MIJ Strat Upgrade - Part 1, Buying a guitar from Japan!

[@daneoduran2674]

Brilliant Paul, thanks for inviting me here. :)

[@louissanderson719]

Should be picking up an MIJ Classic 60’s next Wednesday! Vintage white and a rosewood board!

[@denmut]

GAS is a serious addiction! :) I used to own 5-6 custom shop ones until a few years ago. After losing my job, I was forced not to have GAS anymore :D Nice video btw. Cheers.

[@bazitube390]

Fucking hell man. hopefully you're doing better now.

[@somebodyelseuk]

She's a looker. Tokai uses the same naming system... Put it this way, I bought a TST95 last week, RRP £1400. If that'd been sold here, you could have expected to pay in the same region. By the way, I'll be in touch about getting some pickups made in the enxt couple of days.

[@RadioshopPickups]

Thank you! So nice, I bought another one, ha! Look forward to hearing from you bud :) Paul

[@sam_uelson]

I had a late 80s mij squier that I really regret now offloading

[@punkybrewsterrr]

nice pick ! Edwards is an awesome brand, the quality for the money is outstanding. as for pg and pickups and knobs, all vintage white for me ;)

[@RadioshopPickups]

I'm leaning towards all white now - very boring!!

[@BadMotivator66]

maybe add a series push pull to make 2 and 4 thicker? i had that in a strat and it was a fun, different option to have under the hood

[@canadianintheukbrian]

I am in thinking of taking my Vintage V6P and making it a dream stratocaster, its the red one on the photo, it has a thick American Alder Body with Maple Neck with a thick slab of Rosewood, it weights 8.6 pounds considering I paid 300 quid off the list price, putting in a set of boutiques for example your 63's singles it would take this guitar to the next level, go for the cheap and cheerful or put away make it a dream strat ,

[@RadioshopPickups]

Thank you man! We’d love to make for you :) I love a bit of upgrading fair play - it’s half the fun!!

[@canadianintheukbrian]

@@RadioshopPickups it would something to strive for I listening to the Vintage ’63 Specials oh my, oh my maybe its my age what I listened to growing up but I love that tone, good things come to those who wait lolol just have to remember that

[@RadioshopPickups]

@@canadianintheukbrian Thanks for the kind words on our tone man! It’s THE tone basically isn’t it?! Jimi didn’t have anything else

[@tonybrooks476]

If you hadn’t had brought attention to the pod no one would have known! 😉

[@FredrikBrandt]

I wote for black pickguard and plastics. I Aldo suggest Wutone for the bridge

[@wolfnstrings]

Replace the bridge with one of the Wudtone ones. I did this to mine and it made a world of difference.

[@daneoduran2674]

I'm sure all upgrades are done but I'm wondering whether you create the copper tape Faraday cage given there's no shielding.

[@tonybrooks476]

I was gonna say bung some filtertrons in but that won’t get you the vibe you want!! I have a filtertron shape hole in my life. Might have to do something about that some day.

[@RadioshopPickups]

We have Filtertron shaped hole fillers - ideal Tony!

[@tonybrooks476]

@@RadioshopPickups oh trust me I know! But that would involve selling something and there’s nothing I want to sell so am not quite in that position yet.

[@tonybrooks476]

I can see the pod!

[@ChristopherDowning]

An interesting idea - you just need to watch the exchange rate AND the tax you'll pay coming into the UK - something like 23-27% because they'll be handling charges as well. Oh - and postage. When all done it's more about getting a rare/unusual guitar from Japan than a USA, or Asian 'bargain' Or a colour - what's happened to all the Fiesta Red and Olive Green guitars?

[@diffbreak2366]

Nice looking guitar. How would you rate this (quality-wise) to, say Chinese and Mexican fender strat? I thought the bridge pick up wasn't as great. I would like to know your take on the pickups.

[@RadioshopPickups]

Ha, going to get a slightly biased view from me on another pickup makers pickups! The bridge is a bit too hot for my tastes and loses a little Strat clarity

[@RadioshopPickups]

I would say this is a couple of notches above Mex - close to US really but they scrimped on the pups and the bridge.

[@tonybrooks476]

Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyit a minute that looks like a new T-shirt!?

[@BadMotivator66]

yep the 335, 345 and 355 were named as per their price points!

[@RadioshopPickups]

Nice work! In my mind I had that the 175 was that many dollars - that seems a bargain though?

[@BadMotivator66]

@@RadioshopPickups i'm not too sure about the 175

[@clemguitar63]

@@RadioshopPickups Could you just imagine an ES-125, steal of the Century!

[@tonybrooks476]

It’s a great colour.

[@jasong546]

Foo-koo-oka lol. It’s a beautiful guitar besty

[@karllongbottomguitars9192]

Wudtone do really good quality tremolos, with a good range of string spacing options. Don't put gold hardware on it, I'd prefer to have my teeth pulled out than put gold hardware on a guitar

[@RadioshopPickups]

Gold teeth?

[@clemguitar63]

@@RadioshopPickups Very common in the U.S.

[@karllongbottomguitars9192]

@@clemguitar63 gold teeth or hardware

[@clemguitar63]

@@karllongbottomguitars9192 Gold Grill!

[@thelegitsu81]

Been 3 weeks!!!

[@RadioshopPickups]

I know! So sorry man - I've done some upgrades but very little time to film with a hectic workshop. Keep an eye on our Insta too as you'll see the smaller updates 👍

[@Justinsdada03]

Fell asleep 30 seconds in

[@tonybrooks476]

Shin F@#£ you oka. Classic.