Throwing $530 of Upgrades Into a $100 Squier!! || High Intergrity NOSTALgufish

[@agufish]

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[@andybungert]

First guitar: Fender Sonoran SCE Acoustic (Cutaway with Strat Headstock) Fist Electric was also a Squier S/S/S strat. Many fun stickers, not added by me. $50 at a garage sale not a bad way to begin :) No upgrades yet. Someday. Still have both. I write most of my music on the acoustic. The strat stares at my back all day while I work. Someday strat.

[@kobalt_ren01]

a Jaxville "Zeus" cheap strat clone, with a wonderfully cheesy lightning graphic as part of the finish! Currently a husk with Wilkinson tuners and an Aria neck, I plan to build it up as a Billie Joe Armstrong-inspired thing, with the angled humbucker. Previously had it with that, no middle pickup, an Epiphone 3-way switch and master volume and tone.

[@iforgotmyname2739]

Squier JR Tele, nothing really, just replaced the pot that went die

[@jaredibarra6530]

My first guitar was an epiphone acoustic that was to expensive for the irresponsable shit that I was at 10 and my first electric was a Yamaha Pacifica that is stock

[@connordix1859]

I put Grover tuners and a baby grand bridge

[@davidgirst5399]

I saw it at a garage sale when I was 9 and begged my mom to buy it. The old man who was selling it saw how bad I wanted it and said to my mom "ten bucks and its his." So we pack this dirty busted tweed case into my moms Toyota Tercel hatchback and take it home. My dad was a guitar player and as soon as he saw me bring in the case he looked shocked asked me where the hell i got it. So I tell him the story still not having a clue what kind of guitar it was. We opened that case to reveal a 1956 fender musicmaster. Red with a gold aluminum pickguard. All original except the volume pot. I hammered out years of songs with no friends to jam with or learn from (or amp). That guitar was pretty much the only Possession that mattered to me. It sparked a lifelong passion for a music that for me has quite literally given my life value at points where I couldn't see any. Looking back I feel like if it weren't for that little fender nobody wanted i wouldn't have been around to end up later giving my son his first strat (at 4years old lol).I'm in my late 30's now and I have lots of guitars. I'm happy to say of all the shitty mistakes I've made along the way, I still have it. Its not going anywhere.The only way I will ever part with that guitar is if I ever meet some kid who needs it as bad as I did when that old man saw me tearing up asking my mom for something i knew damn well we couldn't afford. I Still think about him sometimes and it blows my mind to realize how much that one unselfish act has echoed through my entire life. Moral of the story. If you have 20 guitars and don't play one of them... please donate it. You really could change someone's life.

[@xeones]

Holy shit. So touching. I hope I come across a guitar as special as this one.

[@michaeljoseph8229]

My brother gave me his guitar that sat neglected and a little under a year later bought me my own lp special that I love and dump money and upgrades into. I'm never giving it up because it sounds and plays better than any other guitar I've played. Music has given me new life too so I'm glad to see someone kinda like me.

[@davidgirst5399]

@@xeones Thank you. Any guitar could be that special to the right kid.

[@mirata7748]

do you like fender mustangs and offset? my first guitar is the squier bullet mustang and i love it

[@hathaway.1166]

Well I used to hate my Tanglewood, but after reading your comment, I swear I won't ever throw it

[@evenzeroescanbeheroes6875]

Aww Pringle wanted to help,instant like

[@jrockkai]

Thats a weird way to spell lick.

[@evenzeroescanbeheroes6875]

@@jrockkai oops hehe

[@moo6215]

luthier dog luthier dog luthier dog

[@trustinjesuschrist6933]

Jesus Christ loves you so much and He will save us from our sins if we put our faith and trust in Him! because we all sinned and fell short of Gods perfect glory (romans 3:23) and the wages of sin is eternal death! (romans 6:23) but the gift of God is this john 3:16-21 "for God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. this is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposes. but whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God." and romans 10:9-13 "if you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord" and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. for it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. as scripture says, "anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame. "for there is no difference between Jew and Gentile - the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on Him, for, "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." so God is coming at a time we least expect, and if we put our faith and trust in Him He will gift us His grace and clothe us with the righteousness of His blood (but of course death could not hold Him, He is risen!) and we will have eternal life in His kingdom where there will be there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying. there will be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. because He loves you so much! (romans 5:6-8) but if we deny and reject Him and don't repent from our sins to follow God, then we will have our part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. because no liar, no thief, no blasphemer (using Gods name in vain as a cuss word to express anger or disgust) and no adulterer (Jesus Christ says in matthew 5 that anyone who just looks at someone to lust for they’re an adultery at heart) will enter the kingdom of heaven. so hear these words, repent and believe the gospel! accept Jesus Christ and confess your sins to Him so that He will forgive you and give you a life with truth and real love and joy and peace that this world can never give you or fulfill in you you! and the love and joy and peace that He will give you will never fade away or perish. this is all if you haven't done this yet and Jesus Christ hasn't saved you yet, also when you have time please you should watch this channel here on youtube called "Christ forgiveness ministries" and hear what they have to say, glory to God. God bless you! 🙌👑💟 •.

[@evenzeroescanbeheroes6875]

@@trustinjesuschrist6933 heil satan 666

[@Stubz_Perez]

The Hetfield "bleeps" are my one of my favorite things about your videos. [Re: first guitar] I do have my first guitar but I've since given it to my sister, but any "mods" I did to it were metal dome knobs and locking tuners. I plan on modding my first guitar I bought as an adult with locking tuners, dome knobs and some new pickups at some point but I'll cross that bridge when I get there.

[@deadinsidemcgee411]

Man, I’m gonna throw a baritone neck on my first guitar and some new electronics. It was the first, it deserves to be remembered. I even called it Gretel for the longest time.

[@kobalt_ren01]

8:02 That's one A E S T H E T I C capacitor.

[@kibs1142]

Nice pfp

[@MT_800]

Kirk Hammett: I raised that boy.

[@leombele9310]

And james

[@trainfrainebane]

@@leombele9310Nah Kirk and James look like grandma and grandpa respectfully

[@trainfrainebane]

Metallica grandparents

[@god-awful_contentfr]

@@trainfrainebanelmfao they really do

[@matthewf1979]

Yeah, you wired it wrong. Flip the hot and ground wires on the humbucker. Humbuckers are usually reverse of modern Strat style pickups and vise versa.

[@agufish]

Ah ok will try that!

[@CornDogAnimations]

Will that be the case for me? I'm installing a Dimarzio super 2 for the neck and a Seymour Duncan Trembucker 59 for the bridge. And also using a fender video as a guide.

[@Grayjacket11]

The "Starcaster" Strats they used to sell in Target, Walmart, et al. actually have full-sized bodies - probably better mod platforms than the Bullets/Affinities!

[@slowdriver6868]

Oh I have one of them! It was my first guitar, it's shit. I got it off Amazon as a birthday present, and sure, there are memories that come with it but I now have an even better start copy (hey, I'm still poor, I'll probably never get a real one in my life). If you can, try and get your hands on a Johnson strat (preferably the "EMG designed" pickups edition), that's my current one and I love it to bits. Never played a real strat but I reckon my hunk o' junk plays as well!

[@bucketofham8470]

I have one, hss "arrow" "fat strat". Its actually kinda good. I just dont like how the trem is basically floating.

[@bposey69]

Good to know. I have a starcaster I wanna mod to hell and back

[@caseysmith544]

It is a First Act model is a POS and no other brands parts fit on any of the body on purpose, even other brands strings barely work on it.

[@adampeters1241]

Did anybody else’s heart sink at “These middle positions- what is the point?” Somebody please help out my man

[@JurekkJames]

I thought that was literally the only reason to ever HAVE single coils haha Spank away for days

[@kylelyons6088]

Never used them, don't like the sound. Get rid of them lol

[@christopherfelser]

100% neck & middle is the only way i clean.

[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

Most Strat fanatics love the twang of the "in between" positions but if you are playing heavy drop tuning stuff yeah you really only need a fat humbucker in the bridge and done. So you don't really use a typical strat in that case anyhow.

[@ces69]

Given that he only plays ONE style, (drop tuned chug), his guitars only really need a bridge pickup! In fact he only really needs ONE guitar because everything sounds the same!

[@razzle1692]

I’m still on my first guitar, and I’ve only had for three months, but it’s my most prized possession already. A $100 Guitar. I’ve taken it apart and put it back together, and even taped on some EVH style stripes onto the body and headstock.

[@agufish]

Nice, dude!

[@randyeppyt]

This project was a hot mess. Love it!

[@havefuckingheart]

I wish I kept my first guitar. It was a blue Squier strat. I still have the Kurt Cobain strap I put on it though

[@josephdaniel911]

I still have my first electric guitar and it's by far still my favorite and the best guitar I've ever owned, it's a 90's model Studio Gibson les Paul, I've had it 21 years and never made any mods to it and it's still a beast of a guitar outplaying 2000-3000 dollar guitars.

[@AutismRocksOfficial]

Super Jazz Hands! You Rock, Hunter - Micah

[@shanghaimaath]

I have exactly the same at home and I want absolutely to upgrade it, mate ! Because, woods in it feel very good !

[@bobwalters9151]

My first guitar was a Red magnum! Then I got a series 10... so them were my first and second guitars. Good video hunter, I thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@Oilid]

Hi Hunter! We did almost the same project at the same time! 😉👍

[@trentschlick3261]

If I’m this early.....does that mean daddy fish will like my comment😳

[@DeadmanRides]

Yes

[@ScottWilder]

The high integrity sticker is what makes this a full circle video. Well played!

[@guitarrilho502]

Best pringle moment ever is on this video

[@MichaelD8393]

"Mmm, maple!" 😂

[@dokkenmokken6278]

Nice vid as usual mate! My first ever guitar - a Les Paul copy (Vintage brand) has been in transformation period for the past 2 years. It's completely disassembled but I got all the parts needed like Hipshot locking tuners, IronGear pickups, Graphtech nut, Dimarzio push-pull pots, etc... I re-fretted it with stainless frets and it's just waiting for the right weather to repaint it in something similar to silverburst. I hope it will be finally done in couple months.

[@markymarkthemag]

Still have my first guitar, three tone sunburst “Starcaster by Fender” from costco with an arrow headstock. Its gone through a lot of iterations, guitar hero stickers, anarchy sign made out of electrical tape, woody guthrie TMKF card, but now 15 years later ive spray painted it black and red with different band symbols on it. Also had to swap the neck as the frets were done, so i have a mighty mite maple neck with maple fretboard on it currently. For pickups i took out the original god knows what single coils made in indonesia and put in lace sensors which sound really unique and cool. Also removed one of the tone pots like you did to make more room for my picking hand so its now master volume master tone. So thankful to still have it after all these years!

[@altoid8450]

Dude, I just did the same thing. I have a 1996 Olympic White Affinity Strat I bought new back then as my first guitar. The neck aged and darkened beautifully, and the white body faded and darkened alot. It looks great. I upgraded the pickups, hipshot tuners, Switchcraft output jack, and added a mint green pickguard. Want to do the bridge but it has the thinner body. It looks damn near just like the vintage strat Robert Baker got not too long ago, just not worth near the money. Haha. I love it, and it was an awesome experience to give her a makeovers. I'll never get rid of it. Happy for you!

[@Moth_On_Fire]

4:50 me at the second november

[@ravendemo4980]

HA

[@dowaliby1]

Definitely passed the tone test -- and then some, Hunter. Great job. My first guitar was a Gibson SG, Cherry, I bought from the Music Mart in State College, PA, in 1973 (Boomer Alert!). Never having picked up a guitar before, I immediately purchased it after seeing both the WHO, and Alice Cooper in NYC? I foolishly let it go along the way. Great demo and playing here too!

[@choimdachoim9491]

I called my wife into my room, said "Look at this kid about to play his modified guitar. What kind of music do you think he's going to play?" She said "The way he looks? Probably Metallica." Whatever you call it, I love it.

[@andybungert]

Super video! I applauded for $2.00 👏

[@Guitarmachine115]

I’ve never clicked so fast in my life

[@Waas]

This makes me miss my Squier I had when I was 16. Lost it in a combo house fire and flood. First it got all melty from the house fire but was still playable, just needed a new pick guard. Then as it sat in the basement for repairs, it got flooded and was submerged in water. RIP that poor thing.

[@Payduro]

Hunter may not be as flashy as a lot of the other youtube guitarists, but the dude really has a good ear for kickass riffs

[@tomscioscia9869]

I've noticed your lead playing has improved A LOT lately. Good going!

[@LimitKaswadam]

me watching this video: ''wow i always wanted to do the same with my first guitar'' my first guitar hanging on the wall for over 3 years without strings: ''I'm waiting fucker!!!''

[@6eggsinmybrain]

I would love to be there clerk ringing up the guy with a peppa pig bandage who only has nail polish remover, but with no nail polish on

[@ahmad1ce]

I absolutely love guitar disassembly videos and changing parts 😍 please do more like this, and take your time with editing no need to speed it up 😂I had to slow the video down a bit, just I have a fetish on disassembling a guitar and rebuilding it again 😊

[@teddoucet7323]

My first guitar probably ended as wood fire a long time ago. But i just finished revamping an Ibanez Roadstar II 1984, and it kicks some major butts!

[@guitarsimon1]

I like that you’re sampling the pickup platter with these mod projects rather than just throwing the same set in everything, good man

[@DbeeSapphire]

Wow, first time to your channel. Loved the cat in the intro and your dog giving a neck taste test. But your presenting on the build was pretty great and entertaining. And your metal attack playing is super good. Thanks man 👍😁

[@Excellerator420]

On the pot if you have a extra retainging nut you can adjust the height. I use the same trick on my footswitch buttons. Basically thread on one nut onto the pot stick it through the pickguard and thread the second one on. The one on the underside will be used to set your knob height. The one the outside locks it into place.

[@shanewalton8888]

Nice project. We can feel the love you have for that guitar.

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

Am I the only guitarist who didn't cover their first guitar in stickers as a teen?

[@audiowrench]

I never did it either, but now that I got more into punk and grunge again I kinda wanna do it lmao

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

@@audiowrench punk and grunge have never been my cup of tea. Neither the music nor style. Though I do have a fair few punk friends. But the stickers thing seems to be something a lot of metalhead guitarists do too. But I just think it’s look bad. If I want to personalise a guitar, I’d rather do what Eddie Van Halen and Dimebag Darrel did and paint it. In fact I have repainted a couple of my guitars.

[@audiowrench]

@@RainMakeR_Workshop oh I'm planning on repainting my guitars to give them a unique touch as well.

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

@@audiowrench I hope not the same guitar that's gonna be covered in stickers. In any case, just don't forget to prime it if you're using spray cans. I made that mistake my first time (I was only 17 though and had limited internet access).

[@audiowrench]

@@RainMakeR_Workshop most likely not, no

[@asizeablebear]

Damn bro. Fleshing out one of the old riff idea files into a full track? That's the true victory of this video. Love, love, love this.

[@trwsandford]

I love spending waaay too much on something I'll never sell! I did my own Squier, guessing it is about 20 years old. Did a bunch of fret work. Bought a pick guard with all the electronics on it. Bone nut, and Grover locking tuners. What a machine! Oh and its one of the Bullet Hard tails. I'm more of a Tele guy, so the hard tail feels right to me. It was an intentional purchase.

[@Mcsteveberry]

THIS is the video i was waiting for!!!! \m/

[@coldragoon]

I worked at a music store for over a decade, I remember selling bullets with HSS config. wasent popular but they were about, I'm from Canada

[@Fabbezlg]

I still have my first guitar! It has gotten a refret, i still use it and I plan to never get rid of it!

[@MichaelD8393]

I still have my first guitar: a Lyon by Washburn Strat copy I got from Toys R Us for my 10th birthday. I learned on that guitar and used it until I got my Telecaster, and then my Explorer. The Lyon is currently unplayable - the wood the tremolo screws into has snapped - so when I work on it, I'll need to address that. I'll also have to cut a brand new pickguard as it's not the same shape as a real Strat pickguard. But I'll be getting it up & running in good time for sure.

[@tomgeczy415]

Came for the guitars, stayed for the Pringle

[@dannyortega6454]

I love these high integrity builds

[@DarttheLegend]

Very nice dude! I myself just got finished upgrading my Olympic white Squier Bullet Strat. Went with the flat top hip shot open gears too and the tusq nut, installed the Billy Corgan pickup set from Dimarzio, they are high output and SO HEAVY it sounds amazing now!

[@ss_avsmt]

"This thing is begging to be played" You're goddamn right.

[@mr.e.1512]

Recently did a very similar thing to my first guitar which was an Affinity. Nothing beats that kind of connection. Just so you know, the purpose of the middle switches was because the middle coil was typically reverse wound and Singleton coils have always been noisy. So running the middle positions are similar to using noise canceling and that’s why they seem thin and scooped, because they kind of are. That’s why I love the double stacks myself.

[@Kabayoth]

Some say he's done a meticulous study of pickup wire metallurgy in an effort to find the golden ratio of winds to gauge, which is odd because he invariably strays back to Fishman Fluence pickups in his daily driver. And he refuses to live outside a climate that dries the skin of his knuckles out, bare or otherwise. The man! The Legend! Der Fish!

[@kurdtjohn]

“Empty Apartment” for the clean demo. Nice.

[@matthewfadziejewski1183]

This demo track is probably my favorite one you’ve done!

[@ShadeHope1969]

Awesome. A lot of us wish we still had our first. Great Job.

[@Bh0xzs9110]

Dude, this is BY FAR. Your most awesome sounding guitar! (In my opinion at least)

[@martinclayton7260]

I sold my first guitar, it was a three pickup CSL Les Paul custom. With the money I got for it I bought my first real Gibson Les Paul, which I still have, but the second guitar I bought was a late 1980's Ibanez RG550, and that's been modded. It's had a new neck, new pots, new knobs and switch tip, new pickups, custom made truss rod cover, made from part of a 1970's Honda motorbike, and I'm saving up for a new trem for it now.

[@peik5569]

The bridge+middle position is wired slightly wrong, so the pickups are out of phase when combined. I did the same thing on my strat (with a hot rails in the bridge) and once i got it fixed by moving a couple of wires it became so much better

[@shrimpflakes]

As someone who is new to guitar modification and has a frankenstrat of my own with missing pickguard screws, this video was especially entertaining lol nice work Hunter !

[@the_hippykiller22]

Nice lead playing on that song! You're improving for sure!

[@petebrown3715]

I still have my first "real" guitar which is my 1989 black and white Fender Stratocaster. No mods at all just stock. Only had it refretted 3 years ago. Still plays awesome.

[@benachurch]

That was sick mate!! 🤘🏻🇦🇺🤘🏻

[@andybungert]

REVV TONES! Also that track was KILLER!

[@reno145]

A builder once told me that a piece of wood doesn’t know if it is a coffee table or a guitar neck. I just installed a new made in Mexico Strat neck on my ‘87 Squier. Got a smoking deal that made it way cheaper than a refret. Coupled with the Lace Sensors that I installed in ‘88 and the Kahler Flat Mount in ‘89 and it is still my best playing and sounding Strat.

[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

I have an identical looking Korean Squier Strat maple HSS. It was given to me for free. From the mid 90s. I slapped on a loaded Mexi pick guard I had laying around and it actually sounds decent. Like yours the neck is great. Just shows you can get away cheap, especially if gifted. Mine does not have the full thickness body though. Probably made of plywood. Still it rocks.

[@CrushingAxes]

I think the dog likes the guitar!

[@banditkeithkingofduelmonsters]

The body wood looks like Red Oak. Because of the pinkish color and the little dark colored vertical lines in it.

[@MikeJBlues]

Cool mods, glue toothpicks in the old tuner screw holes then cut level with a razor when they dry. Clean look 👌

[@whatspadethinks]

There's an entire generation of guys who have adopted this hyper-affected 'announcer guy' speaking voice from their years of watching KZbin videos. I guarantee this dude sounded like this long before he ever posted his first video. "Hayy Guh-izzze!!"

[@cyanidejunkie]

About two yrs ago I bought a Squire Affinity for my daughter... restrung it after a thorough setup. I must’ve picked it up every time I looked at it... it played great and tuning was super stable. They’ve come a long way.

[@BadMotivator66]

Smashing video! I could told ya be careful on string spacing lol import is 52mm

[@theviking8189]

Pringle is the best dog.

[@MisterMacky]

I let my buddy “learn” on the guitar I learned on, which is an old affinity squier strat. I loved learning on that thing, but my friend never actually got interested enough in practicing to commit. Finally just ended up asking for it back and offered to let him use a different one of mine - which is just a bad cat kit build that’s okay, but I don’t love playing. Watching vids now for ideas of how to upgrade my first guitar, this one made me excited.

[@MrCarsandguitars]

My first guitar was a 20th anniversary squier bullet. It was black on black with a single humbucker and hardtail bridge.

[@brandonkoch3852]

I had a 2010 bullet strat in Olympic white.that had a full depth body and specs.was a good mod platform for sure.

[@theknownjames3025]

3:15 4:17 is just wholesome.

[@SmewthePew]

I got an ibanez rg550 ( used) when i was 15. That was my first guitar, and i feel like i was possibly a little spoiled. That was 1996

[@b.cguitarcovers2347]

That humbucker sounds good man!🤘

[@willswanderings6912]

I have an Aria STG-007 with a Licensed Flod Rose. I added a brass block on the tremolo and that brought out the spring noise of the tremolo. It sounded like reverb on a sitar. I eliminated that phenomena with coated springs. I did remove some coating at contact points to retain ground connection.

[@babindinda9414]

Hey man, nice to hear you play leads! love it, should do more!

[@agufish]

haha I'm really bad at it. I hate writing leads 🙃

[@babindinda9414]

@@agufish sounds good to me!

[@WalkenDead]

First time I've heard Agufish throw in some Skynyrd. Nice with the Needle and the Spoon

[@Just-Michael]

This is my kind of video since I'm left handed and basically have to mod my guitars to get what I want. I don't have my old guitars anymore, but I have my 4th guitar, which is a Schecter Omen 6 that I got in early 2010. I've modded it to a point where it's pretty worthless to anyone else so I couldn't really sell it if I wanted to, but I used it in my teens to play in bands and record a number of albums and it's still around so I might as well go all out on it. I wanna refinish the top since I stripped the paint off, replace the bridge and tuners with like Gotoh or Hipshot parts, and it already has upgraded pickups but I'll want to have coil splits on both humbuckers. It's a damn work horse. :P Oh, and even though it has a rosewood fretboard, I want to put a finish on it. I'm not a big fan of rosewood. XD

[@peteytwofinger]

so much fun . if i was loaded i would just buy 100 dollar strats and do this all day but i like refinishing them too . i did a yellow 50 dollar strat - it was black , but i used walmart poster paint (air brushed it) and i also primed and painted the headstock yellow . got stickers on ebay and blacked out the pick ups- alnicos with the white gaurd and a gold armed wilkenson trem - its a looker for pretty cheap with some locking tuners and strap locks . its a realy nice playing strat . looks killer too . i paid 50 for it - its an affinity bullet . nice lil gitar with a good neck .

[@fundude365]

I've watched this a couple of times. I've only just noticed that the bobbin covers still say 'Squier by Fender'. Nice simple sleeper mod :)

[@whssy]

First guitar is an Aria Knight Warrior from 1985. Did nothing to it for 30 years and when it needed refretting dropped it in at my local luthier (Hansen guitars) where they replaced the trem arm (old one had stripped threads), serviced the electrics and replaced the worn frets. Still the best guitar I own and way better now than it was when new. About to start an Affinity Strat mod project though.

[@rrparker12]

Nice! I'm actually in the process of fixing up my Squire from 2000. The body was broken into three pieces, had to glue that back together. Got all the finish and paint sanded off. I'm going to put the bridge and neck pickups from an American Strat into it and paint it neon pink.

[@rrparker12]

Now that I think of it, my first electric wasn't the Squire, it was a 1963 Epiphone. Whoever had it before me did some dumb stuff and kinda messed it up. But it's an antique and I'm afraid to touch it. Okay. Vintage, not antique. But still.

[@rodrigonavarro6397]

No way dude, I had no idea that the bamboo thing was something other people did. I do that all the time when I strip a hole or need to redrill one, wicked mod btw

[@jjgalletta66]

Seems like a lot of time, money, risk and effort. But, if this your thing, then ROCK ON! 🤘

[@hazenstribling2646]

My first guitar is an old sparkle blue affinity squire that I modified the hell out of. I actually put in a standard fender bridge block that sticks out a little bit (don't care) as well as a cream pickguard with matching cream dimazrios from the 80s (a PAF pro and super distortion 3). Also new tuners, graphtec saddles, custom headstock logo with my name, and shockingly the stock nut. For some reason the nut actually is really good and I have no problems with it.

[@Cigarsnguitars]

A couple of thoughts-the scratches are from one of your bridges that you laid upside down. The saddle screws on the old one are probably the ones. Use a flat blade screwdriver to pop out old nuts. Dry fit the new one to make sure it fits properly. Just a drop of glue will hold it in place. Since you switched out your bridge and saddles you’ll need to have the intonation set. Either you or your luthier can perform this task. It’ll give you a chance to make any height adjustments you’d like to have for strings and make sure they don’t buzz from other fret wires. Just a few thoughts as you go through some of your options and upgrades.

[@malabarista42]

Still have my first Affinity strat from 1997. It isn't recognizable any more, though. I stripped the finish, replaced the neck with a Warmoth, wound my own custom P-90s, and replaced all of the electronics. The only original part is the body and the bridge (which I swapped out the sustain block). So yeah, a mod project to be sure

[@mccloud273]

15:59 SEAL PRINGLE CONFIRMED Love the riff btw, that's some quality scene shit 👌 As for your comment section question: I'm actually getting my first guitar upgraded hopefully some time this week, swapping out the "duncan designed" actives for Sully secret menu passives Edit: forgot to mention what it was cos I'm a dummy, its a Schecter Demon 6 from guitar center I got when I was 16. I then promptly named the guitar "16" in honor of the occasion 😂

[@IbaChiba]

So much jank, awesome

[@scottsteel4230]

Pringle does GREAT work.

[@euphorialoquendoproductions]

15:56 16:10 Playing BFMV with a Squier *Bullet* . Classy.

[@erickfuentes1564]

Love the video man! I still have my first guitar, a Fender Squire that I got from my dad 25 years ago. This video makes me want to put some love into it and get it in playing condition. 🤘

[@Swithyyyy]

My first guitar was an Affinity Strat from the same era and until I saw “Bullet” on your headstock I figured it was an Affinity as well. So weird that the Chinese market Bullets had the bigger headstock and better tuners. My brother had a Bullet and it was super light, small headstock, and terrible plastic tuners. I’m in the middle of upgrading my Affinity so I had a blast watching this. Can’t wait for my parts to arrive so I can bring my baby back to life :)

[@delgrandephotos]

i have a 1978 flying v that unfortunatly had picups problems so i had to change them, i snaped some awesome ibanez ones from a broken artcore guitar, upgraded the eletronics... its an amazing guitar to play today

[@batmansuperfan1558]

My first electric guitar was a Squier Affinity strat HSS. It had a black sparkle pickguard and a white body. I stopped playing it as soon as I got a Classic Series 60s Fenders Strat, and I recently traded the Squier with my acoustic guitar for a modded Schecter Omen 6 with 2 Seymour Duncans in it. My Squier has served me well, but it was time to let go; I wanted it to be put to use by someone who would actually use it. I am very happy with my collection right now.

[@tristanevrs]

Mine was also a bullet strat, I’ve just overhauled mine into a black Tom Delonge signature, black pickguard on black body with a single humbucker bridge with a Wilkinson vintage alnico instead of a Duncan invader because I didn’t like the invader and wanted something more versatile and cheap, and replaced all the hardware with black hardware, it’s actually an absolute beast and I only spent about £50 on everything