Benson Pickups, Fender Squier upgrade

[wokkaboy]

great job Stan, on the home stretch now, bet you can't wait to get it finished, assembled and plug it into a loud amp !

[stan]

great job Stan, on the home stretch now, bet you can't wait to get it finished, assembled and plug it into a loud amp !

Thanks wokka and Tony, you bet, waiting to hear these

[stan]

After all the soldering was done, it was time to mount it all up.
Well to my surprise the Squier didn't have a swimming pool route, but all individually shaped routes like you'd expect on a Strat.
Cool, except my pickups were shaped also - it didn't all just fit on...

[stan]

Ok, so out with the Dremel

[stan]

No pic, but I actually took a bit too much out of the top rout...
So with the pickguard on, there was still a slight section of the pup rout showing, and too hard to hide.

I got onto Pabs who made me a new one with just a few extra mm added to the top curve, hard to notice but enough to cover my handy work .
Better still it was in satin black - now with extra cool.
I covered the back in aluminium tape and transferred my electronics across.

[stan]

So a reassembly, new Elixer Nanowebs and we now have a Squier as good as any Strat, in my opinion.
If I change out the cheapy bridge and tuners, it will be a Strat killer.
So new picguard and a set of black knobs later we have this:

[stan]

[andrewdosborne]

Great job Stan and how nice is that satin pickguard, very cool

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[stan]

Yes they are righty knobs, I don't care....

I must say these are some of the most nicely made pickups I have every seen, and I have some Gibsons and Seymour Duncan's, new in box for some other projects.
The quality is that good.
They sound great, that classic Strat tone and overdrive nicely, they are great pickups.
THey go well through my Fender Twin and also through my Boss GT100 effects system, I am very pleased indeed.

I would like to that our Adam and John Benson for giving me the opportunity to try these out, a project that I had been waiting to do and had the chance at the perfect pickups.

If you are thinking along the same lines you must put these right up on your selection list, and if you choose them, you will be very happy, I'm sure

[stan]

Great job Stan and how nice is that satin pickguard, very cool

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Yes mate I needed a replacement and Pabs made it, I wasn't sure about satin at first , but now I love it