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Post  Dropthelines585 Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:13 pm

I've recently restored a Squire Strat Mini for my niece's x-mas present. Here are some pics of the (mostly) finished product. If you have any please post.

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Post  Dropthelines585 Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:23 pm

Here's the before shots after buffing.

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Post  DubHertz Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:10 am

Nice work.....was it just paintwork restoration or did you do any other mods.

Nice touch with the red strings
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Post  Dropthelines585 Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:38 am

Yeah, mostly. The other stuff was some re wiring. I got some red pick-up covers, but they didn't fit well. the original knobs were white. I put on some new screws, set up the string height and all that good stuff. nothing too complicated. I knew the Red Devils would be the finishing touch. They sound great. (see Kaida on "Your music".
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Post  Some freaky guy Wed Dec 15, 2010 3:01 pm

Cool strings, but honestly. A guitar. How old is the kid? Anyone above the age of 12 has to be a mutant to be able to do anything properly with strings that tiny.
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Post  Dropthelines585 Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:42 pm

She's 8 lol
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Post  Pippynip Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:54 pm

Honestly I worry about normal guitar strings giving me papercuts, those are going to tear her hands to shreds! Razz
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Post  lololiet Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:07 pm

Dropthelines585 wrote:She's 8 lol

Nice, It's always good to get kids starting to play music early on in my opinion. It helps their brain development plus, if she starts now, she'll be really good by the time she's 18.
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Post  Dropthelines585 Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:08 pm

Yeah, She loves music. She hasn't had the best time, so I'm hoping that this will help.
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Post  Some freaky guy Thu Dec 16, 2010 4:24 pm

Dropthelines585 (Wed 15 Dec 2010, 19.42) wrote:She's 8 lol

Then it's ok.

Pippynip (Wed 15 Dec 2010, 19.54) wrote:Honestly I worry about normal guitar strings giving me papercuts, those are going to tear her hands to shreds! Razz

I GOT a paper cut from a guitar string once. Never again.
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Post  DavidM96 Thu Dec 16, 2010 8:16 pm

Some freaky guy wrote:
Pippynip (Wed 15 Dec 2010, 19.54) wrote:Honestly I worry about normal guitar strings giving me papercuts, those are going to tear her hands to shreds! Razz

I GOT a paper cut from a guitar string once. Never again.

.....how do you get a paper cut from a guitar string, they aren't paper lol!
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Post  Dropthelines585 Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:19 pm

Because "guitar string cut" is a mouthful.
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Post  Pippynip Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:54 pm

Y'know, I'd actually be interested in doing something like this in the future. How would I go about getting a guitar to restore and then how would I restore it? Of course I imagine stuff I'd have to do would vary depending on what needs done. I've got a soldering iron, that's a start I suppose Razz
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Post  keizer Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:49 am

Here is my bass that I built.

Its a Fender MIM I striped it and refinished it with nitro (metalic flake blue)
S D 1/4 pound jazz pickups, mirror pick gard, maple mightymite neck and grover tuners.
D'Addario Chromes (flat wounds)
Badass II Bridge
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Post  DubHertz Sun Dec 19, 2010 1:04 pm

That jazz looks sweet....nice paint job.

You need an Audere preamp to fiinish her off. Very Happy

Fingerprints must be your worst enemy with the mirror pickguard

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Post  willba Sun Dec 19, 2010 1:56 pm

Yeah that looks pretty awesome afro
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Post  mts Fri Dec 24, 2010 4:39 pm

that bass is sweet.
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