hippomofatumas
First Lieutenant   Posts: 22 Registered: 8/3/2004 Status: Offline
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posted on 8/29/2004 at 18:09 |
i plan on eventually getting a schecter c-1 classic, its beautiful has
great tone and is superb value. but i dont want to get rid os the squire
strat i have now, it wouldnt get much money anyway.
ive enjoyed learning how to tinker with this guitar, i got a huge repair
book that teaches you how to do anything with the guitar. i got my truss
rod perfect and the action, im currently perfecting the intonation. its
awesome! but after i get my schecter, i want to work on my strat and tweak
it to my liking. the schecter is more of a lp tone, so i want my strat to
have a great twangy vintage sound but also be perfect for eruption-style
licks. so im thinking i should do the following, starting at the top and
working down: put in locking tuners, get a new and better quality nut,
replace the entire neck from my maple neck rosewood fretboard to maple and
maple and upgrade from 21 to 22 frets, rip out the 3 pups and put in only 2
replacements in mid and bridge position, rewire those so each has a
separate tone nob, and put in a floyd rose tremolo.
i would appreciate ur advice/opinions about which locking tuners to use,
where to get the neck, which fretboard radius to use, how big the frets
should be, which pups to use i like seymour duncan but i dont know
specifically which ones, and the whole floyd rose issue. even if i should
do this at all!
thanks so much, hope to hear from you all ____________________
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Spidercents
Moderator  Posts: 1019 Registered: 7/29/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 8/29/2004 at 21:17, Reply 1 |
| Did you ever fix up the tremlo the way you liked it...I havent heard from
you and I was wondering. ____________________
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chrisC
Captain   Posts: 150 Registered: 7/29/2004 Status: Offline |
 posted on 8/29/2004 at 22:37, Reply 2 |
| it sounds like your planning on putting large amounts of money into a $150
guitar. i think you could probably buy a new guitar with the same sound
that your trying to get from your strat for less than youll have to put
into your strat. plus (please dont take offense) you might think your a
guitar technician but when it comes time to work on your guitar youll mess
it up horridably and hae wasted alot of money, i dont know you maybe your
quite skilled in the guitar maintenance/repair area i dont know my advice
to you though would be to not do it. ____________________
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Spidercents
Moderator Posts: 1019 Registered: 7/29/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 8/29/2004 at 23:26, Reply 3 |
| If you can get all the replacement parts for free or dirt cheap I would
work on the guitar...It is the only way to learn...If you screw up a cheap
guitar than who cares...However why spend more than what the guitar is
worth...Are you are basically going to use the body as a frame...I am
buying parts for a guitar Im making from scratch...I think thats the way to
go...However Im still studying on this issue and I am not rushing into
anything with eyes wide shut...Good luck to you and all your repairs and or
creations...Youll never learn if you dont try...Im still wondering if you
fixed the tremlo from your other post.Thanks ____________________
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Ozboy
Second Lieutenant  Posts: 26 Registered: 8/19/2004 Status: Offline |
 posted on 9/1/2004 at 01:37, Reply 4 |
I think CrissC is right. It is like a car shop around try alot and buy
something someone else has spent the cash. There are no shortages of good
guitars on the planet. Doing anything up will always cost you more but if
you want the satisfaction of trying something yourself dont go into it with
thought that you will save money. You just wont. But I wish luck.
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hippomofatumas
First Lieutenant Posts: 22 Registered: 8/3/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/1/2004 at 18:45, Reply 5 |
to straighten out past posts, the book i got taught me how to do tons of
stuff. i got my truss rod just right, my action is good so it is as low as
possible and with minimal buzzing and it matches my fretboard radius, and
my intonation is pretty much perfect. once all that was done i gave the
tremelo a go, and it went way out of tune. i was able to adjust the springs
to make it less cumbersome to use, but it still ruined my tuning. i think
it might be something with the nut which is low quality and maybe in the
string saddle thingies on the headstock, and it could be slack caught up in
the bridge behind the bridge saddles. my book tells me lots f technical
stuff that canhelp, which i could do im not too bad with the stuff and my
dad is knowledgable of tools, but frankly i dont think ill be satisfied
witha classic tremelo, id like the reliablility of the floyd rose.
as far as your comments on it being a sort of money pit, to an extent i
agree. it might well be more expensive. but the thing to keep in mind is
this wont be any time soon. not until i get my schecter. and even then it
will be a long process. i havent totaled up an average price for
everything, if its way too big ill scratch the idea, but if its just a
little expensive id like to go through with it. its kinda sentimental
value, my first guitar and i love it, i dont wanna get rid of it. but i
know its not that great, so i wanna make it better. and a lot of these
upgrades would be done in a shop not by me, i dont think i could do the
whole pickup thingy.
can u guys suggest to me any guitars that have pretty much all the specs im
looking for? im not a huge fan of ibanez, so stick away from them if u
could :no:
thanks ____________________
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Spidercents
Moderator Posts: 1019 Registered: 7/29/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/1/2004 at 21:36, Reply 6 |
the schector c-1 classic dosent have a tremlo.I would buy a guitar with a
tremlo.I like the c-1 classic however I dont see a tremlo.
I am going to look around an see what else is out there.
[Edited on 9/2/2004 by Spidercents] ____________________
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hippomofatumas
First Lieutenant Posts: 22 Registered: 8/3/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/2/2004 at 21:49, Reply 7 |
the schecter is great, it will be my "les paul" equivalent guitar. my
strat, whtever it turns out to be, will be my trem guitar.
ive been thinking and i agree upgrading my squire out the wazoo will be
expensive and it will always be part squire. ive been browsing ebay, and a
used american strat can be aquired for 400 to 500. id get one with a maple
neck like i want, and i am assuming it would have a satisfactory nut and
tuners. all id need to so then is put in my own pickups and a floyd rose
and id be in business. that might be cheaper and less effort, and will
probably result in a better guitar.
gimme your thoughts and thanks for the ones uve already given me ____________________
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Spidercents
Moderator Posts: 1019 Registered: 7/29/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/2/2004 at 22:07, Reply 8 |
| I would buy a guitar with a floyd rose and locking nut already
installed...keep looking for that guitar...youll find it...You still wanna
do those dive bombs right. ____________________
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Spidercents
Moderator Posts: 1019 Registered: 7/29/2004 Status: Offline |
 posted on 9/2/2004 at 22:25, Reply 9 |
what about the floyd rose guitar...probably cost to much
http://www.edromanguitars.com/avail/guitar/avail_frg.htm
The headsock is very different...A little strange...I like the green...I
never played one however I want to.
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