Custom Strat Built with Parts off Amazon

Okay... can a Stratocaster even sound good with budget friendly parts? Here I will take you through the steps on building this guitar from the beginning as well as sample some tones you can get.
Let me know what you think! Pickups, Pickguard, Bridge, Output jack are things purchased but you can practically get everything else off of Amazon.
Check out some of my other videos on guitar maintenance below
Setups - • Set Up Your Guitar Lik...
Intonation - • A Must Know Trick To G...
Links:
www.amazon.com/Revival-Pickup...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0C538...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00IJY...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00GK7...
Find me on instagram: / chrisellisguitar
Want to work with me? [e-mail]

[@janichmondieu6505]

Thanks for introducing me to those pickups. My Eart ST style will be perfect when I install them.

[@chrisellisguitar]

Hope they work out for ya!

[@thegeekdude67]

Okay. From some of your replies in the comments, I get it. You used an old neck and body you had lying around and from there, you bought (on the cheap) some good parts from Amazon. Awesome! You put new life into that lifeless guitar and for inexpensive options and the overall sound surprised me. Very nice! Great playing. 😎👊 🎸

[@chrisellisguitar]

Appreciate it!

[@BuckBarker]

So, did you buy a squire on Amazon and take it apart and put it back together??

[@chrisellisguitar]

No, that neck was off an ‘82 Squier. The body was a blank strat body I had laying around and the rest was purchased off of Amazon

[@heyitscarrie]

This is so cool!

[@chrisellisguitar]

Thank you!!

[@kanjinha]

Great stuff mate. Keep them coming :)

[@chrisellisguitar]

Thank you!

[@barryuko1195]

Now you're making me want to try my own build. Great vid!

[@chrisellisguitar]

Thanks! Definitely recommend getting yourself one 👍🏻

[@narcolepsyofficial7900]

you should use some copper around the body inside the pickups for less frequency of the pickups

[@chrisellisguitar]

Great tip! & definitely works well. To my surprise, this setup was relatively quiet as far as a strat can be

[@thomasmaehnicke2506]

It’s a Squire

[@rockeroller]

You went to all this trouble, and you went sunburst? It is a nice color though.

[@ShaiEizenman]

Great explanation and the sound of the guitar was great :) P.s The riff in the beginning at 0:14 sounds super familiar, where is it from?

[@chrisellisguitar]

Thanks!! That was ‘Lenny’ by SRV

[@jazzdrumguy5044]

How much did this all cost you? Sounds great....the neck is $100+ for a generic one. Guessing $300 total?

[@chrisellisguitar]

You could get away with building one for that, I had the body and neck laying around already. (The neck is an ‘82 squier neck) but there’s some deals for both on there that are budget friendly for a project like this. The most expensive thing for me were the pickups at $70

[@mikeapplegate5845]

It sounds good, but you didn't tell us what pickups you purchased.

[@chrisellisguitar]

Thanks for mentioning! They are linked in the description now.

[@TheProgrammerGuy]

You went through this whole spiel about buying parts on Amazon and then all you did was show how to put the guitar together. ? Why did you even mention where you got the parts? It had absolutely NOTHING to do with the video.

[@dboone7670]

The links to all the parts used are in the description. Not sure what else you want from the dude. Would you prefer a 20 minute video of him clicking around on Amazon adding parts to his cart?

[@THE-CRT]

@@dboone7670me personally my only complaint is that he just used a Squier, I thought he was going to go full partscaster from Amazon, but that’s not that large of an issue, video titles can be changed.