Hope you guys are having a great week! if you guys have modified your Strats let me know what you did and how it turned out!
@bueller8278
7 жыл бұрын
Upgraded the electronics and pickups in my Classic Vibe. Turned out great. Used a Rosetta Strat set from Blue Collar Pickups in Vancouver, full sized pots and orange drop caps
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Syrup Sucker Nice! 😎🤘
@rhythmtreble7311
7 жыл бұрын
you've created a sleeper strat!
@ronaldfernandez.8586
7 жыл бұрын
Hi from Costa Rica!
@RobertBSullivan
7 жыл бұрын
That sounds beautiful! Looks nice too!
@samratbose443
7 жыл бұрын
hey Darrell, I've been watching all your videos but never thank you properly. Now I'm saying it, I've never seen anyone like you with guitar so sincere and detailed. thank you for all your efforts. Edit: Thanks for all the likes
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Crooked TV No problem ☺ I'm glad you are enjoying the videos and I appreciate the kind words!
@Faigh_as
6 жыл бұрын
Crooked TV that's rude you didn't say thanks for 100 likes
@ilikeextentioncords2403
6 жыл бұрын
200th like ;)
@bipbipletucha
5 жыл бұрын
420th like
@brontewake
4 жыл бұрын
Hear hear from Australia!, look forward to every episode, great advice. Informing all guitarists I meet to subscribe to your channel, keep up the great job! 🎸👍🇦🇺
@benfrancoeur1913
7 жыл бұрын
My school give a courses of lutherie (guitar build) with a ebay Kit and it's totally free. Should I do it?
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+BenFr PK Definitely! You're lucky for the opportunity 👍
@bigg4454
7 жыл бұрын
+BenFr PK - You had to ask??? Wish I had that opportunity in school!
@donnel2305
7 жыл бұрын
are you in college
@benfrancoeur1913
7 жыл бұрын
Cris Reyes Im from quebec so its secondary (Im 13)
@RafeSanger
7 жыл бұрын
You'll never ever regret it
@evancontreras9127
7 жыл бұрын
Whenever he says good morning afternoon evening etc...it really really feels like he wants you to have a great day☺
@bipbipletucha
5 жыл бұрын
He ALWAYS sounds like that
@SkyFire2112
5 жыл бұрын
He’s a Canadian and we genuinely mean that stuff
@legozach77584
6 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I held on to my starter Squier, it's super resonant and surprisingly nice feeling. The weakest points are the bridge, tuners, and pots--all things that can be upgraded. And, of course, the pickups could be as well
@MindsetMastery75
5 жыл бұрын
Wow You turned that Squier into a real beauty. The blackout pickguard goes really well with the darker rim on the body of your guitar. It matches up perfectly with the finish. And sounds great to boot. Wonderful job you did there Darrell!
@MrStickthrower2001
9 ай бұрын
I started with a 2001 Indonesian made Squier Affinity Strat (the one with the narrow nut), black with a white pickguard. Tore it down to just the neck, nut, and body. Did a fret level and dress. Routed the trem cavity flush and filled it with a block of wood and minwax wood epoxy filler. Scuff sanded, primed and repainted the body with shellac and then black lacquer. Drilled for string through and installed a black Hipshot hard-tail bridge and black Fender tuners just like yours...😊 Replaced the pickguard with a Squier Classic vibe black three layer, put in Carvin tbh-60 pickups with a Bourne push pull volume pot that switches them all to either single or humbucker. Set up the five way to run single coil to a 250K all pu tone pot (YJM) and a custom cap/resistor treble bleed, and the humbucker setting to a 500k tone pot with its own treble bleed. Hand-built a mini lpb-1 and installed that in the copper lined trem cavity and put a true bypass pedal button in the pickguard to turn it on and off. I also swapped out the jack for a Pure Tone...I call it the "Bad Idea Fairy" because it incorporates every bad idea I ever had...😉 You can't wring every tone out of it, but it comes close enough for live.
@ChrisG9978
5 жыл бұрын
I had to drill out my Squier pick guard (3/8" iirc) to get the knob portion of the Obsidian blender through the guard. Just a heads up for those considering the Obsidian upgrade...you'll also need the larger Fender brand tone and volume knobs (the Squier knobs are too small and won't fit). Hip Shot locking tuners will fit on a Squier with no modification or drilling and they work great. Fender locking tuners require drilling out the holes on the head stock for Squiers. The Obsidian is an awesome upgrade and well worth the $85...blends all 3 pickups at settings 2 and 4. Produces a really full sounding well rounded tone. If you're gonna upgrade the electronics, spend the extra $20 and get new graph tech string tees and a graph tech tusq nut...will improve tuning stability big time. The nut pops off...just stick an Exacto knife under it and it'll pop right out.
@scottr6752
6 жыл бұрын
You should display a total $$$ spent on the Squier. Great video and the playing was beautiful.
@scottdreher5272
5 жыл бұрын
Yes. Total cost for the upgrades would be nice to know as well but still a great video
@RushfanUK
5 жыл бұрын
I reckon to do this in the UK will cost upwards of £400 on top of the guitar cost, personally I would just shop around for a good MIM Strat, I have a 1999 one that is just brilliant, cost me £350, my 2 other Fenders are both MIJ's from the 80's, again cost less than £400 cause people thought they were not much good at the time.
@squierjoshyt
5 жыл бұрын
@@RushfanUK I don't know if a barebones MIM is much better than a barebones Squier Standard. Fender's own website says the MIMs are made up of up to 7 pieces of alder - that's a lot of glue.
@mysty0
4 жыл бұрын
@@squierjoshyt I just bought a MIM last week in Cherry Sunburst, solid one piece. If they glued that puppy together they done a damn good job of hiding it lol
@squierjoshyt
4 жыл бұрын
@@mysty0 Well it said "up" to 7 pieces. I'm sure they save the ones with fewer pieces to make the sunburst models, since you can see the seams.
@CLIFFROCK56
7 жыл бұрын
I upgraded a Squire Strat with a loaded pickguard from an American Strat , locking tuners , solid brass tone block in the tremolo. It plays and sounds amazing. It sounds almost as good as my American Strat and it sounds better than my VG Strat. I also repaired a Squire Strat that my buddy found in the garbage. All I did was upgrade the pickups to Seymour Duncan, clean it and set it up and more often than not he chooses it over his American Strat that he paid big money for.
@rodrigolembke2556
5 жыл бұрын
CLIFFROCK56 what size are the peg holes on your strat, I want to change mine!
@wriglarzzz
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Darrell That was actually my first guitar. I've kept it alive it and I fully modded because of your videos. I'd like to show you some pictures of three projects I worked on/ working on.
@abelramirez7320
7 жыл бұрын
Makes me want to make a Frankensquier! Well done!
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
Part 2 is up! Check out how the Assassin fares against the Select Strat! kzitem.info/news/bejne/rW2V0IKMaoWqjGU Ultimate Epiphone Build: kzitem.info/news/bejne/lXqwtpZmsJR3eHY
@DarrellBraunGuitar
6 жыл бұрын
+MrKeybird The link to the kit I used is in the video description ☺
@DarrellBraunGuitar
6 жыл бұрын
+Raz Rojas B Hi! My goal was not to build the cheapest guitar. I wanted a guitar that sounded the same as the Select (which is my favourite Strat), so that's what I did. For people who don't have a specific guitar they want to emulate, as you mentioned, there are tons of budget parts available ☺
@DarrellBraunGuitar
6 жыл бұрын
+Raz Rojas B 👍 If you giged dodgy places it would make perfect sense. No point in taking a $2000 Strat to gig when you can take a $400 one that sounds pretty close 😉
@hansjr316
6 жыл бұрын
Darrell Braun Guitar partlist? You promist.
@julianwilhelm2246
6 жыл бұрын
Where did you get the pick guard from? I tried to do the same thing to my guitar but the pick guard does not fit.
@iangonzalez6478
7 жыл бұрын
What beautiful guitars!!!! 😍 Darrell should work on my guitars! 😂🤣
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Ian Gonzalez 😂 It is a lot of fun!
@iangonzalez6478
6 жыл бұрын
Darrell Braun Guitar hey there Darrell! Just wanted to ask you an important question.... could you send me a link to where you got that black pickguard? Been searching for one for months 😂
@DarrellBraunGuitar
6 жыл бұрын
Hi! Just head over to the Warmoth site and order one from there 😀
@ettnollbajen9945
4 жыл бұрын
Turned out nice Sir! One thing to remember (not lecturing just a tip for all wanting to do this) get the right pickups/pots/tuners,not just the most expensive,but the one's making it sound/play better. Saw a similar mod on Anderton's channel,a cheap Bullet that got modded,probably 500$ of parts went in,ended up sounding nowhere near as good as the original Bullet
@kenmanchester4145
4 жыл бұрын
Darrell - Loved the vid. Just did something similar (cheaper) to my CY 2011 Affinity Strat this week. Here's what I did from end to end: 1. Fender locking tuners (noticed you had them backwards at the beginning of this video, then they were correct at the end - and you thought no one would notice :-)), 2. Fender bone nut, 3. 2006 MIM loaded pickguard from eBay (incl. serial #, $80), 4. Fender 'MIM' bridge and block (****) 5. Fender jack. I am in the process of adjusting the bridge for intonation. What a blast! **** Question: The MIM block was too long (as the experienced readers would attest), so I cut (hacked) it with an angle grinder too short, so I used the original block with the MIM bridge. Why doesn't someone market a big block for the Affinity/Squire that is 1-3/8" long so it'll fit out of the box? I've looked at the big guitar sites, even FUTone, and called GC without luck.
@Dan-ud2tf
6 жыл бұрын
This video has helped me a lot! I just recently got the same Squier Strat for my 16th birthday. I've been playing on a really really poor off brand guitar for the past 4 years and my new Squier strat has been such an upgrade. But this video has shown me that even though it's an upgrade, it's not the best out there. There's a lot of things I could spend my money on upgrading about my Squier and after a few years and upgrades, I could have a real nice guitar on my hands :)
@DarrellBraunGuitar
6 жыл бұрын
+TheSuperMelon 99 Congrats on the Squier! It's great as it is, but can grow along with you as you can afford upgrades ☺
@Farshad-Parvin
6 жыл бұрын
Darrel I just finished the project assassin of my own and I'm loving the tone. My mim sounds like a legit American. Thanks a lot man.. I learn so much from your videos.
@DarrellBraunGuitar
6 жыл бұрын
+Farshad Parvin Congrats! Sounds like you've got a keeper ☺👍
@pedrocucaracha
6 жыл бұрын
I did modifications to my Squier Affinity Strat AND my Squier Affinity Jazz Bass. I'm more of a bass player, but considering the Affinity edition is suppossed to be the lowest of the level, and many people don't even recommend it, mine works like a charm. Something I did was to shield the guitar's cavities, and ground them. That and keeping the neck straight and calibrated, and the guitar works like a charm. With the Affinity Jazz Bass (since that's my instrument), I did extensive changes. I changed the tuning machines to American Standard Jazz Bass ones (I bend one of the older ones), change the pickups to DiMarzio Super Bass, changed pots and cap, shielded the whole thing, and change the bridge to a KickAss Bridge 4. The result on that one is amazing. I tried many basses, but at this point, I've never played anything better than my good old modded Affinity Jazz Bass. I wanted to buy a Geddy Lee Jazz Bass Edition, but right now I like my old bass much better. And I did a paint job, so it also looks awesome! Thanks for the video!
@sarloscantana
7 жыл бұрын
I was gonna mod my Squier, and even had Guitar Center talk me into the locking tuners you have, without realizing they don't fit. I chickened out at the drilling part for the tuners though. I ended up having a shop set up my Squier and it sounds great. That said, what you did here with the electronics gives me a whole new view on modding my Squier! i had no idea they made pre-wired stuff that was so easy to install. I'm not a solder guy so seeing that was awesome. Great video!
@TheBerkayBUHLAR
7 жыл бұрын
Hi , which squier model did you mod ? And are you happy having it instead of a mexican ? Lastly how much did it cost ?
@thesandman918
7 жыл бұрын
Dude...get with some videos here on KZitem and become a solder guy! The world of electric guitar possibilities will completely open up! Besides, if you screw something up you can always take it to Guitar Center like you did before and it'll cost the same to fix it! It's a Squire...you'll be able to get another cheaply! Or go onto Craigslist and buy a First Act guitar, they play great and you can get one for around $50 or so to cut your teeth on...if you come across a First Act VW Garagemaster(there was a promotion from VW in 2007 they would come with the car...lot of people got them that don't play guitar or wanna play so you can get them cheap when they're easily just as nice as a $500+ guitar) for $100 to $150, get it! AWESOME guitar...I play mine all the time over my American made PRS S2 Custom 24 ...anyways, go get some soldering on!
@southrnlyfe
5 жыл бұрын
They make prewired pickguards and the only thing you need to solder is 2 wires to the input jack.
@TruthSurge
6 жыл бұрын
I think the Elite pickups back in the 80s and 90s were not noiseless. They sounded supreme. Listen to Ty Tabor on the first 2 King's X albums. Not sure about the noiseless ones. Never heard them in any comparison.
@festushaggen2563
3 жыл бұрын
Always loved Ty's sound. Dogman is one of my favorite albums.
@Leo-be5ke
7 жыл бұрын
Great video Darrel, I love taking cheap strats and mod them as you have done in this video. I love the Obsidian circuits thank you for the tip. I’ve all my 9 Strats with some mod, especially Chinese and Mexican they have all locking tuners and custom shop pickups: most fender different American pickups, but also 1 with a full set of Di Marzio and 2 with 2 different sets of SD. I think your next step for that squier should be to change the bridge. Thank you again for your video......keep going
@sampsonsimpson20
3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I bought a Squier for my first guitar. Knowing I can upgrade it down the road if I want makes me feel better about buying a cheap guitar. Thanks for the info and detail you put into your videos it is really helpful.
@MrStephenlederle
7 жыл бұрын
I took a Squier Classic Vibe and put locking tuners, roller string trees, all American pickups, pots, switch, wire, and out put jack, added solid steel saddles, and a full sized brass tremolo block. Best sounding strat Ive ever played.
@ztobinz
7 жыл бұрын
This video is perfect! I have the same Squier and was planning to change out the pickguard and knobs etc... to black versions. Thanks!
@bambostarla6259
7 жыл бұрын
Wow! I may just buy a squier in the future and upgrade it like you did!
@j_freed
7 жыл бұрын
Darkstarla that's cool, just keep in mind that if you put a lot of money into a Chinese Squier, it won't have an equally high resale value. On the other hand if you buy A slightly better guitar used you can usually recover the purchase value in resale. I like Japan made models. But whatever makes you happy.
@elmarce7410
7 жыл бұрын
Mods will cost more than the guitar itself haha
@MadMetalShop
7 жыл бұрын
Doesn't matter. If he keeps all the original parts then no harm no foul.
@greekfreak1980
7 жыл бұрын
I've done the same with my old Yamaha Pacifica,it's a fun project and you will end up with a great guitar.
@elmarce7410
7 жыл бұрын
Of course you will , I've done that to my Epiphone SG G400, EMG pickups, gibson bridge, new grover machines and i love that guitar I would never sell it haha
@kschumac
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the good ideas! My first guitar, 15 years ago, was the Squier. I've since "outgrown" it but now, instead of just having it sit collecting dust I've been inspired to turn it into a project guitar.
@DarrellBraunGuitar
6 жыл бұрын
+Kevin Schumacher Awesome! Let me know how it turns out ☺
@becknader2337
7 жыл бұрын
Hi Darrell, yours sound amazing! I have also upgraded my Squier and it kinda became my work horse instrument. I had a luthier doing the mods for me. They were the following:1 - Wilkinson Gotho Tremolo Bridge - high qualit, excellent and stable.2 - Dimarzio Stack Pickups - Tone Zone (bridge) - Heavy Blues (middle and neck).3 - Blender electronic System (can mix the different pickus from no mix to full blending) allows more tonnal variations on top of the 5 switch key. It is subtle but interesting.4 - Fender Roller Nut - for smoothing the HeadStock connection of the strings.5 - Sperzel USA locking tunners - An absolutely fantastic gear - Simply loved them. In my humble opinion, I got a very high end custom guitar for less than US$ 2.000,00 approximately, including the luthier’s work (very good btw). It sounds great for all genres such as ballads, blues, rock, heavy rock and metal. All the best,
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Beck Nader Sounds like a beautiful build! 👍
@fjwp573
7 жыл бұрын
Amazing and thanks for posting this. After owning and playing many high dollar Strats, out of curiosity I took up the $179 (including 1 watt amp and stand...) Chinese Squier my daughter left behind. What a smooth playing neck and what a super resonant body (it's a 1999 model)! For over a year now this is my preferred guitar. And after seeing what you did with yours, I can't wait to do the mods to mine!
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+FJ WP Good luck with the build! ☺
@fabianumgeher9692
7 жыл бұрын
Upgraded my Cheap vintage guitar with those AM Select SC from Fender, they sure do a great job, in terms of playability I would have swaped the plastic nut for a bone nut, but all together you did everything right, thanks for this vid Darrell, keep em comin !
@sterlingmcvay6163
5 жыл бұрын
Agree, What you do is Unique and Very Appreciated, it's much the kinds of things I'd 'like' to do, when I can.
@terryradford13
4 жыл бұрын
Hey man. I just finished my NYPRO strat copy mods. Like the Squire I went with the Fender locking tuners, I swapped out the nut for a Graphtek Tusk nut, switchcraft output jack, volume is a Bornes push/pull for series/parallel, the first tone is also push/pull for neck on and a master tone for all pups, the second tone is a passive mid range shaper that was modeled after Rothsteins passive mid range shaper, and to top it all off, I went with roller bridge saddles and set the trem up to float. Truly a versatile guitar. But my Squire strat is a monster. Maybe I'll list the mods for it another time. Thanks for the inspiration to dig deeper into the search for THE tone.
@Joe-mz6dc
6 жыл бұрын
Sounds good and looks good. This guy did a good job. I bought a Custom Vibe and it was great Straight Out of the Box. Made in China. I'm very impressed.
@794Ronaldo
7 жыл бұрын
The result is awesome! Really great souding... Cheers from Brazil, hope you having a nice week too!
@gabor222
6 жыл бұрын
First thing I would change on any strat is the tremolo block. Adding a steel one instead of the cheap zink alloy really made an improvement on my swamp ash partscaster. I also used to replace the plastic nuts to bone or metal (locking).
@ciaran3748
7 жыл бұрын
I picked up the exact same squier strat you have second hand and then painted it a great may white, put in some new Grover locking tuners and blocked off the term system to keep it in tune and then I just wired in a new Seymour Duncan JB with a single volume pot and it now plays and sounds amazing! Couldn't be happier with the outcome
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Ciaran Wilson Very cool!
@barrychickini9074
5 жыл бұрын
I now in the middle of upgrading my Squier Deluxe with just about all the upgrades. But I am really jealous of the color scheme😛
@3cardmonty602
7 жыл бұрын
Great Job! I'm about to perform the same process on a Partscaster I picked up for $65. Only difference - I'm going to buy a "Loaded Pickguard". Not doing the locking tuners - i have Gotoh's on it already, so they'll suffice. Can't wait to mod mine out after watching this.
@granthoover9045
7 жыл бұрын
Dave Monty I just did this about a week ago. I bought a loaded pick guard from Twilight guitars. Fender custom shop 69s. They sound so much damn better. I did have some trouble with the ground wire, I had to solder it a couple times before it would work properly but went smoothly other than that. Considering it was my first time soldering or really doing any guitar mods it went really well. Good luck. Hit me up if u hit a snag.
@EdBender
7 жыл бұрын
Great video as always! I have a squier that I love. Perfect neck, lightweight... Here's my mod: samarium cobalt noiseless pups (bought used dirt cheap, love'em), new pots and switch, new jack, new bridge (fender vintage), new tremolo springs, locking tuners (bought some chinese with good rep from aliexpress, they fit perfectly and they are flawless, for $20 shipping included!), converted from SSS to HSS (sold my bridge SCN pickup and bought a GFS humbucker), string trees, black metal knobs with no numbers, black pickguard. I had already done fret leveling, and she plays like butter and sounds like heaven! All that for about $150 (guitar) + $200 upgrades (all mods done myself, including soldering, YMMV).
@codystombaugh986
7 жыл бұрын
Hey Darrell! I installed a dive-only Floyd Rose with locking nut, string roller trees, Hipshot locking tuners, straplocks, dome knobs, and a killswitch push button to my HH Squier Strat. I love that guitar more and more every time I pick it up...
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+DrummerDude2604 _KZitem_ Whoa! That sounds like an amazing build!😎
@eduardorosariol9222
7 жыл бұрын
the only mod i did to my squier is that i made independent switching for each pickup. i could us all 3 (hss) or go with the humbucker and neck. im proud of it. the clarity and sweetness from all 3 is great, when its neck and bridge, i can only compare it to the middle position on a les paul, but bassier
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Eddy Rosario Nice! 👍
@FranciscoCostaHideOut
7 жыл бұрын
As I just got my first electric - a Squier Strat Standard - I will keep this video on my list for future reference :D
@SBkid112
7 жыл бұрын
I jut finished modding a black squier affinity I got secondhand for £65 and the tone knobs didn't work so I did a whole revival project on it; put in Tonecity Surfari pickups, copper tape insulated the inside of the body, added extra springs to the trem, got some locking tuners, rolled the edges of the fretboard, sanded the neck, put in new string trees, a new bone nut, cliplock guitar strap, replaced the pickguard and back plate from a black one to pearl and baught rosewood tone and volume knobs and the whole thing now plays as well as any fender I've tried and I saved a good amount too!🔥🙌🏼 wish I'd known about the obsidian electronics before I did it all though! Soldering was a long ass process 😂 I also just finished putting a bigsby on my telecaster (inspired by your previous builds) 🔥🔥
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+felix gilbert That sounds like a really cool project! Well done!
@SBkid112
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! it was awesome
@timjones9727
7 жыл бұрын
Great job. I took a really cheap Squire (in a box with an amp) cost £120uk. New Trem, New locking Tuners, New String Trees, Whole new electronics, New Iron Gear pups. I also copper foiled the cavity. It sounds the business! The parts cost me £130. I'm delighted because it's really 'mine' I selected all the parts, did as much of the work as I could etc. The tech who did the soldering for me said there was no way I could get a similar spec'd Fender for under £800.
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Tim Jones Nicely done!
@wilhelmtheconquerer6214
5 жыл бұрын
Imagine a pearl scratch-plate on that finish! Just wow
@TruthSurge
6 жыл бұрын
"drilling it ote" 4:04 CANADIAN!
@GuitarMan22
3 жыл бұрын
i had to check darrel's youtube 'aboot' page yes.. Canadian
@cozmovox
7 жыл бұрын
just restored my '87 japstrat with new electronics and duncan alnico 5 pickups and had it refretted....used to have those awfull emg s on it. I now know why I never played it much. the tremolo bridge is fixed to the body.... It's my ringing sustain beast from heaven now.
@jps_musics
7 жыл бұрын
So I modded a squier and put in an HSH configuration with Les Paul style humbuckers in it. Not actual ones, some Chinese knockoff that were actually surprisingly hot and they sound awesome. I put in a black pickguard and it looks amazing against the dark blue. I kept the stock middle cool and put a chrome cover on that and made the knobs and the switch cap chrome too. I got this (again) Chinese all black gloss neck that ended being pretty alright, it compliments the pickguard and backplate pretty nicely. I put some cheap locking tuners on it and they ended being pretty good (I got musiclily's for anyone wondering, and then beck was made by Ammoon). I'm super happy with it and it plays great, it sounds AMAZING and it is a performance machine, it's the only guitar out of my 8 that I bring to my six string gigs now.
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Jackson Schott Very cool!
@iroquoispliskin8936
7 жыл бұрын
For the quality of material you produce, your subscriber count is criminally low. Keep doing what you're doing!
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Jabroni Fiftysix Thanks man!!
@iroquoispliskin8936
7 жыл бұрын
Of course! You deserve it!
@fattboyzz1355
4 жыл бұрын
2.5 years later he's passing half a million subs !
@GreaseThunderBird
6 жыл бұрын
Sweet modifications and great video! That Obsidian kit looks super easy to use. Thanks for the great content!
@brennen22359
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, like how it's almost plug and play. No soldering.
@RocktCityTim
7 жыл бұрын
'97 Affinity Squier had been gathering dust (purchased for my son who abandoned it as soon as he found girls ...). I sorted the setup, frets, bridge and trem thanks to Frudua TV and replaced the stock electronics and pickups with a prewired Tex-Mex Alnico V pick guard set from GFS. Left the stock tuners because they were actually very good quality. When completed, I had $187 and 4 hours invested (paid $99 for the guitar in the beginning) and I now have a second Strat that plays and sounds as good as my $2,200 American.
@80sbmxguy79
5 жыл бұрын
Hello my fellow Canadian. I modded my MIM strat. Got a great deal on it. I traded for an amp that I paid $150.00 for. Its only a year old and played really nice. I put Seymour Duncan SSL-1 single coils in it mated to a strat classic ObsidianWire (thanks Darrell Braun). It sounds amazing. I only play for my enjoyment so this pretty much got rid of need (want) for an American Standard Strat. I also bought the same Indio Classic that Darrell Braun modded. I put all my mexican strat guts in it, fender trem and wilkinson locking tuners. I had to get that guitar after watching Darrell's video. Thanks again Darrell for your awesome vids and tutorials.
@drzontar
6 жыл бұрын
I think it looked better with the tortoise shell pickguard against the red. The black is too plain. But it sounds awesome. Great job.
@nazmoking3171
7 жыл бұрын
My favorite guitar guy - very knowledgeable, great player and top notch luthier (and a pleasant guy in general) - always great videos!
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Nazmo King Thanks man! ☺👍
@CountrySixStringer
4 жыл бұрын
There is something great about taking a lower-end guitar and beefing it up. I did the same thing with Fender Player Strat. I didn't stick with a Fender tailpiece though. I went with the Babicz 2 point Tremolo. I also upgraded the tuners with Fender locking machines. I know you're not a fan of the noiseless, but I went with the Phase 4 from Fender. To me, they sound great. It feels and plays like my Fender Deluxe Strat with the exception of the Trem which is better on the Player Strat.
@wayneschlegel1340
7 жыл бұрын
Just got me this Squier and first thing to do was to change things like you did. Best is to see how the black pickguard looks like. Much better then white. Never heard of pre wired electronic kits before, another useful hint. Thank you.
@Halenmaster
7 жыл бұрын
Hi darrel, im a part-time luthier, man awesome proyect the one you are doing, i do a few of this same style in the shop, but man i think its important for tone n sustain get a good bone nut, n a good quality bridge, or good qualiti saddles? because that things are the only ones that affect the string vibrations directly, just a suggestion. Good luck with the project greetings from Chile (sorry about my cheesy inglish)
@budandbean1
7 жыл бұрын
Totally agree with installing a quality nut.
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Halenmaster Hi! Welcome to the channel! I'll look into upgrading the nut - thanks for the suggestion 👍
@markjohnsen2919
7 жыл бұрын
Nice looking (and sounding!) upgrades, Darrell. Yes a black tusq or bone nut would finish the cosmetics nicely!
@ksenderin7866
7 жыл бұрын
Hi Darrel, Great Video thanks ! I recommend you Graphtech TUSQ as a nut. It has both slotted and raw versions with different fretboard radius.I use it on my MIM Strat with vintage radius. Fits perfect, increases sustain and secures the strings. Really a big plus on a strat.
@murrayrowley2900
6 жыл бұрын
Yep, when you take the old nut out drop it on a hard surface and it will probably go "ummph" and play dead, drop the Tusq and it will go "ping" and bounce, way better and less absorbent for a better transfer of the vibes from strings to wood.
@cbeserra
7 жыл бұрын
Obsidian? I need to check those out. Great video!
@hobiecat901
5 жыл бұрын
Darrell, You are awesome my good Man. I keep saying after I watch everyone of your videos, " That I am Going to do this ". Hahahahahaha You have me so busy, that My wife is complaining that I do not help enough around the House.
@Patrick_Garrett
5 жыл бұрын
I rebuilt an affinity telecaster and boy is it sweet. i decided to go with the gen4 noiseless pickups because most of my tone comes from my amp and speaker. they sound phenomenal though. with a fret job and a new pickguard it looks like and sounds like an american professional tele. but all in i have about $1000 including the original purchase of $200. I soldered my wires, and installed a bigsby b5. if you glue the floating saddle pieces together once the intonation is set it wont come out of tune when using the vibrato bar. it is an absolute beauty. vintage white with tortoise shell guard. all in i saved 800 from what i could have spent on a new one, and i get the satisfaction of plugging in with tone snobs and watching their brains melt.
@buzzsaw63
7 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you didn't change the nut too but if it stays in tune with the old one why change it
@sergioserramusic
7 жыл бұрын
Great build, the difference from the previous is huge. How about the costs? How much for the Squier stock + all the mods? Just to compare them to a Mexico or to an American one
@ecomhicks
7 жыл бұрын
I'm wondering the same.
@elchilorio1997
6 жыл бұрын
It's way cheaper than those for sures, it's about 200 in total
@StreetFlixPhotography
6 жыл бұрын
Jose Andrade no way. I’d say about $350 at least
@rogeriosartori555
6 жыл бұрын
Bought a squier vintage modified 70, changed the pickups. Now it has the Fender CS Fat 50's, Fender CS 69 and SD SSL5. Also changed all the pots and switch for CTS and Fender's. Also changed the bridge. Now it has a Callaham Vintage with steel block. There. I have my Gilmour's Black Strat.
@DarrellBraunGuitar
6 жыл бұрын
+Rogerio Sartori Very nice!
@MarcCoteMusic
7 жыл бұрын
I have 5 Strats, one of which is an inexpensive Squier. As I tend to do with most of my guitars, I swapped out the pickups (and went from HSS to HSH) on the Squier. The humbuckers are SD Pearly Gates, my pickup of choice. It sounds really good and is well worth the time and expense that went in the project, since I would have swapped pups in any other Strat, too. It's not my favourite guitar, but I do like it and it plays very well. Generally, it's the backup guitar I bring to gigs, though I will sometimes play it even if I don't need it as backup.
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Marc Cote Nice! Sounds like a great setup ☺
@ianbugayong8620
6 жыл бұрын
So it's technically a tonewood test? Since you put exactly what you had in the fender into the squier. Pretty cool vid doe!
@GManWrites
7 жыл бұрын
I have a Mexican strat I bought used for $400 Canadian and I am never letting it go.
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Graham Linux They are great instruments 👍
@ronjames1333
7 жыл бұрын
I have a 1995 MiM lefty strat,havnt got the courage up to change anything on it,still all original,sofar,you make it look so easy,ty for the video
@PeterGallagher1
6 жыл бұрын
My first electric was and is a Korean Strat that I bought about 25 years ago. Mods are sperzel locking tuners, Seymour Duncan pickups, fender ultra bridge and trem, roller nut, I shielded the pick-up cavity and installed a toggle switch so I can route the bridge pickup through the second time control.
@DarrellBraunGuitar
6 жыл бұрын
+Peter Gallagher Nice!
@sabathmendez18
7 жыл бұрын
This is all super awesome!!! I happen to have a squire, and I've been really considering doing the same! I would love to know the total for this project?? Thanks!
@sn95_mustang_garage
7 жыл бұрын
Love my Obsidian Wire Harness for my Strat, mine is the Bleed Kit / Blend Knob system. Was that the stock nut? Mine has the TusqXL. It really came out fantastic, not a Squire fan but I'd buy that one.
@tylerwilson2087
6 жыл бұрын
JamCave Studio you need to play some of their recent models. I have a Squier Deluxe strat and it is truly remarkable what $300 will get you from Squier
@RRW276
6 жыл бұрын
JamCave Studio I have a question around your TusqXL nut. Did you find you needed to file the nut slots more? I see they come slotted, just curious if further adjustments are really needed.
@isexuallyidentifyasanovenm1617
6 жыл бұрын
JamCave Studio do you have to use solderless pickups for the obsidian wire kit or could i throw in my texas specials for example?
@VicClay
7 жыл бұрын
My Squier is a standard from Indonesia with a Mahogany body and HSS. The body and rosewood on maple neck are satin finish and there is no pickguard. Painted headstock. I have never seen another one like it. According to the old Fender catalogs online, they only made it for 2 years and only one in Mahogany. Chrome barrel knobs instead of the hats. All stock and I bought it new. It plays really well and I like the sound. Not a scratch on her. The only part that I did not like is the always loose trem bar. I just took a spring out of a cheap ballpoint pen and dropped in the trem bar hole and went from a floppy trem bar that I could not find a good postition for, to one that I can set anywhere without it moving. You can go crazy on it and it stays in tune with the just the standard tuners.
@jimmurdoch7745
7 жыл бұрын
I know that doing comparisons between minor variations on guitar hardware is totally personal .... but if it's a Strat you "really" want,... Single Coil is the only option. Saying that,... the styling and options here are pure gold,... Thank you for showing where my Squier Deluxe can go next..... awesome result.
@landonbailey
7 жыл бұрын
Fun project! Nice upgrades! Now I'm gassing to do the same. Did you keep a running total $$$ for the whole upgrade?
@Noobioh
7 жыл бұрын
The obsidian wire kit costs around 85 dollars, Fender Locking Tuners are around 70-80 dollars, the black fender kit is around 35-40 dollars. On Google it's all pretty easy to find. I'd say it would total at around 150-200 dollars if you don't install new pickups.
@landonbailey
7 жыл бұрын
cool thanks! but I wanted to get a 'real' Canadian cost. We're both from Canada, and sometimes the import/duty can be brutal
@gregorioandrade2433
7 жыл бұрын
Noobioh Forgot the pickups
@ecomhicks
7 жыл бұрын
Noobioh thanks for that info! I was wondering the same about parts cost and source.
@Shamrockrancher
7 жыл бұрын
@ lando27music If you want 'real Canadian cost' you'll have to figure in beer. It's the law.
@ngultimategaming6863
5 жыл бұрын
Can you do a squire bass upgrade? Make it sound like a real P-Bass?!
@jimbarnes3831
7 жыл бұрын
I took a classic vib 60s replaced the pickups with DiMarzio Area 58, 61 and 67. Added Fender locking tuners, replaced the pots and switch, and lastly I added a toggle switch so I could have a 7 way switch. I also setup my tones so the bottom tone controls the bridge PU and the top tone controls the middle and neck PU. I love the setup and the sound is very good. I have just about quit playing my American made strat.
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Jim Barnes Very nice upgrades! 😎
@gregdoerr1028
7 жыл бұрын
Wow, that Black Pickguard really sets off that sunburst Squier!! GREAT JOB!!
@cyarwood
7 жыл бұрын
Darrell: Just curious (didn't see this info). Factoring in all the mods, how much did the Squier cost compared to the Fender?
@muse-mech-moda
7 жыл бұрын
How to polish off that Squire? Take some fine sandpaper and sand the back of the neck. This will remove the gloss and give you a satin finish, without removing all of the lacquer. The neck will feel silky smooth with none of the poly drag/stickiness. I really enjoyed this video :-)
@AlShieldsMusic
7 жыл бұрын
Squier standard strats have unfinished necks, so there's no poly on there.
@Topsy_Krett
7 жыл бұрын
I just did my Squier Tele neck with my usual... Lemon oil on a 0000-grade steel wool pad. Works a treat!
@ToddSauve
6 жыл бұрын
No, the Standards have a finished neck but it is a matte finish and you wouldn't even know it's there. It is a very light coat and that is all!
@davecarpenter7266
7 жыл бұрын
i modded my affinity strat. so glad i did. i changed everything from tuners, trees and pots pick ups Seymour Duncan neck and middle and fender shawbucker for bridge total upgrade cost £380
@TonyHookedonVanlife
7 жыл бұрын
I did a full Ritchie Blackmore-style scallop job on the fretboard of my Squier Strat - did it all by hand, took me 3 days to finish and it turned out awesome! I also put in a pre-wired H-S-S pickguard set-up from Guitar Fetish. LOVE it!
@tunesmith7437
5 жыл бұрын
I have a 2018 Squier Standard Tele which has a really nice Indian Laurel fretboard and even the sunburst shows off some really nicely grained (three piece) Agathis. This guitar feels better and sounds better than two recent MIM Teles. Go figure. I made it an Esquire by removing the neck pup and put in an Esquire pickguard and a Seymour Duncan Broadcaster pup. Plays like a real Tele. But please cut out the guitar snobbery: Agathis is just Asian Alder...it is cheaper for Fender because there is no exporting American Alder to Asia. It is not a "cheaper" word forensically or clinically. I know several wood workers who claim Agathis to be either a cousin of Alder or Mahogany. Just because it grows in Asia does not make it cheaper aesthetically. It is less costly because the wood is local to the factories assembling them. But I have to ask: how many guitars do you need before you hit the EXCESS METER TO THE MAX? Too much of a good thing can be a burden and a responsibility that only complicates life.
@danfrancisjr
7 жыл бұрын
Man, you are truly, painfully, incredibly nice. Nobody could ever find a reason for you to not date their sister. You're that nice.
@fongy200
4 жыл бұрын
I got my left handed Squire Strat from a store that was selling lefty's for the same price as a right handed, i couldn't believe it, their like usualy more expensive, Indonesian made 1996 Sunburst 50th Annivesary edition ( apparently?) none the less it's got the gold decals, the serial number checks out but mentions nothing of it being an anivessary edition. So my next course is to mod it. So thanks for the heads up on the Fender locking tuners, i know iv'e got some precision drilling to do.Again thanks Darrell.
@robruthless4703
5 жыл бұрын
I used to be a big Floyd rose fan until I watched a few of your vids and seen you floating your strat bridge which inspired me to upgrade my strat and wow.... I never played it much but now it’s my main guitar, my Floyd rose guitars fight me when I try to flutter and with the floating strat flutters with ease thank you 🙏 but my mods were the floating bridge and a scalloped neck
@alvarengaaustin
6 жыл бұрын
That first tune was mean. I was expecting little wing 😂
@cdsmith8528
4 жыл бұрын
Is there a link to the all black pickguard somewhere?
@thesullivanstreetproject
7 жыл бұрын
Man, that Squier looks gorgeous now! I'm really looking forward to the side-by-side...
@justovision
6 жыл бұрын
I added the locking tuners to my Mex. plus-top strat and I love them. I also added the American string tree but eventually restore the original but used a spacer so that it wasn't quite as extreme a break from the nut.
@DarrellBraunGuitar
6 жыл бұрын
+Justin Driscoll Nice!
@themoose420
4 жыл бұрын
Dude i put new strings on my squier. Totaly changes everything.
@frinchk
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great video! Is the select strat better sounding than the new am professional series?
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Frinch K In my opinion it is. So far I have not been overly excited about the Vmod pickups. I'll need some side-by-side hands on time with them though ☺
@frinchk
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Darrel! I was about to buy one but maybe I should wait... or buy an am standard... it's a shame I couldn't find any select strat on the internet... Or maybe I'll follow your advises and buy a squire.
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Frinch K The American professional series Strats and Teles are pretty sweet packages overall. The new upgrades make it a worthy successor to the American Standards for sure!
@frinchk
7 жыл бұрын
Ok, that sounds better! I don't wähnt to make mistakes. These guitars are pretty expensive. I constantly look at comparisions on KZitem in order to make my mind: "musicman cutlass vs. fender strat am pro", "am pro vs. Elite" etc. I even downloaded some videos, I loaded the audio track on cubase in order to put the two guitars in two different tracks so that I could compare each pickups instantly by switching the tracks with the mute and solo buttons. Cutlass vs. strat, there was a difference, especially on the bridge pickup. The strat sounded bigger fatter, better in my opinion. Comparing the two fenders strat, elite vs pro, that was the result: no difference at all... on each pickup, each combination. They sound the same. Very confusing... I know, it's not a life test, but still, I could not hear any substantial difference. I know now, it's not gonna be a musicman. A strat yes, but which one?
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Frinch K If you play with a lot of gain go with the Elite. The noiseless pickups will keep things quiet. If you mostly play clean, go with the pro.
@FingerusArthriticus
5 ай бұрын
I have a 2007 crafter in India Squire. I guess there are not many because the factory washed away. Mine is an SH 070 in Candy Apple red. Although there were Duncan's in it when I bought it used for $100 I replaced the HSS with the Lace sensor rainbow (emerald, silver, purple) pack to SSS. Threw in white pearloid plates and have been loving it since. thanks for your video!
@torresalex
7 жыл бұрын
Holy crap, that Squier looks and sounds unbelievably good
@stankfanger1366
7 жыл бұрын
*+Darrell Braun Guitar* The Assassin wins by default over the Select in the most crucial category of all... the Assassin is obtainable. Even if you buy a brand new Squier Standard (full body thickness) it's only $250. After that you can piecemeal your guitar together and watch it improve right in front of you while you keep an eye out for deals, sales, etc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲 *I see a lot of folks asking what this kind of thing costs, here's what I got:* 💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲 Obsidian Wire Kit - $83 Fender Pickups - $200 Fender Tuners - $69 Fender Saddles - $43 Fender String Trees - $8 A couple of things you forgot, brother: Fender Trem Block - $26 (I prefer the brass GFS block for $35 to the steel) Tusq XL Graphtech or bone nut - $20 (Maybe a roller nut, per preference) Grolsch washers ($2) or any strap locks - $18 (If you don't have strap locks, you don't love your guitar 😜)
@thejamstreet4522
7 жыл бұрын
Sir can u please put gibson vs esp
@metalheadblues
6 жыл бұрын
The Jam Street high end ESP will blow Gibson outta the water. Gibson ain't what it used to be.
@tristanpopowski2516
6 жыл бұрын
I had a squier that I absolutely hated... So I took everything off the body, set it on fire to burn the finish off, after that I liked how it looked. I completely rewired it using some $20 alnico v pickups off amazon (they actually sound incredible) used push back wire and a three way bladed switch, all the pots are Seymour Duncan... I made a new pick guard out of some sheet metal with grey paint on it and use it ash shielding. I put a neck from Amazon on it because I wanted a maple fingerboard. Cheap necks are great if you know how to level frets, I put some vintage kluson machine heads on it and roller saddles. I want to put a brass block on the trem. And to finish it off, a neck plate with srv playing his number one engraved on it. Best guitar I own, even over my schecter with an invader and a sustainiac.
@backseatpalace
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve just finished my super squier build. I watched this video a year ago and was so eager to upgrade my guitar but I didn’t have the funds. I have a cherry sunburst squier standard my parents got me when I was around 10. Unfortunately I haven’t been learning since then but your channel has helped a lot in my progress. Thank you for linking everything you use, the obsidian wire kit is incredible. Thank you!
@frmcf
7 жыл бұрын
Oh, man, you could have done it HSS! Did you not want to, or did you not realise it was routed for humbuckers until you'd already bought the gear?
@DarrellBraunGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
+Fraser McFadyen Since I love the sound of the Fender Select Pickups, and already have an HSS, I decided to go with the traditional SSS ☺
@frmcf
7 жыл бұрын
Nice! I'm sure you'll enjoy playing it for years to come
@samroney6644
7 жыл бұрын
more people like single coils better on Strats
@richardprokopchuk6346
7 жыл бұрын
Most of Squiers are routed the same way HSH. This allows them to be built in several ways without doing extra work. It doesn't affect the sound or playability, and if, in the future, he wants to change the pickup layout, it's very easy to do.
@billdollar7011
5 жыл бұрын
New tuners but a plastic nut..?
@anthonymiller3970
4 жыл бұрын
Bill Dollar Squier Standard Strats come with bone nut.
@robertfarley8425
Жыл бұрын
I moded my Squire Standard with Fender locking stagered height tuners without a problem. And put a Musiclilly preloaded pickguard with triple Dadario hotrail pickups. Replaced the string tree with a roller tree plus added a second, replaced the plastic nut too sounds awesome
@sturlalagreid3860
7 жыл бұрын
Hey Darrell! I've done some similar things to my Squier, and it worked put great! New pickups, scalloped fretboard from 12 and up, push/pull pots for series/parallel pickups, and a reverse polarity switch for the middle pickup. Sounds and feels awesome, definitely my favorite guitar to play, it sort of has an own personality. I would absolutely recommend others to do mods on their guitar(s)!
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