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									What to do.... - Guitar Repair and Maintenance				            </title>
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                        <title>RE: What to do....</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/what-to-do-4/#post-251222</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I actually might do what your suggesting...But these would be my Standard tuning guitar.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I actually might do what your suggesting...But these would be my Standard tuning guitar.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>infamous16</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: What to do....</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/what-to-do-4/#post-251155</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Then you can do the Steinar stuff ;)]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Then you can do the Steinar stuff ;)<br><br><a href="http://www.gregertsen.com/image/stratoslider2.jpg"><img src="http://www.gregertsen.com/image/stratoslider2.jpg"></a>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>DemoEtc</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: What to do....</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/what-to-do-4/#post-251154</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I&#039;d just get a set of stacked humbuckers (either Duncan Hotstacks, or the Carvin blades), and use it strictly as an open tunings guitar. Maybe block the trem or get one of theseit for tuning...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I'd just get a set of stacked humbuckers (either Duncan Hotstacks, or the Carvin blades), and use it strictly as an open tunings guitar. Maybe block the trem or get one of these <a href="http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Custom-Shop-Parts-Hot-Rod-Drop-Top-Convertible-Bridge?sku=361537">http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Custom-Shop-Parts-Hot-Rod-Drop-Top-Convertible-Bridge?sku=361537</a><br><br>Use it for tunings or slide.

That's a good idea, I have two cheap guitars that I'm keeping after I upgrade to a better main guitar so I can play in alternate tunings with the cheaper guitars.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>Steve-0</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: What to do....</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/what-to-do-4/#post-251152</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I&#039;d just get a set of stacked humbuckers (either Duncan Hotstacks, or the Carvin blades), and use it strictly as an open tunings guitar. Maybe block the trem or get one of theseit for tuning...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I'd just get a set of stacked humbuckers (either Duncan Hotstacks, or the Carvin blades), and use it strictly as an open tunings guitar. Maybe block the trem or get one of these <a href="http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Custom-Shop-Parts-Hot-Rod-Drop-Top-Convertible-Bridge?sku=361537">http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Custom-Shop-Parts-Hot-Rod-Drop-Top-Convertible-Bridge?sku=361537</a><br><br>Use it for tunings or slide.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>DemoEtc</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: What to do....</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/what-to-do-4/#post-251149</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Not at all. A neck is about 125 for a official fender one, and pickups are around 40...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Not at all. A neck is about 125 for a official fender one, and pickups are around 40...]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>infamous16</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: What to do....</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/what-to-do-4/#post-251112</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[If you can get $50 for it in trade, you would only need $200 or less for a used standard MIJ Strat.  New pickups and a new neck alone would cost you much more than that!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[If you can get $50 for it in trade, you would only need $200 or less for a used standard MIJ Strat.  New pickups and a new neck alone would cost you much more than that!]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>Riff Raff</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: What to do....</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/what-to-do-4/#post-251069</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Yeah, you&#039;re all right. I don&#039;t think I will have the money to do it anyway, and If I did I would just buy a nice amp.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Yeah, you're all right. I don't think I will have the money to do it anyway, and If I did I would just buy a nice amp.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>infamous16</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: What to do....</title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Yep. I wouldn&#039;t spend my money upgrading it.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Yep. I wouldn't spend my money upgrading it.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>Ricochet</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: What to do....</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/what-to-do-4/#post-251052</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[If you want a strat, buy a strat.By the time you spend all the time and money turning something that&#039;s not a strat into a strat, you could have bought a guitar and amp.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[If you want a strat, buy a strat.<br><br>By the time you spend all the time and money turning something that's not a strat into a strat, you could have bought a guitar and amp.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>kingpatzer</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: What to do....</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/what-to-do-4/#post-250978</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Well, If I brought it in to a shop they would probably give me less then $50 instore credit for it, so I&#039;d rather keep it.I might just wait for guitar fetish to get some in, or just get ever...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Well, If I brought it in to a shop they would probably give me less then $50 instore credit for it, so I'd rather keep it.<br><br>I might just wait for guitar fetish to get some in, or just get everything but the neck and see how it works out. Are there any guides on putting a neck in?]]></content:encoded>
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