Quick Takes: Squier Paranormal Nashville Stratocaster

[@paulallen3557]

Best test of this guitar I've seen. Your guitar licks revealed the chacter of the pickups perfectly. Thanks!

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Wow, thanks! This is a fun guitar. Can’t wait to upgrade it!

[@underdog726]

I have the same one. I put a new harness with the same features in it with quality parts and its great now as is. The shop I bought it from new went over it and set it up before shipping, and was spot on. I don't know if the shop or Squier get the credit but the best fret work I have encountered in quite awhile.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

It really came in great condition. Very satisfied with it. Can’t wait to upgrade mine with some new pickups

[@iburley_]

I love this guitar, it's the one that inspired me to do a full custom guitar from out of Warmoth parts. One thing to note on the pickup swap, the neck pickup isn't standard Telecaster size, you'll have to file the pick guard.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Oh wow thanks for letting me know. Shouldn’t be too hard to file that bad boy. How did your custom guitar come out? What pickups did you end up using? I got the jones for this guitar after I saw the custom shop HST Journeyman Strat. I saw the price and was like hmm, maybe there is something similar to this in a lower price range. I’m halfway debating putting an unbucker in the neck but that means a whole new pickguard.

[@iburley_]

@@SuperdangerStudios The order is in for the Warmoth parts but I haven't gotten them yet. I went custom body, neck, and pick guard so it'll be another couple of months. I'm doing a "Nashville Jazzcaster", to be affectionately named "Bastardcaster", I've already made the waterslide logo for the headstock. Jazzmaster body shape, Tele control plate and pick guard style, Nashville Tele pickup configuration. I went with Fralin for the pickups and wiring. Blue Special Tele set and Blues Special Strat middle. They offer to swap polarity for Nashville setups so you still get hum-cancelling in positions 2 and 4. I went push/pull volume knob for neck-on switch (so I can still get Tele middle position sounds) and push/pull tone knob for a series/parallel switch to get thicker humbucker-y sounds from positions 2 and 4. No idea if I'll ever use them, but I wanted the option!

[@jasonmusic9938]

absolutely love mine

[@NathanNagel]

For me, it’s not the hard tail bridge, it’s the tele bridge and bridge pickup with the plate on the bottom. Thought about buying one and putting a roasted maple neck on it. My current number one is a strat with a tele style bridge pickup (Twangbanger).

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Twangbanger is a killer pickup. I’m thinking the same thing w the neck but this one is really comfortable.

[@ces69]

Someone else did a full in depth review on one (The Guitarista) and surprisingly the bridge pickup appeared to have a plastic base not metal! First thing that needs upgrading to a proper Tele bridge pickup!

[@robphillips8351]

Just ordered one of these yesterday, already have a paranormal offset telecaster and a paranormal tornado. Hard to beat the paranormal series, especially with a bridge and pup upgrades. A little fret leveling and setup work and they are unbeatable and cut way above their price point. I actually Like the squier paranormal and classic vibe series a lot better than my mim telecaster. And even better than a few of the MIA teles I've owned and or played.

[@Ardoresprit]

hey, I was wondering if you've gotten to modifying the guitar with the 52's pickups, what that entailed, and how its been? I've been thinking about getting this and putting some paisley's seymore duncans into it and idk about the middle pickup

[@SuperdangerStudios]

I haven’t bc I apparently gave my pickups to someone else!!! I can’t believe I forgot that. So I gotta order some. Maybe I’ll see if Seymour Duncan wants to do something. Or Lollar even!

[@Ardoresprit]

@@SuperdangerStudiosthat would be rad, I’ve been also looking at frailin as well because they can reverse wind the neck pickup so it’ll be hum cancelling like a Strat but it would lose the hum cancelling on neck and bridge like the usual tele

[@mrcurtis73]

Looking forward to the follow up video on this guitar. I got mine last July and I’ve thought about changing the pickups, too.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

I can't wait either!

[@VinnieGillespie-pq3pt]

Just bought the chocolate sunburst model today! Such a cool guitar, im a tele player myself but my first guitar i ever owned was a strat so i have a soft spot for them.. literally best of both worlds for someone like me lol

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Isn’t it great ? Same w me. I’m a Tele guy now for sure but my Strat roots call to me.

[@eddieholmes3236]

Sounds fabulous. Fantastic bang for the buck.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Can't wait to see what it sounds like when I update it!

[@g.sferrazza10-13]

kinda wish it a simpler wiring 3 way switch 3 knobs nothing else one knob brings middle PU in gradually

[@kevinturvey8213]

when i was growing up (early 80s) squier MIJ matsumoko guitars and basses were fantastic!!!

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Always wanted to play an 80s Squier! Heard so many good things

[@keithmarum5008]

I would call it a telestrap, that's a telestrat.

[@ShaneyBoogz]

Great video man 👍🏼

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Glad you liked it! I realized I gave those pickups to one of my buddies so now I gotta see how I can get new ones in here haha. Cheers!

[@kerrytyk111]

Looks amazing. Thanks for reviewing such an unusual guitar!

[@SuperdangerStudios]

My pleasure! Can't wait to upgrade this thing!

[@officialWWM]

That thing is messing with my head. If it had a Tele neck, I’d buy one! I get the feeling they are testing the water with this one, if it sells, we may see a Fender model.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

If you find a used one might be a fun project to switch necks!

[@officialWWM]

@@SuperdangerStudios yes, that would be fun. The neck pocket is a different shape on a Tele though :/

[@Popsarocker1]

Awesome video and playing as usual. You make that guitar sound great!!

[@serge_archibald5150]

Thnx for the demo! I just got the very same yesterday. Traded it for a Vintage V6 reissued strat wit Tonerider pu. The guy wanted a guitar with a tremolo. Very happy with the trade. On your pedalboard on the top right side, is that a tuner and if so...which one? Keep it up, you got yourself another subscriber...👍🏾🤘🏾👊🏾

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Thanks so much for subscribing my man. Yes the tuner is from rock stock and it’s called their nano tuner!

[@tiltonR2]

When do we get to hear the upgraded pickups?

[@SuperdangerStudios]

@@tiltonR2 as soon as I find them haha. I went through my closet the other day and lost my mind looking for them. Going to have to widen the search area.

[@marcohermans3207]

This is the best review I've seen on this guitar. My compliments. Did you already change the pickups? I've read on the Fralin website that you have to go with reversed polarity pickups... Is this true? I'm subscribing

[@SuperdangerStudios]

I haven’t changed them yet! I’m debating doing an HST (Fralin Unbucker, strat, tele) and getting a good mix of everything in the guitar. For the RWRp you would just need the middle to be that. However it also depends on how the neck is wound

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Very cool Guitar - You had me on eBay and Reverb briefly there 🙈 Awesome playing as always - you'd never know it's not your regular gauge 😎👌

[@SuperdangerStudios]

My dude thank you again. It’s a really good guitar man. I’d be surprised if it doesn’t come way down in price so they can move units before fall shipments.

[@cliffdykes1171]

I may get that one tele and strat yeah

[@steezolini]

Cold open might be the move man!!

[@SuperdangerStudios]

"Get to the point!" haha

[@Santaheckler]

Yep it needs a Tele neck and a strat neck pup…they got those two things backwards.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

If I change the neck Ill change it to a tele neck!

[@modscientist9793]

Oafish😂😂😂😂 wish I could play and sound that oafish❤

[@SuperdangerStudios]

I felt really unsure of the strings playing 9s!

[@neilfordan]

A strat for me has that “original contour body”. This doesn’t have it.

[@liontone]

Finally, a good Strat. Hahaha

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Hahahahah

[@MRxr400]

very interesting guitar. very warm. the think about strat verses tele for me is the controls on a tele are out of the way for live performance and less likely to be bumped, and the horn on a strat makes the guitar headstock/neck reach shorter. I was a strat guy, and still love them, but the tele style suits me to a T as i can focus more on playing and less on bumping controls. My new favourite is tele P90 loaded guitars for how they sit in a mix tone wise.

[@thomascleveland]

John Mayer and Joe Bonamossa both prefer hard tail strats. I am building one right now, can't wait for it. It's gonna be my first quality electric guitar

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Nice man! I think dropping the bridge on a strat is a great move. I hardly bend up anyways and imo you gain so much tonal foundation on top of being able to do double stop bends with no fear.