https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:11:41 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/3/#post-177414 Wed, 17 May 2006 18:17:12 +0000 http://store.guitarfetish.com/wistpi2chpaf.html ----------->these look way cool ! Think they would sound crunchy on the bridge?]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance ArtGuitarHendsbee https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/3/#post-177414 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/3/#post-177149 Tue, 16 May 2006 04:05:35 +0000
would anyone recommend one of those pre wired pickguards from the website I was "ogling" ? Do you mean recommend them as an option, or suggest a specific one? A couple of the guys here are really advocates of those, and I think a prewired pickguard could really reduce the amount of soldering you'd have to do to get new pickups into the Squier.

And if you were looking at the goodies at GFS, you were ogling. Been there, done that. :P]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Doug_C https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/3/#post-177149 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/3/#post-177125 Tue, 16 May 2006 00:44:23 +0000
would anyone recommend one of those pre wired pickguards from the website I was "ogling" ?]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance ArtGuitarHendsbee https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/3/#post-177125 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/2/#post-177074 Mon, 15 May 2006 18:56:34 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/2/#post-177074 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/2/#post-177073 Mon, 15 May 2006 18:55:28 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance ArtGuitarHendsbee https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/2/#post-177073 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/2/#post-177072 Mon, 15 May 2006 18:41:45 +0000 I think that guy might've just talked himself out of possibly selling you some pickups and other guitar parts. Oh, well. :roll:]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Doug_C https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/2/#post-177072 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/2/#post-177065 Mon, 15 May 2006 18:23:20 +0000
What should I start with I dont want to do eevrything at once, since it if my first project I want to take it sort of slow!]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance ArtGuitarHendsbee https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/2/#post-177065 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/2/#post-177046 Mon, 15 May 2006 15:02:40 +0000 If you like what you've got and feel good about doing the upgrades yourself, then go ahead and do it.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/2/#post-177046 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/2/#post-177045 Mon, 15 May 2006 14:19:38 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance ArtGuitarHendsbee https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/2/#post-177045 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/2/#post-176624 Fri, 12 May 2006 21:23:31 +0000
#1, remember that humbuckers tend to have different pole spacing than single-coils... Sine you have a squier your guitar bridge is likely spaced in a way that the strings won't cover/lineup with the humbucker poles (screws). The mini-humbuckers will be fine, but if you buy a set of humbuckers from GFS or others you might find a slight reduction in output since the strings won't be vibrating directly over the poles.Good point, if you have something that wants "F-spaced" pickups. (For "Fender" spacing, which is just a tad wider than "regular" or "Gibson" spacing.) It might be good to do a little measuring before plunking down money on anything, or get something with the "one-size-fits-all" blade polepieces.
#2, if you want to add a 'bucker you can always buy a fully wired pickguard to simply drop in your guitar instead of dealing with the wiring yourself.A prewired pickguard will greatly reduce the amount of fiddling with wiring, but I don't think those are 100% "plug and play." There's still a little soldering needed, unless the output jack is part of the new harness, but it could certainly simplify the process.
#3, I agree that GFS are inexpensive and sound great. BUT, you can get a Mexican fat strat loaded pickguard for about $50, so look into that. Also, I've had amazing success with Duncan mini-humbuckers... if you search around you can get them for $40 or so (used)Yep, I scored a DiMarzio X2N® for my Squier "Bullet Special" on eBay awhile back. I think there was only one other bidder on it, maybe because the seller had been up-front about the fact that somebody had cut its wires back to about two inches. Kinda annoyin' to have to add wire to it, but worth it for the price. (And somebody gave me some nice 24-gauge telephone wire that's just right for projects like that.) Soldering practice!]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Doug_C https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/humbucker-in-a-squier-strat/paged/2/#post-176624