I think it’s awesome, don’t worry about what others think. It’s just their opinion. Where did you get that pick guard? I need one, I’m gonna set up one of my guitars like that.
Nice!! I have a 87 MIJ Squier, my very 1st guitar. Ive had it since new. It has the same neck stamps as this guitar. I modded it like crazy when i was a kid so nothing really orig except for the body and neck. I recently put a MIM Fender classic 60s replacement neck with 12" radius to bring it back to life. The old neck needs a lot of work and i hate the 7.25 radius.
Awesome guitars!! I love the 80s MIJ Squiers, they're basically the same quality as Fender in my opinion... And even some of the 90s MIK stuff too! Sounds like a beautiful guitar you've got. If you want to sell that old Squier neck ever give me a shout on Instagram!
Awesome video man! No matter what anyone says keep modifying all those guitars!!Even if Russel says otherwise, I love seeing it. I’m excited about the competition guitar. Hoping to win it!
@@Giant_Guitars it’s in Torino red, not normally a fan of red but it really works for this guitar haha I really like this pickguard you put on yours! Makes me wanna get another Strat and do the same
Ohhh I think red and the '80s works well though, nice one! Yeah I love the Robbie Robertson style, I just wish I'd bought black pickup covers and knobs though, might do that next.
That change was so much better, people are pretty silly to say not to do that personally never been a fan of a traditional strat pickup layout this is an amazing improvement !
Building a parts-caster with this pickup configuration is on my list of projects. I'm leaning towards Robbie Robertson's traditional 3-way tele wiring, but I might go for a 5-way switch we'll see. I want to do a walnut body, black pickguard, soft v neck, lollar vintage tweed pickups, tele knobs just like Robbie's.
New sub here, enjoying the mods and getting great information from watching. What’s the point of having these things if we can’t mess around with them? Thanks!
Nice , and very well done! what’s the routing tool model you use please? Have you considered a bit of relicing , could be nice given that there’s 2 finishes on it
That was an Erbauer 1/2" router (screwfix own brand) my neighbour gifted it to me and it's surprisingly good! Yeah I relic'd this slightly later on before I sold it 🙂
Hey man, great guitar, i always loved strat and tele designed guitar, loved the guitar you are giving away and highly appreciate you because you're spreading happiness❤️
Looks amazing! I did put another pickup so it has 4 single coils, 2 acting as a humbucker but i like this much more over mine! where did you get that pickguard?
@@Giant_Guitars Thank you so much for taking your time to answer and for the link to the pickguard. The guitar was given to me by one of my bandmates, its an old Starcaster, i liked the sound of it but i wanted more, thats why i put the second coil on the bridge so i can simulate a humbucker running them in series.
I think the mod looks great, and I’m not just sucking up for the contest. I think my subs are public, but commenting to let you know I subscribed, just to be sure.
Sorry I should have explained that, it's purely because of the shape of the pickup, it wouldn't fit together with the bridge one so tightly without flipping it
Back in the eighties everyone was chopping up strats to fit in humbuckers. Today it became a taboo! It’s your guitar, do whatever you want with it! Nothing wrong with that!
I have the same guitar I bought new in 1990, Japanese 57 reissue. Only mod is a single sized humbucker in the bridge. It was originally a slightly off-white colour, but has gone more yellow over time, but not as yellow as that one. The neck stamp is ST-57 and the body is STD-57, so I'm guessing yours has been put together from 2 guitars or maybe a different model? I'm sentimentally attached so won't be hacking any chunks out of it!
Your one sounds great 👌 and I think you're right or at least that was my thinking that this is a parts guitar but I'm assured by the seller it's not - who knows! And I don't care enough to find out haha
I bought the Squier classic vibe 60s strat. Modified it. Fender 59 pickups, Mojotone blender wiring harness, CT’s pots, t filled compactor, switchcraft 5 way and jack, fender locking tuners, black pearl pickguaurd. Enjoyed moding it and like it better now than my USA strat. I also put a flame maple neck on it that I already had but neck that came on it was perfectly fine. Ty for ur comment. Hello from north Alabama USA
Love your content! Subbed and follow you on Instagram. Love seeing the builds. Fingers crossed I get lucky on the comp, would deffo use that guitar on one of my videos!
Thanks David, appreciate it! I'm still learning how to video and edit properly so hopefully the content will get better and better! Good luck with the comp.
@@Giant_Guitars doing well so far man. I know the feeling as I started with no prior knowledge and taught myself. If I can ever help with anything just gimme a shout dude! ❤️
if a guitar is solely for my own playing, comfort & and preference, then I say, Modify. but if I have an eye towards selling it and letting the value go up then I say "Leave it Cherry".
I'm a bit confused..I thought you were putting a hum bucker in at the bridge, I don't know anything about the Robbie Robertson guitar, so, does this work as before, like, you didn't rewire anything and moved the middle pick up to sit with the bridge. Silly question, but, does it change the sound of the guitar at all or is it purely an aesthetic thing? You kept the original five way switch in it? I apologise for the confusion on my part, like I say, I'm not really up on these things. The colour is lovely. Very unique as you rightly said. Cheers.
Yeah totally changes the sound of the guitar, as you move a pickup position that pickup will sound different and the strings vibrate differently along the guitar - so if you have 2 exactly the same pickups and put one in the bridge and one in the neck they will sound different. Compound that with the fact I also flipped the middle pickup the sound is totally different. Robbie Robertson used a 3 way, I kept the 5 way to give unique tones in positions 2 and 4! Courtnay Music now owns this and plays it on stream 3 times a week!
@@Giant_Guitars That's really interesting. I missed the bit where you flipped the pick up, which I guess must change the sound/polarity? All a bit beyond me but interesting all the same. Thanks for the reply.
I want to hear some sound samples. It would have been great if you did a before-after sound tests with you amp on the same settings. Regardless, I think it looks amazing! Good work.
Subbed a few days ago! I feel so dumb for not knowing that Strats with these type of pickguards, don't have humbuckers lol. That it's actually the middle pickup placed near the bridge! I think it looks awesome!
Axesrus.co.uk I believe it was, do a Google search for 'Robbie Robertson style pickguard' and it should come up. Failing that Warmoth will make them custom too!
Honestly i would really love to win that guitar, i have been playing for 2-3 years now on my Squier classic vibe strat and want to try a humbucking guitar for some time now… Good luck to everyone!
@@Giant_Guitars thanks for that info! I’m modding a strat and was going to move the middle pickup , but wasn’t sure which way to go. Now I know. I’ll also replace the bridge pickup with a Dimarzio BC2 to fatten up to a humbucker. Glad I found your channel. I have to mod every guitar I own!🎸
I think modifying old guitars is so much better than leaving them original because your sorta carrying on the instruments story , amazing build also!!!
I specially believe it makes more sense to modify it for someone to play it than to buy a 20th strat that plays identically to the other ones you have locked up in a room,
Instruments are medias of expression just as art supplies are, if they don’t serve the purpose they need to then they can adapt, just as any person could You ruin the value as a historic art piece but fundamentally that’s not what instruments are, unless you just want something to invest in I guess, in which case it kinda seems like a tool that’s never used
.I am a bit surprised that that old strat had no copper shielding . Even the older models of Fender , were typically shielded well. The cheap knock offs were the ones where the manufacturers typically cheaped out .
@@Giant_Guitars That was the first time I played my '59 LP right before the AJ sig. Polar opposites. I'm really dig'n the neck. It's like no LesPaul neck I've ever felt? It's better than the asymetrical slim taper on the Moderns. Very fast.
Giant Guitars...There is no cutout on the body to access the truss rod bolt....so that body would have came with a neck that has a truss rod bolt on the neck...
Late to this video…and the fact you mentioned Robbie Robertson means that I was correct in thinking that was the vibe you were going for. (And, yes, I believe that Robbie’s Strats had three way switches in them…at least, the ones he used in “The Last Waltz”, anyway: one was a Copper-ish color the other was a Sunburst as the backup.)
Robbie said that he used the pickups in the configuration he did because he didn’t like the middle pickup in it’s usual location - and that, other than the modified pickguard to accommodate the new pickup positions, the Strats were also stock.
Yep Tele player originally and didn't like the middle pickup position for his playing style. It's very cool to see! My whole desire to work on guitars is firmly rooted in hot rodding and modifying so I love to see OGs modding stuff back in the day, Robbie's bronze Strat is probably one of my all time favourites!
That would be beautiful! I got mine from Axesrus.co.uk but I know Warmoth also have a pickguard builder maybe if you're not in the UK you could try them
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@@AscensionBeatz good luck!
Subscribed. And really cool mods
@@AJLuby110 cheers AJ and good luck
The FREE guitar will get a clean, restring and setup before I give it away. Good luck to all, can't wait to see where it goes to!
So excited 🤞🏻
Hope I win! 🙏🏻
@@shainmcgraham3459 good luck Shain
Came out nice man. I like it.
I think it’s awesome, don’t worry about what others think. It’s just their opinion. Where did you get that pick guard? I need one, I’m gonna set up one of my guitars like that.
This one was from axesrus.co.uk, I think Warmoth make them to offer too
Just found your channel and I love it! I used to do quite a bit of kit building and you’re inspiring me again!
Thanks friend! Do it, start building kits again!!
Nice!! I have a 87 MIJ Squier, my very 1st guitar. Ive had it since new. It has the same neck stamps as this guitar. I modded it like crazy when i was a kid so nothing really orig except for the body and neck. I recently put a MIM Fender classic 60s replacement neck with 12" radius to bring it back to life. The old neck needs a lot of work and i hate the 7.25 radius.
Awesome guitars!! I love the 80s MIJ Squiers, they're basically the same quality as Fender in my opinion... And even some of the 90s MIK stuff too! Sounds like a beautiful guitar you've got. If you want to sell that old Squier neck ever give me a shout on Instagram!
Awesome video man! No matter what anyone says keep modifying all those guitars!!Even if Russel says otherwise, I love seeing it. I’m excited about the competition guitar. Hoping to win it!
Thank you bud! And good luck to you for the comp. Haha Russel and the others are cool I'm just messing with them 🤣 I'll never stop modifying guitars.
I just got a 1988 fender Strat myself! Previous owner threw a humbucker in the bridge and I am loving it
Sounds amazing! What finish is it? Looks like this one might be an '89 neck with a '96 or '98 body!
@@Giant_Guitars it’s in Torino red, not normally a fan of red but it really works for this guitar haha I really like this pickguard you put on yours! Makes me wanna get another Strat and do the same
Ohhh I think red and the '80s works well though, nice one! Yeah I love the Robbie Robertson style, I just wish I'd bought black pickup covers and knobs though, might do that next.
That change was so much better, people are pretty silly to say not to do that personally never been a fan of a traditional strat pickup layout this is an amazing improvement !
Thanks Charlie, I appreciate the comment 😊 and I agree
Building a parts-caster with this pickup configuration is on my list of projects. I'm leaning towards Robbie Robertson's traditional 3-way tele wiring, but I might go for a 5-way switch we'll see. I want to do a walnut body, black pickguard, soft v neck, lollar vintage tweed pickups, tele knobs just like Robbie's.
That sounds unbelievable, you totally won me with the soft V neck 👌
Nice! Fingers crossed for the comp.. Would love a follow up video to see how this sounds :)
Fingers crossed indeed, thank you 🙏 soon as I get some decent setup for recording I will do demos mate
damn that looks better, the sound will be more punchy🔥
100% is for sure especially in that number two position with both bottom single coils now
I'm in! I said I wouldn't "buy" any more guitars, winning one is fair game 😊
And you're free to do whatever you want to your guitars. 👍
Haha exactly, it's not buying if you win!
Oh man! That competition guitar is literally what I was thinking of building!!! ❤❤❤ great work and great videos!
Thanks Brad and good luck 🙏
New sub here, enjoying the mods and getting great information from watching. What’s the point of having these things if we can’t mess around with them? Thanks!
Looks sick, and that competition guitar is gorgeous 😍😍
Thanks bud and good luck in the comp!
Nice , and very well done! what’s the routing tool model you use please? Have you considered a bit of relicing , could be nice given that there’s 2 finishes on it
That was an Erbauer 1/2" router (screwfix own brand) my neighbour gifted it to me and it's surprisingly good!
Yeah I relic'd this slightly later on before I sold it 🙂
Apologies, this thing does not let me know when there’s replies to my comments. Ok thanks!
Tremendous! Really beautiful!
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice!
Thanks bud
Good job, you kept its original charm and gave it a bridge boost 👍
Excelent 🎉😊 Good luck
Thank you! 😃
Hey man, great guitar, i always loved strat and tele designed guitar, loved the guitar you are giving away and highly appreciate you because you're spreading happiness❤️
Thanks a lot Ratul, much appreciated comments 🙏
Looks amazing! I did put another pickup so it has 4 single coils, 2 acting as a humbucker but i like this much more over mine! where did you get that pickguard?
Wow yours sounds super interesting too! I got this pickguard from Axesrus.co.uk if you Google 'Robbie Robertson pickguard' you should find some!
@@Giant_Guitars Thank you so much for taking your time to answer and for the link to the pickguard. The guitar was given to me by one of my bandmates, its an old Starcaster, i liked the sound of it but i wanted more, thats why i put the second coil on the bridge so i can simulate a humbucker running them in series.
@@hyramjackson you're very welcome, any time! That sounds brilliant, I hope to see it sometime!
@@Giant_Guitars I will be waiting for the sound demo btw!
This guitar is so cool! Love that aged yellow look and how the plastic matches it now.
Thanks 🙏 yeah it was so cool, Courtnay Music has it now
That giveaway guitar looks awesome. The bridge is so cool! And the colors go together very nicely.
The bridge is the best part! Super cool from Aluminati Guitars - good luck and thanks 🙏
I think the mod looks great, and I’m not just sucking up for the contest. I think my subs are public, but commenting to let you know I subscribed, just to be sure.
Haha thanks Paul and good luck!!
I WANT THIS! It looks so clean!
Good luck bud
New subscriber, been following along on Instagram for a while now, SO inspiring with such tasteful design on your guitars!
Wow thanks bud I appreciate that a lot 🙏
Class. Always wanted a Robbie Robertson style strat setup. How's it's sounding? Keep moddin 🎸🎸🎸
Sounds way punchier in those bottom 2 positions! And thanks mate
Subscribed , very nice video and guitar, can’t wait to see where it goes :)
Thanks bud and me neither!
This is amazing, just subbed
Thanks bud I appreciate that and good luck!
Love the mod! Please forgive my ignorance, but why did you need to flip the middle pickup around when you placed it in its new position?
Sorry I should have explained that, it's purely because of the shape of the pickup, it wouldn't fit together with the bridge one so tightly without flipping it
@@Giant_Guitars Ah - I thought it might be how the wires came off the pickup or something. Anyway, excellent job - looks great!
@@DanDjurdjevicplus sort of is in a way so you're not wrong! Thanks again bud
Back in the eighties everyone was chopping up strats to fit in humbuckers. Today it became a taboo! It’s your guitar, do whatever you want with it! Nothing wrong with that!
Couldn't agree more my dude 😎
That guitar is an absolute monster. Found you on tiktok glad to see people still messing with guitars
Thanks Oliver! I'll never stop messing with guitars, it's imprinted in me 😅
Oh man that seafoam guitar is gorgeous, would have been perfect with a tremolo bridge to round off the 80s vibes🔥
Haha yeah totally or a Floyd! Thanks mate!
Awesome job!. 🙌🏼
Thank you!! 😁
Class video. And I’m already subscribed. 🤘🏼
Thanks Murray!
I have the same guitar I bought new in 1990, Japanese 57 reissue. Only mod is a single sized humbucker in the bridge. It was originally a slightly off-white colour, but has gone more yellow over time, but not as yellow as that one. The neck stamp is ST-57 and the body is STD-57, so I'm guessing yours has been put together from 2 guitars or maybe a different model? I'm sentimentally attached so won't be hacking any chunks out of it!
Your one sounds great 👌 and I think you're right or at least that was my thinking that this is a parts guitar but I'm assured by the seller it's not - who knows! And I don't care enough to find out haha
Subscribed :) very nice content! I’m thinking of trying to build my own guitar soon so this is cool stuff to see!!
💯 do it bud 👌 and thank you
Love this, awesome stuff mate!
Glad you enjoy it! Thanks
Just subscribed, been wanting a new guitar for my birthday. Hoping to win 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Happy birthday Lee and good luck to you
That guitar is so cool whoever wins it is really lucky
Thank you mate, good luck to you!
Looks class 🤘
Thanks Andrew 🙏
Subbed after seeing all your insta content, rad builds
Thanks Braiden and good luck in the comp!
I bought the Squier classic vibe 60s strat. Modified it. Fender 59 pickups, Mojotone blender wiring harness, CT’s pots, t filled compactor, switchcraft 5 way and jack, fender locking tuners, black pearl pickguaurd. Enjoyed moding it and like it better now than my USA strat. I also put a flame maple neck on it that I already had but neck that came on it was perfectly fine. Ty for ur comment. Hello from north Alabama USA
Sounds like an amazing guitar mate! Love mods like that
Both guitars are beautiful 😍
Thanks Tim 🙂
looks cool but the sound is more important. How does it sound?
Sounds beautiful, always did but I think it's more punchy now in that number 2 position 👌
I subscribed to try and win the guitar but actually
I’ve just discovered a great TH-cam channel so thanks!!
Wow thank you, that means a lot to me!
Love your content! Subbed and follow you on Instagram. Love seeing the builds. Fingers crossed I get lucky on the comp, would deffo use that guitar on one of my videos!
Thanks David, appreciate it! I'm still learning how to video and edit properly so hopefully the content will get better and better! Good luck with the comp.
@@Giant_Guitars doing well so far man. I know the feeling as I started with no prior knowledge and taught myself. If I can ever help with anything just gimme a shout dude! ❤️
if a guitar is solely for my own playing, comfort & and preference, then I say, Modify. but if I have an eye towards selling it and letting the value go up then I say "Leave it Cherry".
This is a good way of thinking!
I'm a bit confused..I thought you were putting a hum bucker in at the bridge, I don't know anything about the Robbie Robertson guitar, so, does this work as before, like, you didn't rewire anything and moved the middle pick up to sit with the bridge. Silly question, but, does it change the sound of the guitar at all or is it purely an aesthetic thing? You kept the original five way switch in it? I apologise for the confusion on my part, like I say, I'm not really up on these things. The colour is lovely. Very unique as you rightly said. Cheers.
Yeah totally changes the sound of the guitar, as you move a pickup position that pickup will sound different and the strings vibrate differently along the guitar - so if you have 2 exactly the same pickups and put one in the bridge and one in the neck they will sound different. Compound that with the fact I also flipped the middle pickup the sound is totally different. Robbie Robertson used a 3 way, I kept the 5 way to give unique tones in positions 2 and 4! Courtnay Music now owns this and plays it on stream 3 times a week!
@@Giant_Guitars That's really interesting. I missed the bit where you flipped the pick up, which I guess must change the sound/polarity? All a bit beyond me but interesting all the same. Thanks for the reply.
I want to hear some sound samples. It would have been great if you did a before-after sound tests with you amp on the same settings. Regardless, I think it looks amazing! Good work.
Yeah I know, should have done some but I've learnt from then!
Good job man don’t care what the other said you are saved ‘80s strat🎉
Thanks bud
Really love the mod you did on that. I prefer it much more than the original.
Wow thanks Nolan, me too
Great Video!!
Thanks bud, glad you liked it!
I love competitions where you don’t have to do anything when you already subscribed 😍😄😄
Haha me too 😁
Subbed a few days ago! I feel so dumb for not knowing that Strats with these type of pickguards, don't have humbuckers lol. That it's actually the middle pickup placed near the bridge! I think it looks awesome!
Thank you Craig 🙏 nah it's not stupid at all don't worry!
Would have loved to have heard it! Where did you get that pickguard?
Axesrus.co.uk I believe it was, do a Google search for 'Robbie Robertson style pickguard' and it should come up. Failing that Warmoth will make them custom too!
Got it on AxesRus, thanks. Now the dilemma is do I route out my “spare” Strat without hearing it… 🤔🤔
Subscribed and double subscribed for the competition.
That was a cool mod! Im not a strat guy though.. anything that makes a strat less straty is good to me
Honestly i would really love to win that guitar, i have been playing for 2-3 years now on my Squier classic vibe strat and want to try a humbucking guitar for some time now… Good luck to everyone!
Good luck Filip 🤞 fingers and toes crossed for you
What bridge is on the giveaway guitar?
That's an Aluminati Guitars aluminium bridge with some string saver saddles, it's a beast!
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How does it sound with the mid pickup next to the bridge?
Slightly crunchier, almost like a humbucker. I actually found the neck and middle together position to be the nicest!
@@Giant_Guitars thanks for that info!
I’m modding a strat and was going to move the middle pickup , but wasn’t sure which way to go.
Now I know. I’ll also replace the bridge pickup with a Dimarzio BC2 to fatten up to a humbucker.
Glad I found your channel.
I have to mod every guitar I own!🎸
I think modifying old guitars is so much better than leaving them original because your sorta carrying on the instruments story , amazing build also!!!
That is a short run model, there's not many..
Totally agree!
I specially believe it makes more sense to modify it for someone to play it than to buy a 20th strat that plays identically to the other ones you have locked up in a room,
@@saxwastaken this ☝️
Instruments are medias of expression just as art supplies are, if they don’t serve the purpose they need to then they can adapt, just as any person could
You ruin the value as a historic art piece but fundamentally that’s not what instruments are, unless you just want something to invest in I guess, in which case it kinda seems like a tool that’s never used
Subbed. Awesome content 😬🤘
Thank you Robert
Subscribed 🙏🎸
Good luck!! 🤞🤞
.I am a bit surprised that that old strat had no copper shielding . Even the older models of Fender , were typically shielded well. The cheap knock offs were the ones where the manufacturers typically cheaped out .
I'm not sure why but this was a refinish so maybe it did have and it was taken off or maybe it never had any 🤷
Dude this is cool.
Thanks bud 🙏☺️
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Legend Marcus, thanks
Pretty cool!
Cheers Zen 🙏
I’m subscribed!
Good luck Jeffrey, I'll announce a date for the draw after the competition ends tomorrow
Looks awesome. I prefer the modified version.
Thank you bud 🙏 me too but I'm thinking black plastics with the white pickguard might be better
I was hoping for some play samples! Super curious about the pick up sounds.
Working on sorting this out bud, I have no real setup and don't want to do demos on just my camera mic - they are coming soon though
@@Giant_Guitars Look forward to it!
It's fine. You still have the parts and the cool old patina... As far as I'm concerned, whatever is under the pickguard doesn't exist
Exactly 💯
Neat mod, never use the traditional middle pickup position. Always had it screwed down and out of the way lol.
Well that's it! For a lot of people the middle one just gets in the way...
Cool mod, simple way to make your strat less vanilla :)
💯 couldn't agree more!
New suscriber🥳 I want that insane guitar!!!!
Good luck bud and thanks for the sub
Subbed (long-time IG follower). Need a sound demo of this mod!
Thanks Jimbo! 100% I need to start doing sound demos, just need to sell a few things to afford gear to record with 👌
Love that guitar. Hope I win
Good luck to you mate
I think fender guitars are as good for tuning as any old Japanese car. 😍
I just love fender guitars!
I actually also have an old Japanese car 😅
@@Giant_Guitars
hehe😃
Apparently, this is a gentleman's must-have kit! 😎🤘
Subbed!
Thank you bud and good luck
Now it's YOUR guitar. I mod all my guitars. Just put EMG's in my Epi AJ sig. Gotta order the direct replacement keystone tuners from StewMac for it.
Yeah I can't help myself either, love EMGs too bet that rips!
@@Giant_Guitars just put it away, and it's stupid good. Fun every time.
@@andrewbecker3700 active pickups are pure nostalgia for me so I get that! I have a Tele with the EMG set I'm going to have to play now haha
@@Giant_Guitars That was the first time I played my '59 LP right before the AJ sig. Polar opposites. I'm really dig'n the neck. It's like no LesPaul neck I've ever felt? It's better than the asymetrical slim taper on the Moderns. Very fast.
Love modifying guitars would love to win this one 👍
Me too 🙂 and good luck bud
I'd like to hear it again :)
Thanks bud
Oh....man that was cool I would like to win❤
Best of luck to you!
It's your guitar, you can do whatever you want to with it. Only 629 subscribers, with 659 views in 14 hours, you must be doing something right.
Haha thanks Dan! I think the competition is helping my views 😁
sick vid, its kinda sad you modded this beautiful stat. I am subscribed and fingers crossed i win that shiny guitar
Haha thanks 🙏 at least I didn't go too mad with the mods
You didn't actually flip the middle pickup , just turned it around. Wiring and polarity stay the same.
Ok well I turned it around then 😃😁
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Thanks bud and good luck!
You should put a floyd and an emg 81 in it
Haha that would be awesome to be fair
Giant Guitars...There is no cutout on the body to access the truss rod bolt....so that body would have came with a neck that has a truss rod bolt on the neck...
Interesting point mate
Hi, this is an interesting and easy mod. Thanks.
Super easy and definitely worth it!
Count me in
Good luck Nate!!
Late to this video…and the fact you mentioned Robbie Robertson means that I was correct in thinking that was the vibe you were going for. (And, yes, I believe that Robbie’s Strats had three way switches in them…at least, the ones he used in “The Last Waltz”, anyway: one was a Copper-ish color the other was a Sunburst as the backup.)
Robbie said that he used the pickups in the configuration he did because he didn’t like the middle pickup in it’s usual location - and that, other than the modified pickguard to accommodate the new pickup positions, the Strats were also stock.
Yep Tele player originally and didn't like the middle pickup position for his playing style. It's very cool to see! My whole desire to work on guitars is firmly rooted in hot rodding and modifying so I love to see OGs modding stuff back in the day, Robbie's bronze Strat is probably one of my all time favourites!
Subscribed. Hope it comes to Uganda, Africa.
Good luck bud that would be awesome to send a guitar to Uganda
@@Giant_Guitars Is the guitar won by someone else? Ouch
Entered the contest
Thank you and good luck!!
Modifying a guitar is better than leaving it
Every time
My favorite thing is modifying guitars, especially guitars that probably shouldn’t be 😬 😂
Absolutely love the way it turned out by the way.
Haha yeah me too and thanks bud 🙏
I have a perfect candidate for this mod, a polar white mim strat, can’t seem to find the pick guard though.
That would be beautiful! I got mine from Axesrus.co.uk but I know Warmoth also have a pickguard builder maybe if you're not in the UK you could try them
mashing two single coils are always cool
Absolutely 💯