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    Overlord of Music andrewdosborne's Avatar
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    Squire Upgrade

    Here's another project I picked up last night. 10 year old Squire Affinity strat in desperate need of TLC. With 10 years of dust and grime

    I think it has an Alder body.



    Electronics as expected..



    The pickguard is single ply and scratched. Interestingly a replacement USA pick guard fits perfectly



    Suprisingly the body cavity has shielding paint. Its conductive but not earthed to anything!







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    Headstock and fretboard all intact. Not much fretware. The tuners are needless to say junk.







    So tuners to be replaced with some Gotohs. I'll source a better trem and steel block for import style guitar. Full electronics upgrade and tonerider pups. The body cavity is deep enough for a 5 way CRL switch

    Then fret job if required. A good clean and polish and setup then hopefully voila, twang.

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    sweeeet! old squires are 1, a bargain and 2, a perfect platform for some easy mods like you've done that will end up making a really nice playable guitar.

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    From the picture of the back of the neck, it's had a lot of open chords played on it. Unless that's just the shadow.
    Current:
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    Scratch Lapsteel
    Meinl DIY Cajon
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    Wishing:
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    cool project Ponch ! Is this an old Squier in your collection or one you picked up from Cashies ?
    It's even red and white for the Swannies !
    Should be a nice playing axe once you cleaned it up and added the upgrades
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    Overlord of Music andrewdosborne's Avatar
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    Belongs to a jam friend. He's had it sitting around for ever, the time had come for some TLC!

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    Ah yes a Swannies axe!

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    so you can use your Swannies scarf to clean all the gunk and build up on the axe Ponch !
    Current Builds and status
    scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
    JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
    Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck

    Completed builds
    scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
    MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
    Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in

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    Overlord of Music andrewdosborne's Avatar
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    Haha its so grubby it would turn it into a Magpies scarf!

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    GAStronomist wokkaboy's Avatar
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    yeah we can't have that Ponch. Having one Pies fan (DB) in WA is one too many in my opinion !

    See they were projecting images of Swanny and GWS players on the Sydney harbour bridge.

    I thought I told you to use your Swannies scarf as a mower oil rag anyway mate ?
    Current Builds and status
    scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
    JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
    Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck

    Completed builds
    scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
    MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
    Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in

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