Cheap Squier Stratocasters are better when modified

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Congrats to Joao Saldanha (Jqo jsi) from Brazil who won this at random.

The colour was Manilla Green btw.

Some simple Squier mods to make it better than a standard Mexican Fender - there's no magic recipe but a good setup and some hardware improvements will go a very long way.

Also, don't mess up putting the tuners on if they're staggered, like I did! I was convinced they weren't a staggered set and didn't notice lol 😆

That pentatonic lick that I absolutely butchered at the start was from TikToker Andrés Agüero - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJqFBC2w/
(He's very good, go check him out)

Pickguard link (Amazon affiliate) - https://amzn.to/3O4xMSM

Shop around for the parts but while writing this I just found Gotoh locking tuners at an unbelievable price over at StewMac (I'll be ordering a set!):

https://www.stewmac.com/parts-and-har...

The Dimarzio is a DP159 (standard spacing) I found this in a second hand music store in Vienna for 45 Euros (£38 / $48ish).

Fender bridge is a standard old MIM bridge - shop around on ebay you'll find these same ones or maybe even some with a bigger (better) block. I said £15 to £20 in the video but looking now and they seem a bit more expensive, I'd have sold that one for £15-20 though so SHOP AROUND!

Cheers everyone, good luck in the comp and watch out for scammers in the comments please!

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