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Squier Strat

Farseer

Farseer

Dec 22, 2014
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Parker, Colorado
#1
Not bass related however I respect all of your opinions. My son is a guitard and takes a guitar class in high school. He will have this class for all 4 years. They require that he has a guitar at school and for convience He should leave it there. He has a Les Paul that is his #1 and I do not want, nor does he, to leave it at school. I have a old chinese squier strat that is a pile. I could replace all the electronics, tuners, bridge and do a set up for about $350 or by him a mid level guitar between $500-$800.

You know the drill, what say you.
 
#3
If the school requires he have one there, they should provide it.

Imagine how you'd feel if you waste money on upgrades & then it's stolen or damaged.

IMHO you should let him have it as is & if he wants to upgrade the components he can do it the old fashioned way like most of us did.
The experience of working on his own instrument (or yours) would be good for him.
 
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Killed_by_Death said:
If the school requires he have one there, they should provide it.

Imagine how you'd feel if you waste money on upgrades & then it's stolen or damaged.

IMHO you should let him have it as is & if he wants to upgrade the components he can do it the old fashioned way like most of us did.
The experience of working on his own instrument (or yours) would be good for him.
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Your right. What angers me is they require it, wont provide it. Same thing with computers. The kids are required to have there own lap tops as well. Drives me nuts. Have him upgrade it. I like it. I can't believe I didn't think of that.
 
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Ironically (or coincidentally?), my community college English professor was born & raised in Wyoming.
He had us all read Moby Dick for his class.
I still see him around & worked with his son, while his daughter was my 4-year college counselor.

add:

You get redemption points for spelling Squier correctly, as almost everyone gets it wrong.
 
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yeah, I wouldn't invest in changing it. Give it a set up, however thorough is up to you, from a simple action and intonation change right up to adjusting pickup height and leveling/polishing frets. IMO and IME, guitars like this are great for working on like that, once it plays great it'll sound a lot better without changing anything. When it comes to investing money into the thing, if somebody takes it it just means you'll be more in the hole than you did when it was stock, and the instrument isn't worth that much anyways, it'd be easy to put more than the guitar is worth into pickups and tuners alone.
 
#12
I think it might be a fun father/son bonding project to work on a guitar together. Y'no, like Brian May building his guitar with his dad. Maybe he'll pass that guitar down to his son.

Me and my dad worked on two old cars together and now they're priceless to me.
 

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