Modified Squier Stratocaster demo by Josh Wibaut

Josh demonstrates what happens if you modify your guitar. The guitar has some Dimarzio pickups and the neck has had the finish taken and has had a refret with jumbo frets.

The guitar is running through a Fender Hotrod Deluxe. Josh shows how to get various tones out of the amp and guitar.

Equipment used:
Mexican Squier Stratocaster with Dimarzio pickups (Tone Zone, Virtual Vintage, Humbucker From Hell)
Fender Hotrod Deluxe
Spectraflex Vintage Series Cable
Boss DS-1

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[helleeno]

Hello! Great demo!

I've been planning on installing a Tone-Zone S (the single sized onde) on my strat (and perhaps a coil splitter switch), in order to make more versatile, but hearing that it will lose all that glassy tone that single coils tipically deliver, I've been afraid of killing my Fender's soul, you see, haha. So, if I may ask, did you notice any considerable loss of strat-like tone? Is it possible to keep that exact single coil tone by being able to split humbucker's coils?

Thanx!

[testing123reviews]

@helleeno With this guitar, it was the full size h'bucker with no coil tapping. Put it into position 2 on the switch and you get that perfect quacky Strat sound. However, I have tried similar rail pickups and noticed that when coil tapped, there is only a significant drop in output. But if you combine it with the middle pickup, you can get a classic, glassy Strat tone.

[kakabulle243]

that's a fender my friend NOT! a squier ;-1

[testing123reviews]

@kakabulle243 Yes this is a Mexican Fender, but it is also from their Squier series. There is a small Squier logo stamped on the headstock.

[wedge070]

Mexi Squier???? Squiers are asian/indo made now. Before they were Japanese made... think mexis are just mexis.. squier means asian made... could be wrong..

[testing123reviews]

@wedge070 It is a Mexican Fender, but it is part of their Squier series from some years ago.

[sgperson101]

Why does it say fender on the headstock?

[tony93666]

I've got a Chinese Squier Strat modded all to hell with a GFS H-S-S pickups & a Ritchie Blackmore style scalloped fretboard(not that I can play like him) - great sounding/playing guitar.

[satjathamma]

@Piconix a humbucker in the bridge position give a compleatly different sound,

it all depends what kind of music you like to play,

if you like the early Van Halen sound or simular it would be a good idea,

or if you play heavy metal, but for classic rock I actually prefer the singlecoil

it have a more old sound to it,

[testing123reviews]

@Piconix It is very simple, if you don't feel confident enough to fit the pickup yourself take it to a local guitar store.