I Put $450 Of Upgrades Into A $230 Squier Strat

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[arikmeraz]

Original pickups all the way for that strat tone

[hansolo]

Stellar job Lucas, especially the demo! This, is how you do sound samples people.

[Stashmanfpv]

Nice.job!!
Hate to be the odd man out, but on my phone the stock pickups were much clearer and not as muddy / dark sounding, as the new pickups...?

Gonna re-listen when I get home and on my recording PC. Hoping the phone is the issue...

Best! ✌🏼

[gergemall]

I’ve done a similar thing, , and cleaned the original pickup s and the meter supported them. Thx man

[mysocalledguitarlife]

The best review I've seen on Youtube. Great job, Lucas! Making a guitar your own like that is too much fun.

[randyupchurch]

...Greetings from Southern Illinois, my Brother!!!...Haven't seen you in a while, I hope all is well!!!...LOVE YOUR PLAYING, ALWAYS!!!...Thank you!!!..."Your playing has JUICE!!!"...Peace...

[Casey_J]

I did a similar build using an affinity body, great platform for a project guitar. I used a Wilkinson bridge which also had the larger block for a deeper body but I just left it. I usually leave my back plates off anyway but once the strings are under tension it’s pretty stable, I haven’t had any issues with bumping the back of the block. This turned out great though! Lots of options with that control setup. Like you said, for the money you likely won’t find something spec’d exactly like what you’re looking for and this way you can put your own personal touch.

[coreyhaynes]

To me old pickups sound good, new pickups are muddy.

[ИгорьШаманов-цк]

Great video, Lucas! Awesome playing and demo and very useful information. Great job!

[Mauitaoist]

Very nice job Lucas that sounded much better I think with the new pickups and you're playing sounds amazing, you're fantastic guitarist thanks for all that you share man

[stopthink]

Tone is subjective but man, that sounded great before the upgrades. Not a fan of those new pickups. It sounded muted and muddy to me. They don't look as good as the white either. Great how to vid though!

[kuitaristi]

I liked those stock pickups better than new ones at clean but new ones on drive.

After many pickup changes and other things i have notice that, most cases guitar is good as it was made so if it doesn't suck completely then you can keep it as it is and just play.

[kenjikodai]

I like these because it means you could push your guitar higher with you before fully upgrading

[johnSmith-yndg]

I think you can cut that block down with a heavy duty band saw. The upgrades definitely improved the tones of the guitar.

[donniecook]

Out of all the Squire guitars the Affinity would probably be the only one I would upgrade those ones made in Indonesia are damn good

[robertrobertson]

I have a squier strat and made an upgrade with hip shoot looking tunners and a fender tex.mex prewired pickguiard and pickups it turned awesome

[Lespaul]

Nice Lucas. I replaced the cheapy Squier trem/tailpiece with a GFS 'shorty' big brass block bridge/tailpiece. Fits Squier/ import bodies perfectly!

[thislisa]

I like your playing. Lots of nice double stops.

[stevelaferney]

I’m doing an upgrade on my Affinity with Yosemite pickups, new innards, new tuners are great they are Fender locking ones. This is a great starting Guiana even better after upgrading. Yours sounds amazing.

[cliftongardner]

Incredible playing and fantastic demo. It's funny, though - I felt like the stock pickups actually recorded better, although I suspect that the upgrades sounded much nicer in the room. Funny how that works, haha. I've got a decent Gibson and Fender, I think my next guitar will be a mod project. Those Squier Affinity Jazzmasters have been calling to me for a couple of years now.