Bought today a black Squier Strat, the kind that came with the SE-100 strat pack. I'm not sure what wood the guitar is, but based on the info I can find, I can count on it being either Agathis or Alder. There is VERY pale sawdust in the vibrato cavity. It seems to be made from 2 pieces of wood.
It's nice and clean, but the fretboard is dry and the strings are corroded. It also seems as though it have never been set up. Unless, that is, someone had the action set high to use for slide. No big deal. It sounds good, nice and stratty, but the pickups are going anyway.
This is what I have in mind for pickups, does anyone have experience with these?
http://store.guitarfetish.com/stvialstpise.html
I am going to go for a 1-ply black pickguard, but the only ones I can find on ebay, seem to be made for American-made strats. If I was to try to use one of these, what problems would I realistically encounter? Does anyone know where to find pickguards that would fit a Squier with a minimum of fuss? Also, I definitely DO NOT want to have to get one custom made.
All of the electronics are gonna go. In fact, when the time comes, I will remove the pickguard and output jack and sell it all in one go.
This is what I am thinking of for the neck.
http://store.guitarfetish.com/ststneglamma.html
The issue's with this are:
a) I'm not a fan of heavy gloss
😎 I have no idea about the profile and feel of the neck
c) I don't know how much of a hassle it would be to apply a decal over the gloss
Problem is, if I am going to be slavish to the David Gilmour strat, then I NEED a maple neck. I'm not trying to match the specs of the Gilmour strat exactly, it's more that I am going for a 'visual approximation' of it.
What do we all think?
