SQUIER MUSTANG - DREAM GUITAR ON A BUDGET? (How to upgrade cheap guiitars!)

[@joestarr05]

WOWZERS! Mustangs are also my favourite guitars.

[@BK-ox6wn]

I have this in Torino red. Great mod platforms. You did an amazing job. I changed to a short compensated saddle Tele bridge and drilled the guitar for a string through. Locking tuners. Bone nut. Tusq string trees. Intonated great and sounds terrific. I've now bought two Bullet Mustangs used and you have inspired me to do more mods. Thanks.

[@rareheir]

Thanks Nick. I love cheap (inexpensive) guitars too. You helped me a few years ago on some of my Beatle recordings. Post more :)

[@ARWest-bp4yb]

Nice job Nick, those Squiers are definitely worth putting some work into! Another hack is to twist the pickup leads together for additional hum canceling. Nice to hear some Ventures/Surf tunes, that's fun stuff to play!👍👍

[@CavershamGuitars]

Great work, it looks really cool. I have a couple of Squier Mustangs. I switched out the bridge on one for a Dynamic Vibrato style one and wired it with the classic out of phase sounds. They are such a cool mod platform.

[@ithomas5576]

I wish my squier body was like yours lol. I built a partscaster last year and all my fancy pots, switches, pickups and input jack were too big for the Squier body cavities and I had to shave off a bunch of wood to make them work (apart from the selector switch, which I wired in backwards so it'd fit 💀). Turned out great in the end though!

[@Gerry-cg6kr]

Nice choice

[@SmarmyJazzCritic]

Great video (subscribed). I'd love it if Squier made a Debut (Amazon) version of the Mustang like they currently do for the Strat ($120) and P-bass ($130). Maple fretboard neck & single pickup to keep it cheap and really inviting to modders. I don't see how it could miss.

[@royfelig2142]

I would have used purple Loc-tite on those screws. It’s easier to move later.

[@__aythami]

The metal plate is already conductive, theres no need of shielding it

[@clairbeeguitar]

Cool video though it is kind of interesting that you didn't replace one of the more important and least expensive parts - the nut. The tuners might not have needed to be replaced if the nut was recut or replaced. Still a neat mod though

[@NickMartellaro]

You're definitely right! I'm aware of my skill limitation, and installing a nut properly is just one of those things I don't have the experience or tools to do properly. I was hoping the nut replacement wouldn't be necessary (and I got lucky) - but it a Graphtech nut would be great for tuning stability.

[@Brannington]

masterful stuff!!! im gonna gleam a lot from this video in the future i feel lol

[@THE-CRT]

Ah, I just threw a dimarzio super distortion in it.

[@jeffmurdock8321]

I'm surprised It's so bright. I've a '76 and it's always been on the darker side. It's all stock but for a treble bleed that I put in it back in the 90's and some 80's Seymour Duncans cuz the stock pups were really under wound and beat by the time I got it. (kids LOL) The 500K pots you put in there would only come into play if you are rolling off the volume, so I don't think that's why it's so bright. You really seem to know your stuff. Cheers, M8!

[@mathewworkman1625]

Nice!

[@DredgenX]

MY DAD!

[@Gerry-cg6kr]

Put guyker trem in it but not the vintage one

[@Gerry-cg6kr]

Like sean on scar my guitars

[@dennisrohm6372]

Tea will darken plastic

[@FelipMartiV]

IMHO you don't need to shield metal plate

[@CarlDraper]

Ok but you cann;t make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. If a guit is really cheap with a crappy light wood body it's never gonna be a brilliant guit

[@jeffmurdock8321]

Cat is young and cutting his teeth on a guitar he can't devalue. That's the best way to learn and make your mistakes before you get into real money and vintage stuff. You have no fear when you can't really break it.

[@CavershamGuitars]

I have to disagree. I'm pretty sure that the Squier bullet has a poplar body, the Squier sonic definitely does. The body and neck are CNC machined to fender spec. With a few changes you have an excellent guitar. I have two Squier Mustangs and they are both really nice to play.

[@mikewhitfield2994]

@@CavershamGuitars Yup, love poplar bodied guitars. Prone to denting but I love the resonance and light weight.

[@Nosferatu981]

Don’t need to use that many spaces.

[@jeffmurdock8321]

@@CavershamGuitars Yes, if the bones are there, mod away and have fun. I didn't like that the routing cavity was so vast here, as the vintage Stangs only had the classic "v" cut for each individual pickup. I assume that is better for the sound as you have a lot more of solid body remaining with a smaller cut out. That said, this guitar is fine.