for the pickguard so I used a can of 'oil-rubbed bronze; which is pretty much black, but has a slightly bronze tint to it from some angles. Guitar sounds great but I've never liked these Squier Standard necks. I think I've had four or maybe five them... mostly to flip... but they all seem very unexceptional to me. Even Affinity necks and the Squier 51 necks seem a little better. Oh well... great-sound guitar that looks unique and I have next to nothing in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikesr1963 Posted October 21, 2012 Members Share Posted October 21, 2012 Damn that's awesome looking. Originally Posted by cratz2 Got her put together. Didn't have any flat black for the pickguard so I used a can of 'oil-rubbed bronze; which is pretty much black, but has a slightly bronze tint to it from some angles. Guitar sounds great but I've never liked these Squier Standard necks. I think I've had four or maybe five them... mostly to flip... but they all seem very unexceptional to me. Even Affinity necks and the Squier 51 necks seem a little better. Oh well... great-sound guitar that looks unique and I have next to nothing in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted October 21, 2012 Members Share Posted October 21, 2012 Originally Posted by cratz2 Got her put together. Didn't have any flat black for the pickguard so I used a can of 'oil-rubbed bronze; which is pretty much black, but has a slightly bronze tint to it from some angles. Guitar sounds great but I've never liked these Squier Standard necks. I think I've had four or maybe five them... mostly to flip... but they all seem very unexceptional to me. Even Affinity necks and the Squier 51 necks seem a little better. Oh well... great-sound guitar that looks unique and I have next to nothing in it. cool cheapie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted October 21, 2012 Members Share Posted October 21, 2012 Squier Strat SE I picked up for $84 out the door at Sam Ash. These SE strats are true sleepers - full thickness bodies, small headstock, decent tuners. Upgrade the electronics and trem you have a seriously killer strat for very little money. I'm fixing this one up for a friend of mine to give his son for Christmas. Squier Telecaster Special - these came out of the factory with a bridge humbucker and strat neck pickup. I put a twisted tele neck pickup and Kent Armstrong Vintage 12 N in this one. I also replaced the bridge saddles with Fender bent steel saddles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NoRomoFan Posted October 21, 2012 Members Share Posted October 21, 2012 I have a Squier Affinity Tele that's butterscotch with a black plate on it; only paid. $179 for it but shielded cavity; installed all new electronics including 4 way wiring, graphtech saddles (probably one of the best imorovements tone wise) and an orange sprague cap plus put in a Dimarzio Area T neck and and Area T hot in the bridge. It's actually one of my best sounding and playing guitars I have and I own high end guitars which include a Gibson Les Paul Traditional Pro, a Gibson ES-335, and a Fender American Standard among others. It keeps up right along with them and sounds better than the MIMs and just about as good as the American Standard and Deluxe Teles but of course not as well built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 After playing hollow and semi-hollow bodies since 1983 I thought I would try a solid body. My wife gave me this Squier Affinity Series as a gift.It was nice but one thing led to another till I found the right sound. Went to Fender Vintage Noiseless PUPs then replaced the 500k pots with 250k and replaced the cheap 3 way switch with a better one and went to an orange drop cap. It stated to get pretty good but not quite right so I replaced the 3 way switch with a 250k blend pot , now it is really good but the tone got a little darker so out came the tone pot and in went a Fender no-load pot . For what I play it is perfect I can play classic rock ,blues,country and even jazz because the blend pot gives me some real tonal options. Sure people look down on Squiers but I would not have been so quick to experiment with an American Tele. and now I would not even want one unless it had my set-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Davo17 Posted October 22, 2012 Members Share Posted October 22, 2012 My pimped out Squier P bass http://acapella.harmony-central.com/...+Squier+P+bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lndianScout Posted February 1, 2013 Members Share Posted February 1, 2013 upgraded with pickguard GFS lil killers Locking tuners Roller saddles bone nut trem block Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve_man Posted May 12, 2013 Members Share Posted May 12, 2013 My Jaggmaster...love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members richey888 Posted June 12, 2013 Members Share Posted June 12, 2013 .....and 1 more. Tele and 60's strat long gone. Long Live the 50's CV and VM Jazzmaster!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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