Members hecticone Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 Been playing it for 3 days now great guitar for the money. Fit and finish almost flawless, little knick in the head stock. Played exceptional out of the box. Did put some elixirs 10- 46 on it came with 9's able to set it up and intonate spot on. The pups are a little lack luster for my taste raised them,lowered them but they just come across as a little weak. I ordered some Fralin split rails in with a blender pot. Vintage for the neck, blues for the middle and the high output for the bridge. Should make a huge difference. The neck is really nice and playable. very comtfortable with the 9.5 radius. When the frets need to be crowned I am going to throw on a set of jumbo's. Tuners stay in tune great, the nut was cut just fine. I will throw an after market bridge on this thing at some time. I paid $350.00 for this thing and with another $400.00 put into it it should be one heck of a workhorse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 They are a great value. I prefer the 50s a bit, largely because of the pickups and I dig the 2 tone sunburst, but yeah... killer values and in fact, though I'd rather not, I could fairly happily live with a 50 Classic Vibe as my only guitar and I doubt it would hold me back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hecticone Posted April 10, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 I hear ya after I get done with what I want I will not have to drag my Tom Anderson to the gigs anymore. Always worrying about that thing being lifted broken or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WarmMachineHead Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 instead of putting $400 on a squier, why don't you get an american standard and be done with it!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hecticone Posted April 10, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 Really liked the way this guitar played way more so than the american standard plus its a fun project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 Another $400?! Blender pot is a cool idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hecticone Posted April 10, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 Whats $400.00 among friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 Oh, we're paying for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 $400 does seem a little high for mods, but I would be starting with the 50s so I'd leave the stock pickups in it. I had one and sold it as I did and still do have too many strats, but I would have replaced the pots and cap and either replaced the trem block with a full size unit, or just replaced the entire trem. I thought the nut was OK quality-wise, but I could see replacing it as well. That would have just about covered it for me, but again, that was the 50s which I think stock for stock, sounds a LOT better than the 60s CV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bro Blue Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 The only thing I did to mine was wire the bridge for tone. Other than that, it's stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 callaham hardware and a warmoth neck, you should be set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members srspud Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 The only thing I did to mine was wire the bridge for tone. Other than that, it's stock. Same here. I've been gigging my 50s CV for over a year and it sounds great in all the recordings. I don't think it needs any upgrading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tweak'd Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 There's a used CV 60s strat available at my local GC for $279. Mint condition, but that seems a little high for used, when new can be had for $299 when they run deals. Has a great neck, but from the comments above, I'm concerned about how good the pickups might be. I've got plenty around the house I could drop in as replacements, I'd like to think I'd be happy with the stock ones. Are the Alnico V's that much inferior to the III's? I want a 50's as well, but I think I might wait until the new red finish becomes available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 instead of putting $400 on a squier, why don't you get an american standard and be done with it!? An American Strat has maybe $100 worth of pickups, the Fralins he's getting are worth $100 each. If you've ever had boutique quality pickups, you know that you have to pay for them. As long as the rest of the guitar is fine, it's much better to have amazing pickups in a cheaper guitar than cheaper pickups in an amazing guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr. Scottie C Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 On all of the Classic Vibes I have had, the frets have been much better on the rosewood than maple....all of the 60's ones have been babies ass smooth....all of my 50's....pretty jagged and inconsistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hecticone Posted April 10, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 One thing that sold me on this guitar was the neck. Having a Tom Anderson really spoiled me in that extent. I decided on ordering a larger block instead of the whole bridge for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Convert Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 I paid $350.00 for this thing and with another $400.00 put into it it should be one heck of a workhorse. Sounds like my squier standard--its got an allparts neck, warmoth body, custom pickups, and redone electronics. Can't believe how good a Squier can sound! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tweak'd Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 Sounds like my squier standard--its got an allparts neck, warmoth body, custom pickups, and redone electronics. Can't believe how good a Squier can sound! Sounds like you've basically replaced everything on the guitar...so a Squier Standard it is no more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Into Nation Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 There's a used CV 60s strat available at my local GC for $279. Mint condition, but that seems a little high for used, when new can be had for $299 when they run deals. Has a great neck, but from the comments above, I'm concerned about how good the pickups might be. I've got plenty around the house I could drop in as replacements, I'd like to think I'd be happy with the stock ones. Are the Alnico V's that much inferior to the III's?I want a 50's as well, but I think I might wait until the new red finish becomes available. I think the 60's AL5 sound great myself... It's possible that the comment made above had more to do with the type of sound (more vintage) the person was looking for. You can hear both in this clip. [video=youtube;1a1m9wrjddo] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hecticone Posted April 10, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 Really looking forward to it. Stuck 500 into an old mexi a few years back and a studio musician buddie of mine uses that one all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members diceman1000 Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 An American Strat has maybe $100 worth of pickups, the Fralins he's getting are worth $100 each. If you've ever had boutique quality pickups, you know that you have to pay for them.As long as the rest of the guitar is fine, it's much better to have amazing pickups in a cheaper guitar than cheaper pickups in an amazing guitar. not true... Rose Pickups and BG Pickups are EXCELLENT and cost less than Fralins... in fact, i'd put the Rose Meriposas at $30 or the Buff Beauties at $50 up against just about any other A5 under wound single out there... the ONLY high priced, boutique pickups that have impressed me are the Kinman noiseless p 90's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 Have you seen that book on Gilmore's Black Strat? Really cool to see all the changes he made to it over the years. I think the only original part is the body. http://www.theblackstrat.com/The_Black_Strat-home...html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hecticone Posted April 10, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 Tried the Meriposas in an american standard and to my ears they sounded like $30.00 pups nothing special at all. The buff beauties were a little midy and a tad bass heavy but were nicer than the meriposas. Lindy has always wound me some great stuff, pleasing to the ear with great customer service. Thats why i keep going back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members diceman1000 Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 Tried the Meriposas in an american standard and to my ears they sounded like $30.00 pups nothing special at all. The buff beauties were a little midy and a tad bass heavy but were nicer than the meriposas. Lindy has always wound me some great stuff, pleasing to the ear with great customer service. Thats why i keep going back. really? because the Meriposas i had in a plywood Cort sounded just as good as my buddy's Dimazio Areas in his Highway 1, and my Buffs in my MIM Standard sound better... and we're also talking about the import line too... Ken's hand wound stuff is a whole different animal... btw, i'm not calling you a liar or anything of the sort, but my personal experiences were way different... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tantamo Posted April 10, 2011 Members Share Posted April 10, 2011 They are great guitars, in my opnion you really only need new pickups and if you're feeling fancy maybe new pots/switches. Otherwise they're fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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