Making My DREAM GUITAR (Modding a Squier Classic Vibe Competition Mustang)

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[@thekipinator7660]

Vintera ii just came out so fuck me ig

[@davemish4163]

But now you've got something that's exactly the way you want it. Keep that guitar, and buy a Vintera II if you can afford to.😉

[@ThePenitentSquirrel]

Sorry Brother, Still cool mod job though and you might as well keep it an get the Blue one... and you might find you like the one you got now.

[@Agoraphobia2day333]

Wish they would've done the matching headstock and had the red available

[@zenithcarl1778]

don’t trip about it yours has hella mojo now considering you did all the work yourself and made it to you’re liking if anything it could be better than the vintera with the upgrades you did

[@TedCurran]

Hey dude, congrats on your build, it's beautiful. I notice your sound demo only plays in the left headphone. That happens when you take a mono signal (from one mic) and put it on a stereo track in your video editing suite. If you change that audio track to mono, it'll actually play in both headphones. #protip

[@collisw8302]

Really nice of you to take the time to offer some friendly advice, you're a legend.

[@williekenk]

That build is worth sending back. I know it's a lower cost guitar, but I'd find the ding and the fretboard errors totally unacceptable. But either way, very cool upgrades and thanks for sharing!

[@maxs.3238]

Quality control on the classic vibe series has gone down a ton over the past few years. The ones I've seen in the late 2010s were all great, good fretwork, no lacquer problems. Got a tele and a strat from that era, great instruments. Now they come with really rough frets, lifting fret ends, glue all over the board, and cracked lacquer at the neck pocket from the factory it seems. They cut other corners too, where the 50s teles back then came with brass saddles they now use steel, I also doubt that they still use full size pots. Pretty sad considering that they also either haven't changed the prices or even went up on it

[@slapp3r439]

i have a lot of squires that came with little problems like this and if i wasnt able to fix them right away then i woulden't have bought 6 more squires lol, these guitars arent trash its just a gamble with the quality control sometimes. I never care about dings and things when it comes to cheap guitars because i will abuse them more

[@Headwyres]

My dream Mustang is the Beck Orange version...

[@jiejie7jie]

Koyuki being lucky having an orange mustang

[@maximous601]

@@jiejie7jie such an underrated anime

[@fabiankun]

there is a Beck Signature Mustang. But you can't longer buy it. On reverb at the Moment is a Beck Signatur Mustang. That you can Buy. Fender MG-69 Beck

[@acevedohiram]

​@fabiankun that thing goes for a little less than the beck tele. Nuts

[@Feesh6]

Mines the JmJ it looks gnarly and goes perfectly with my usual fit

[@miguelangelvacaheredia8230]

That orange is the most amazing color ever, I bought a fender Duo sonic, the hard tail produce more bite, really percusive and huge tone for a short scale guitar, may sugest you to install a hotrail in the bridge... You will love how versatile become... The neck pick up in mustangs are bright and depth... Mustang is a Must have guitar.. Are fun fun hell fun to play..

[@josefodium8888]

About those dents. If the wood is visible, try to get a dye pen closest to the stripes color to cover it. Then fill those dents with a thin CA glue. Do it in a few passes. Don’t try to fill them completely in one go. After that level the area with a razor blade. Tape of that blade on both ends to prevent them from scratching the paint. Be careful btw. After that use a bit of the lightest car polish available to make those dents go away completely. Try it on some junk piece of wood before the guitar, just to be sure. But if you’ll do everything right those dents will disappear without a trace.

[@thekipinator7660]

My band WhoseHouseIsThis? and I just released our first album ‘Mediocre Afternoon’, which is where many of the riffs/chords from the sound demo of this video are from, go check it out! www.whosehouseisthis.com/music

[@phillramirez8323]

Yes sir checking it out keeping rocking🎸🤘

[@Thatonetomato-sf6wx]

I found a made in Japan mustang of the same color for 1,000 dollars

[@deanhagian2228]

The mustang always was my dream guitar, and I'm really happy to see that your dream came true 👍

[@nisebelle]

Love the pickups you chose! That out of phase tone especially is so cool. I might have to grab one of these as well!

[@gloryxkid]

What an awesome video!! I love classic vibes, I just mod the hell out of them. Look forward to future content like this!

[@Shawnpo76]

Dude you got a badass instrument and made it killer, those classic vibes are amazing and great platforms for mods like you spoke of earlier. One thing for sure is made in Indonesia is the new made in mexico, I have several guitars over $1,000 that were made in Indonesia. The quality is there just pick one up for yourself and see. Definitely going to have to grab one of these before they're gone and I'm kicking myself.

[@Zamn_daniel]

They just brought these back with the vintura 2 series

[@Anatar1991]

Dude that blue Mustang is a dream guitar for me, as a Nirvana fan and just as a blue guitar lover it’s my dream guitar. Great mods tho.

[@THE-CRT]

I was thinking about getting this guitar exactly

[@jeffreyha2932]

Great information, well-made video, good subject matter! You are very detailed and presentable. Hope you get a sponsor!

[@barrelocheezy]

sounds feicin' sick! especially out of phase with DS-1. I'm currently modding my Squier CV mustang. I went for just a SD hot rail in the bridge, also painting the headstock matching lake placid blue

[@thebenefactor6744]

Great tones on that thing from coast to coast. I had to cobble together a lefty duosonic, cuz there was nothing available at the time. Put some black bobbin pups in there, and she's a little tiger. Through a marshall 18 watter she's a beast. I do agree with your neck choice. I went with the smaller vintage radius neck and wish now that i had made it a 9 1/2" radius. The surf tone identity that you associate yours with is only due to your amp choice. Experiment with other amps and that axe will hang with any rig out there.Via con Dios.

[@prodvhert]

looks good man! i really love the competition orange color i have the strat one

[@hochi313]

awesome looking guitar, the bridge sounds really good! nice job on the mods.

[@1978garfield]

Classic Vibes are amazing. If I had the space I think I would buy one of each. It is so cool to get to play instruments that normally would be WAY out of my price range. Congrats on getting tuners that fit without using a drill press. I have not had the best luck with replacement tuners that claim they will "drop in". Glad yours did.

[@MelodyCarroll-rx8tk]

Dude, I bet you almost had a heart attack when they released the Vintera II mustang, in your favorite color❤

[@thekipinator7660]

Just released a new single with my band WhoseHouseIsThis? called “Subject to Change” and it’s out everywhere now! www.whosehouseisthis.com/music

[@hs2874]

I live in Australia and we can’t order guitars from CME here, unfortunately. Pretty guitar. Love her.

[@thekipinator7660]

That sucks! I’ve always wanted to buy gear form Anderton’s because they have so many exclusive color guitars/gear but same problem here, they don’t ship to me!

[@henriquemontalvao8492]

The out of phase sounds so good!

[@Rallison6996]

sick guitar, shame on CME for shipping it out with that ding though!!, They should have put in the B-stock and gave you a perfect one mate!

[@Yumemaru.]

My dream guitar is an american ultra strat in greenish blue with white plastic parts. It'd look so good man.

[@RichWordsMusic]

Really cool guitar and nice riffage too, thanks for sharing!

[@Josepllop87]

bro this is great I love this guitar. I have a mustang and it's a nightmare to keep it in tune. I've been thinking to lock in bridge but I don't know how to do it in a good way. It would be fantastic if you can do a full setup tutorial. This is a tricky guitar but amazing to play.

[@thekipinator7660]

Maybe I will! I love whammy bars tho and use the mustang one very frequently so it would most likely be how to set it up for whammy bar use :p Most common problem with the vibrato system on mustangs not always perfectly going back to zero is usually the springs being stiff and stubborn internally. Next time you take the strings off, look for the two posts under each side of the cigar where the bar system goes into the body. Put a shit load of any kind of lubricant oil into the space that the posts go into, while mashing the bar system up and down very violently to work the oil in. Keep doing this a bunch until you feel like there’s no way it isn’t oiled tf up. This should help the vibrato system pop back into tune every time! I usually have to do this with EVERY mustang after purchasing it.

[@thekipinator7660]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioXCeXSeYsSqpc0si=v-uZGzW1s_eP3Jul Check this video out, and skip to 23:26, explains this process a lot better, this is where I learned it! Works every time!

[@theshiningemerald4288]

I always loved the look and concept of the Competition Mustang, and you never see Fender do Orange guitars, but how they did this specific competition colors is so unique, that you can't help but love it!

[@jchavins]

Mustangs and Jaguars were the worst playing and sounding Fenders I played in the 1960's. Jazzmasters were much better. As far as the playing part I blame it on the scale length. Jazzmasters, Teles, Esquires, and Strats all play better. Why do people that have amps that direct patch still use a mic to record ?

[@collisw8302]

Awesome build! I've always loved these guitars. Especially in orange.

[@drewnorth3816]

Your new build looks fantastic. I've been thinking of picking on of them up too. Weird that your American Performer has issues with noisy pickups. I've got the American performer, with yosemite pickups, and they are dead quiet. I think they have a great sound too. Sometimes, I am left wanting a bit more output, but for the most part I am happy with them.

[@thekipinator7660]

Man that’s weird, cus I’ve seen demos on KZbin where it’s dead quiet too. And it was like that for two in a row for me! I guess I just got unlucky

[@DE_Razor_Shaving]

Are you playing a B-52's song @6:30? Either way that's a cool sounding riff! 😁👍🏼

[@mykhedelic6471]

I got a CME exclusive JM that was THE SHITTIEST Squier I've ever I've had, waited over a year for it: horrible neck pocket, grinding scratches on the fretboard, compound filler, sharp frets, stripped bridge screws, inconsistent paintjob. The one nice thing I'll say about it is the pickups are incredible. I've got an embarrasing amount of Squiers, so many for comparison, but the price, the wait and the reputation? Never again, CME.

[@0000song0000]

Weirdly, my favorite looking Mustang is the red one that stopped functioning during a Tv presentation on France, and Pat Smear saved the day (although I am cute sure someone muted Kurt's guitar on the console, since no signs/noises were heard, just completely muted.)

[@GahMehGrrrr]

Try to get the ding a uniform red. Marker can work. Then use superglue to build it up. Use a craft knife blade to scrape. Carefully sand locally upto 2000 grit and polish locally

[@miller_6700]

Forget the guitar. That lego head is AMAZING

[@MayaY2J]

got back into playing recently cv squier mustangs are fuckin goated

[@wormcultist6637]

So I ordered one of thease from thomann. I've had it about 2 months, when I say it's Dark blood orange I mean Blood 🍊. It's weird every single one I've seen is this light colour yet mine is this dark orange anyone else experiencing this??? Or know why this is

[@timsullivan1940]

From what you said in the video, I gather that you got less hum after the mods you made, is that correct? I’d be willing to bet it actually had a bit to do with the copper shielding that you added. I know you said, “it’s pointless,” but through my experience good shielding goes a long way. It’s good to see that you did it and I think your guitar is better for having it. That shielding paint typically sucks, especially on any guitar that is remotely budget oriented. Nice sounding guitar and good playing too!

[@atomicrose385]

why did you keep blurring everyrhing? I understand the adress on the box, but why u censor the slts clip? Just wondering

[@monmixer]

The Fender locking tuners are the same price as Gotoh. They do make a cheaper set for 39 bucks. I think the Don't want the switch. I want the stock switches or better but the same lay out. Especially the out of phase sounds. The Vintera I'm told has the wrong bridge on it. Not sure if it is true but it was true enough for the luthier to buy a regular mustang bridge for it.

[@globalnova]

the original pups actually sound good on these, on mine anyway.. the trem was hopeless though so i hardtailed it. your fretboard is very nice and dark. :)

[@ŁukaszJankowski-p5l]

Cool. How much does refretting costs around your location? Because Classic Vibes are soft as butter.

[@antares4975]

Squier really owns it with the classic vibe series at the time, it is so good! I don't own one yet, i don't think these are the kind of plug and play instruments quality wise, iv'e seen a lot of issues in different reviews, but i don't care. It is even better, they are meant to be modded. This could be a whole new generation of heavy modified unique guitars. It goes even further with the new paranormal series. I think Squier finally became a whole new thing, not just the cheap official fender rip-off. And you are right, with the player series. It is missing something. I think they are reliable instruments (got a player strat), but it's not the classic deal. And they are don't meant to be.

[@djguzzy10]

kinda sad that Chicago music exchange never did a QC on this "limited" edition. but hey if youre happy. nice

[@mattdoliver1984]

Man thats such a shame for an instrument to arrive in that condition, ive had decent experience with the classic vibe series.... but built my own Mustang as my last couple of Fender guitars came in a condition that left a lot to be desired and i thought i could do a better job mysel, i sourced all top of the range parts and ended up with a guitar thats on par with any quality fender mustang ive played

[@mrhelpnow]

it seems like you were using a sony camera - the landscape swap happens and still can figure out why this happens. Just change the rotation in you editing program and enlarge to keep the whole video horizontal.

[@justinikstrums7789]

My favorite guitar and color! Awesome review! Keep them coming!!!!!! All the best from Australia!

[@Versechorusverse-n2r]

I will never forget my squier mustang. That thing was a beast

[@arathsg9824]

Dude seeing that fucking terrible neck and dent on the body got me fucked up you should’ve asked for a replacement that same thing happened to me and I got to pick a way better one

[@cytoplasm7015]

really been thinking of getting this guitar as my first electric. Do you think I should? I'm transferring from my acoustic btw.

[@thekipinator7660]

Should work out, this guitar has a shorter scale length than standard electrics (24” rather than 25.5”) so it CAN be easier to play. However with that smaller scale length there is more string tension, and might not be great if you have big hands/longer fingers It is a great guitar tho, so long as you get it professionally set up before playing, definitely worth that extra money for cheaper guitars like this. Also since you think it looks cool, it’ll give you more incentive to pick it up more often!

[@Ben2D]

Absolutely beautiful, great job man

[@prisonmike4971]

Why is the music demo portion only hanging out in the left ear?

[@KristAntonBernardo526]

Kurt Cobain! Play In Bloom with it

[@prisonmike4971]

1:30 funny, usually it gets messy after the nut...AY OH

[@Rustyjamesman]

looks like the koyuki one from mongolian chop squad

[@divebomb99]

Nice 'Stang. Regarding the American Performer noise issues, it is 100% a shielding issue. Not grounding. I got one a couple weeks ago and was amazed at how noisy it was. I spent an afternoon methodically shielding it and it's as quiet as a mouse now. It is borderline stunning that Fender is not shielding them at the factory.

[@thekipinator7660]

@@divebomb99 Wow! Wish I had that done that then! Maybe I’ll consider repurchasing one of these days, cus I did love the feel!

[@garypannone7755]

Sounds good.

[@yxdrxstdidlozerov4847]

My dream guitar is also a mustang but in sonic blue color

[@zxdistortion]

Some sources are saying that this guy is sitting in his house

[@javinshafer8698]

Amazing work man! It sounds awesome

[@kevinjoshua9728]

tuners look sweet with the guard

[@LetM3Decompose]

you may have already known but ventera ii is out and there is a orange competition mustang set you back a thousand something

[@thekipinator7660]

Yeah this video is from way before that was even announced, that guitar is definitely on my radar 😍😍

[@ryanwalsh2455]

I love mustangs. You’d be surprised how obtainable 1960’s - 70’s originals are. If you’re looking at the American performer mustang, id recommend this: I bought an all original 1966 mustang for $1500 on Reverb. Yeah not cheap, but only $200 more than an American performer? I’d take the true vintage over a reissue any day.

[@qv7653]

Please make more guiatr vids

[@monmixer]

Fender is selling these competition mustangs 350 bucks direct. You can't even find a used for that price and the big box stores are sold out so it may be the end of this series. If you want one you may want to grab it now. I think they have something new up their sleeves but want to sell these out first before releasing. Makes sense to me because why else would you kill a popular guitar that has sold out of big box stores so many times?

[@kaiserdostuff]

Locking tuner probably the best upgrade everyone should do. ❤

[@Chopper1095]

Do you know how many of these Guitar's in the Capri Orange they plan on making ?

[@thekipinator7660]

There still two available on Chicago music exchange (these are exclusive to that store), and they’re both discounted so not for long, usually with these runs, after they’re discounted that means they’re about to be gone for good

[@OfficialAlexSanoko]

Do you know the Japanese band Necry Talkie? If you don't I recommend you listen to them or at least check them out. The main singer Mossa has an authentic 60's fender mustang same colorway and everything. Seeing her with this guitar is what originally made me wanna get one.

[@eertje01]

I own a vintage white mustang. I really love it. I also own a fender duo sonic in daphne blue which I also love. Comparing them side by side I can say quality wise there is no difference. Necks feel similar, tuners on the squier are better. Pickups on the duo sonic are better. If you don't care for a tremolo then try to find a second hand player mustang or duo sonic. If you care about vintage correct instruments then go for the classic vibe. You can't go wrong!

[@bciecko1]

I had this ordered. Had to cancel it though. Orange is my favorite color. I do have the CAR CV model though. I have a lot of work done to that but some Seymour Duncan Antiquity Mustang pups for it. I will say that American Fender guitars, aren't coming with better frets or nuts. Still glue coming out. Unseated frets. Nuts not cut properly. Lick of the draw but so many, and American, doesn't get your better QC really.

[@driftlessgeardemos]

Sadly the super cool CME runs are plagued by this stuff. Id recommend only getting them from either someone who discloses what’s up, or in person.

[@jungleperry]

why would you replace mustang pickups with ones intended for strats? mustangs have their own pickup design.

[@Shonji_Ikori]

That ding on the stripe is enough to return it imo. Unacceptable.

[@Rex-golf_player810]

koyuki my beloved...

[@James__________________]

And now they’ve released one 😅

[@sasa-bv9gu]

squiers really do have problems with sustain. i thought that only the more cheaper ones had them, but it seems like your mustang also lacks sustain, just like my tele. the worst thing is that you can't really do anything about it except invest in a more expensive guitar.😢(or use a compressor but that's not the point)

[@LNTFCgroup]

Beautiful to see. My first guitar was a super deep blue Squier mustang back in like 2017. Nice to see some appreciation for these things

[@samueltaylor2757]

nice mod. definitely would have returned that ding or got money off though. BTW HDR makes this video wayy too bright on my mac

[@monmixer]

I would have sent that guitar back over that ding. the glue can be cleaned off but that ding on the stripe is nasty and on the face. You should have sent them pictures. I bet they would have sent you a new one and told you to keep it.

[@jeffmurdock8321]

Pot size has nothing to do with quality. The new ones you got may indeed be better, but you can't judge a pot by it's size.

[@dicefall9]

It might confort you a bit knowing that I also bought a Vintera Lake Placid Mustang brand new, and it also came with a ding on the finish, the guitar isn't the most expensive series from Fender but it's not cheap either. Japanese made Mustangs are known to have perfect finition though imo they're on par with the american Fenders if not better in terms of quality.

[@BeeRumblin13]

I woulda sent that back for a new one.. Cheap or not you paid money for a new guitar. Money isn't easy to have extra of nowadays.

[@talkingpanda]

is there a wiring diagram pdf

[@hustlinc3540]

how is the trem on these things?

[@johnraysantos6567]

What pickup do you put? Neck + bridge or neck + middle? I bought fat 50s and install neck middle on my mustang its sounds good but it is okay to not have bridge pickup?

[@thekipinator7660]

I did neck and bridge, as middle pickups are usually identical to the neck pickup just reverse wound Might not be a HUGE difference though, the physical location of the pickups on the guitar are what makes a large difference, I just figured I’d use the bridge pickup as it was intended to be used

[@johnraysantos6567]

It is okay if replace fender custom shop fat 50s middle pickup to seymour duncan antiquity II bridge?

[@Lank2thepast]

Can't believe that ding

[@brandlessheadphones]

Is the headstock orange? I can't tell if my eyes are tricking me or not!

[@thekipinator7660]

No, the wood tint is just very dark

[@thecaveofthedead]

Yeah. If you're confident to do a little bit of work that's a great deal on a classic Mustang.

[@alexanderlee896]

Would have asked for money back or to return it based on how awful the build quality and damage.

[@zachattackdropyadacks6139]

love it man, keep it it's beautiful

[@pinkmatter8488]

Your hair is luscious bro

[@killingbickett]

Nice mod! American Jaguar owner here. The sound of your guitar reminds me a lot the sound of the Jaguar. Your guitar is a bit brighter, especially the neck pickup.

[@vincentdias5888]

Very good job 👌 From france 🙋🇫🇷 I have a yellow one 1972 And i love her

[@adanpaprotskiy3117]

Ur vids r amazing

[@MrMickGov]

bro nice build but how did that guitar leave CME in that condition....

[@manujuliano1738]

Brooooo you really look like Gbe Cruzzz From Braille😂 I love your videos keep it up!!!

[@dakikohasausername107]

Hey so I just got that guitar as well, it is beautiful! Your video convinced me. But it has really bad hum, did yours have it too? And what did you do to fix it? I’m planning on modding it too.