3 Tips To Make Your Fender Squier Guitar Play Better in under 30 Minutes!

A few easy tips to make sure your new Fender Squier plays better! Faster, smoother.. better!

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[amos]

One tip I picked up from staining and finishing wood is you can use a piece of a brown paper bag that you would get from a grocery store as a super fine sand paper to essentially buff out the back of the neck. It's not rough enough to actually sand the neck, but will take away any rough spots or tiny raised parts of the wood.

[ronmacneill]

I have done all of the things listed in your video on lots of cheap guitars and you can really make them very playable. One additional step I have done is to actually polish the back of the neck with wax foerwood . A small jar will last for years and it makes for a smooth fast surface. A great product is Claphams Beeswax Polish . Does a super job.

[rangerdoc]

Those bullet mustangs have the most comfortable neck I've ever played. It's the only 24" neck with a 12" radius... & very thin too.

[peyotepete]

I'd include a little attention to those saw tooth fret ends to. Some Squires feel like running your hand over a chainsaw blade out of the box

[lw]

Really nice to see adjustments you can make without having to solder in new pickups. These are definitely within the reach of a beginner who is careful. Great tips!

[Healcraft]

I got a squeir bullet strat, polished the frets, oiled the board, set up intonation / neck relief / string height / lubed the nut, put new strings on it, plays great, however the one thing that I want to change or fix is the bridge, on the high E string the saddle is kinda loose and will move down sometimes making the string closer to the edge of the fretboard constantly having to push the saddle back up.

[markpell]

Looks like there should be a Squier Bullet Mustang fan club judging by comments below. Mine was a mid price pawn shop find (a fair chunk under GC retail), 98% condition, great guitar with best commercial paint job I've ever seen. Near perfect fit and finish, pretty good hardware and not bad HH pickups. Did all the same tune-ups seen here but finished fret ends and set the truss rod, saddles etc. 24" scale is fun and fast, not too short. I wish they sold Teles and Strats with a 24" scale option. I could deal with a 20 fret neck if it took that since I almost never play those last couple frets. I bet most people don't. Anyway, would not trade my particular Squier Mustang for a Fender. If you have enough guitars that it could be called a collection, you should have one of these for fun.

[AndyDion]

Great tips! So many beginners need this information!

[jonathanhandsmusic]

Good tips for any new guitar. I do this on all my guitars, acoustic, electric, and bass. I use boiled linseed oil on My unfinished fretboards. And metal kleen polish which is cotton soaked with some kind of chemical. Whatever works is kind of my system. As well as this, I have a fret file to smooth out rough edges. Good video

[Mandobird]

A few hours of playing sorts out the rough fret issue with these cheap Squiers, no need for any other action.

[danbuffington]

Brown paper bag is on of the best "fine" abrasives. Used by luthiers...

[trail]

I wish people wouldn't call a Squire cheap, I think the proper term should be inexpensive.When I hear cheap I think junk.The squire is a great inexpensive guitar.

[yudipitre]

I just got a squir mustang yesterday. I am so happy with it love it. Thank for the advice.
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[TheGhostGuitars]

Only thing I'd add to the neck/fret prep work is the elimination of any fret sprout and perhaps a bit of rounding off the top edges of the fretboard. More often than not both operation can be done simultaneously using the fret polish paper backed by a small sanding block. Final finishing step is rounding off the ends of the raised portion of the fret ends with a fret file.

The complete neck job including the above-mentioned steps shant take much more than a half hour, with practice & experience.

[masterhorax]

i saw a video that became my 'go-to' for fret board finishing. It's called "modding justin's bullet mustang." Not trying to steal thunder, but it tought me how to roll the edges (which is a MUST) and how to finish eht fret ends. First roll the edges, THEN work on frets. If you just remember to round any angled point on the fret you can make some real awesome feelin gnecks iwth about 30 minutes worth of work.

[Laionel]

Paper towel does a decent job at polishing fret, I tried.

[guypiercamp]

I got some 10/46 d'addario on my Brandnew bullet télé...sounds really great now...no more false chords or vibrating strings as it was with Originals 9/46

[badsteed]

Daddios, great strings. Been using them for 30 years, and I've tried many different brands. Excellent tips!!! Thanks

[tammyh]

Great video ! I did all this to my Squire Strat and Tele . Strongly considering getting the Bullet Mustang and doing all this to it .

[StratBurst]

Love Nomad F1, use it on all my guitars and basses.