I Put a Vintage 60s Fender Strat Neck on a Squier. How did it sound?

No Fenders were hurt while making this video!

I put a real vintage 1968 Stratocaster neck on a cheap Squier affinity body and discuss why I decided to try it.
The pickups and all electronics you hear on this video are from the Squier. They are as cheap as it comes from fender.

Gear used:
Amp: Princeton Reverb
Pedals: 1. Electro Harmonix Soulfood 2. Malekko Ekko (used twice).
#vintagefender #SquierVsFender

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[raceface_m]

A comparison of the old Squier neck vs this vintage neck would’ve been informational to hear the difference

[DJ-snwn]

This is exactly what I want to do. They sell vintage fender necks and I can buy my own stratocaster body and build it up form scratch. The fact that people frown on that is wild to me, what could be better than assembling your own guitar? Just because the body was made in indonesia? You save a bunch of money and get a personal product... Thanks for the inspiration! Now I definitely know I can do this.

[oliverleigh]

A man of taste “ plays Gary Clark jr for first test song”👏👏

[petergonzalez]

God bless you for doing what most dont have the brass to do...use vintage parts with squier parts!...tone is always from the heart. I had a real 61 fender strat and its more a look what i got then any "magic" wood..lol...keep rockin homes!!!

[evancarignan]

I’ve got squire strat from like 2010 I think. It came with Seymour Duncan “hot rail” pickups and it’s actually a great sounding guitar. The only issue is the fretboard kinda blows so I think I want to investigate doing something similar to improve the guitar.

[deltasierra]

The opening part of this video reminds me of one of my teachers. He had a stray that he one by one, replaced every component with an upgraded version. Pickups, neck, pick guar, tremolo, etc… Eventually he stripped everything off of the body and installed it on a new body. Not one part of the guitar was original, but somehow he had the same guitar.

[YTPartyTonight]

The way I would put it is, assuming everything fits exactly where it needs to go for setup, the body of a guitar is on the lowest rung of the ladder of factors in how well the instrument works with the player and how good they sound all together.

[mattfrye]

I wish more folks would be a little more open to stuff like this I wanted to do something similar. I personally prefer a thicker neck profile which naturally puts me to vintage necks(everything mostly is a modern "c" profile in terms of offerings today) but I also believe in that it's a combination of things like amps, neck profile, guitar, etc. rather than a only this or that sometimes a little trial n' error is all you need great video man

[dennisapplegate]

I bought a Affinity strat used my first Fender style guitar after 50 yrs of playing and my first bolt on neck .Put Seymour Duncan's antiquity Texas strat pick ups in next will be a Warmoth neck . Already sounds great now just need a flatter radius, I think she will be a keeper.

[Wargasm]

Looks good, sounds good, but no commentary on how it feels? How it plays? With all the build up at the beginning of the video, kind of leaves the viewer hanging? As far as what people think? Who cares. It’s your guitar (neck/body/whatever). Do what you want with it. Don’t listen to the beard strokers. Do your thing brother. 🤘🏻

[TomBarnesmediathink]

Bought a vintage p-bass neck that had just been refretted and put together a Frankenstein with emgs and a badass II bridge. It is so great. Best recording tone of anything I own. Plays like a dream. Necks are the heart and soul of the instrument. You can often get them separate. It's so worth it. One of the great luthier secrets for the resource-challenged.

[ranman]

My 86 Squier bullet 1 has a Telecaster body. It didn't work for me so I swapped a squier body fron 05. Love it! Now I'm in heaven. Lol

[paulxaviercyr]

Aaaahhh yes...
"Ship of Theseus" problem.

[mikecorey]

I'll give you a tip. Put Fender Noiseless 4 pickups on the guitar. You'll love it. I put them on my Affinity and it's great. Now the neck. Good vid.

[ImOnYouTube]

For me its a feel thing and the neck is one of the key things for making me fall in love with a guitar. I try not to get sucked into the vintage wormhole.

[OldManJenkins]

Anything that makes you want to play your guitar more, in turn makes you a better player. It's a positive feedback loop: the more you play, the better you get. The better you get, the more fun you have. The more fun you have, the more you want to play, and the cycle begins again :)

[attilathehun]

Wow that looks easy. I put a mighty mite neck on a squire strat body and I had to hack, drill and rehack and redrill 5 times before the neck was on it right.

[Zeal]

Hi Jason!

New viewer, I like your statement: “the heart and soul of a guitar is in the player”

Some set ups feel better then others on certain days. But I always sound like me on whatever guitar I play. It’s kinda like anything else right? A old baseball glove feels a bit more comfortable to the hand then a brand new glove, which again is a preference to the individual and what makes them feel they can perform at their highest level

[debreczenybalint]

The ones who probably bringed you down, are cant even tell the difference by the look of it hahah. Great. Did the same with my squier standard, seymour duncan jb's in the bridge, with roasted 50's neck. Its a dream.