Squire Stratocaster – Upgrade

I know this is a budget guitar but it should have been better than this.  However a little bit of work and I’ll get it playing nicely…. The first thing I did was to remove the nut.  It’s a good job I was planning to replace it as the old one came out in bits….. I’m […]

Squire Stratocaster – Setup

A nice new guitar.  They can be good guitars but, sadly, they don’t seem to have the time to set them up properly in the factory.  They just need a little work to make the most of them. While I’m at it the owner wants all the protective plastic removing, not actually as easy as you […]

Squire Strat with new Tele Neck – Update

Had a spare slot this week so managed to finish off the Strat’.  What a job, I like a challenge sometimes but not like this one… Not only were the frets very uneven but the truss-rod is stuck solid.  There is a slight back-bow without the strings so I bolted it on the jig to […]

Squire Stratocaster – Fret Dress

A nice colour,  in fact a nice guitar.  I was asked to just adjust the setup but what it really needs is a fret-dress. Rather worn frets… After a few hours, level frets. Once it’s back together it will play as well as any new guitar.  A lot better than when it was new, the frets […]