DIRTY Stratocaster Restored! | Axe From The Grave
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This 20th Anniversary Squier Strat hasn't been cleaned since 2002 and is in desperate need of a restoration. Let's see if we can make it look a little smarter.
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This 20th Anniversary Squier Strat hasn't been cleaned since 2002 and is in desperate need of a restoration. Let's see if we can make it look a little smarter.
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Where did you get the pick guard and saddles? I have an affinity from the same era and was hesitant to order parts for it. Thank you!!
I upgraded the tuners and bridge on an old Squire strat that used to be a friend's. Turned that piece of crap that wouldn't tune, let alone stay in tune, into a rock solid guitar I play all of the time, I never touched it before except to move it out of my way! the 19.1 ratio Kluson tuners really helped and the original tin bridge wouldn't even intonate because the plate was so soft, the screws drilled into it rather than adjust. $25 Genuine Fender bridge changed that!
Ok, you need to modify it with 3 humbuckers now
When will more pickups be available on your website?
"The strings are 90% rust"
the average bass player: "So they're good for another year or so, right?"
The funk is in the gunk.
What's black and blue and found in a ditch? A guitarist that cracked 1 too many bassist jokes...
@@boomerbassmeme either that or bassists when their mom stops providing for them 🤷♂️
just take em off and boil the fuckers
@@chrisdaviesguitar The strings or the bass player?
I love the axe from the grave series!
It's such a great idea, I love it, too.
Seconded, these are a treat
same, so fun to watch him turn trash into treasure
Yes it’s so satisfying to watch.
Ditto
There's something very satisfying about watching a filthy guitar get cleaned up.
it's why i keep going back to the Schecter Hellraiser restoration video
My guitar ain’t dirty it’s a relic yo!!!!
The music where you put all of the parts back onto the guitar sounds like the outro music to an 80s coming of age movie. I half expected it to say
"The guitar was back into perfect shape and now has a steady job as an office worker."
7:36 THAT SOUTHERN ACCENT GOT ME LAUGHING SO HAIRED- I mean, HARD 😭😭😭😭
I’m glad you made a series of this. I frequently buy cheapo “junk”used guitars just to see how much I can turn it into a playable instrument. (Here in Japan you can get many branded junk guitars for literally tens of dollars) most of the time it’s just a dirty pot or a cold solder joint, worst case a fret level. Anyway point is, I love doing and watching these kinds of things. Please keep the series going. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
If I knew more about properly setting up guitars, I'd so the same
@@rileysummers9757 Watching Colin and a lot of the other guitar youtubers will help. That's where I started and I actually just got hired to do basic set ups, pick up changes and the like, and I'm still learning
"It now smells fantastic, and I'm not afraid to put my face up against it." - Colin, 2021
That's not something you want to shout out ;-) .
That’s what he said. Yes, I am an immature high-schooler.
I work at a small non-profit rock n roll museum with guitars that are in rough shape. Your videos have helped me give them the proper care they have been dying for since before I started here, so thank you!
Colin should impersonate Americans more often 😂
Keep giving me reasons to and I will
@@ScienceofLoud Nae! Try being an AUSSIE!
@@ScienceofLoud You, Colin, have just made a terrible mistake that you definitely did not intend to.
MORE AMERICAN COLIN!!!
Strikingly accurate Southern accent. Maybe a bit exaggerated, but not bad!
Colin got himself an "American accent" pedal
Underrated comment
"young" needed to sound more like "yuuhng" but other than that top quality, im from texas so trust me on that
I WAS doing almost the same thing with my 2006 Fender Showmaster.
Then I lost all motivation. The thing has been sitting in the cage ever since, and STILL in pieces.
call yourself "guitar looser" instead of "guitar nerd"or "lazy guitar looser"
*sees squier, plays jazz* Clean channel, cheap clean pedal, ALL THE CLEAN!! ALLLLLL THEEEEE CLEEEEEEAAAAAAAAN!!!!
The visual difference that black pick guard made, turned it from looking like the £150 it was to a £300 high end squire. Really classy and looks less generic starter guitar, especially paired with those replacement brass saddles.
All I could think while watching was "God, that looks fucking LEGIT"
Awesome work Colin, you've managed to give me G.A.S. for a Squier!
The past week for me has been absolute hell. Watching this has really helped me calm down. So, thank you.
That pick guard makes a huge improvement on the look.
I have one of those strats. Curious to see how yours is doing
EDIT: Caught myself in a lie. Mine is from 1996, 50 years of Fender. Still "only" a squier, but it plays like butter.
Affinity squiers from this era are highly underrated. I have a 03 modded made in China that plays like butter.
@Austin Scheerer if any one needs confirmation that these are great guitars check out the video that Phillip McKnight (KNOW YOUR GEAR CHANNEL) done with Rob thorn who is a masterbuilder at fender.
Agree...genuine fender parts fit straight on...
they are fine for a cheap guit
I recently just restored an old 1994 Lyon (by Washburn) Strat copy my father got me.
A beautiful clean up of the strat...I entirely agreed with the black pick guard vibe
The genuine joy on your face when you got that neck cleaned and ready was pretty endearing man. Great work! Looks awesome mate!!
Last year (2020) I restored my first black Peavey Predator Strat-style from 1994. I removed all the old "cool" stickers that I applied as a teenager, which left all the large paint chips to show, relic-style. I then applied the copper foil. Installed Graph Tech saddles and trees. Then, one of those loaded black pickguards with switchable polarity switches that gets "68 tones". Stringjoy strings to finish.
Over the years I became a hoarder of instruments neglected like this for restoring and playing. Did believe I have 18 guitars in similar conditions but I also neglected them because of you know life. You give the morale boost I needed to restore some and make some donations to local music schools. Thanks man.
Itnisntimento put those washburne, Ohio ibanez and epiphones to a good use.
Thanks for donating them instead of selling!!
@@laa0fa502 Well, I'm fortunate to have money to spend on guitars. Most of the kids in my country don't (I live in Brazil) I think donating them is the right thing to do
@@modergav I agree man! I'm from America but I still don't have to look far to find someone that can use it more than I can use the money. Plus its always an awesome feeling when you're out on the town and see a kid with a guitar you gave him playing on stage or in a music store!
Colin, yes, please modify this Squier Strat to be a "Super Strat"! I'd really like to see that (especially since I've picked up a Squier Strat _cheap_ for learning to repair & modify guitars).
That's a real beauty now! I wouldn't change a thing. It looks and sounds great!
I recently reincarnated a dirty, rusty Samick Avion Les Paul lookalike that I got in a pawn shop for $80 USD. I replaced the rusted bridge and stoptail because the bridge radius didn't match the fingerboard. I used gold plated Gotoh hardware because the guitar had a pretty quilted veneer top, and I replaced the sketchy Duncan Designed humbuckers with gold plated GFS Fat Pats. These clocked in at about 14K bridge and 10K for the neck. I replaced the factory tuners with a set of 40 year old Ibanez Velvetune machines, gold plated with nice pearloid knobs. (I'm sure you're too young to remember Velvetunes, but they were top of the line back in the late 1970s to early 80s.). The switch, knobs and pots were all fine, but I'd like to replace the switch with a gold Switchcraft model, and replace the cream poker chip with a black one. I replaced the cream pickup rings with black ones, ditched the cream pickguard to show off that golden quilted top, and now I have one killer guitar. It is full Les Paul thickness but it only weighs a little over seven pounds. Altogether I spent about $140 USD and ten hours working on this, and it's quickly becoming one of my favorite guitars!
Great resto job on that strat! 👍
After years of building, restoring and playing all makes of guitars I seem to be drawn to strats more and more.. they're like old slippers, just so comfortable when you get it right. 😎
You're southern American accent through your Scottish accent is pretty hilarious. Please make this a recurring character.
Great job!!
I did something similar myself, bought a cheap strat and modded it. Routed a swimming pool route and dropped in three humbuckers! Gigged that for years!! One of the best guitars I had and stayed in tune great!
“So much room for activities” step brothers reference?
The restoration of that ESP was by far one of my favorite videos. Glad to see you're making more of this stuff.
I have that exact model and year, and nearly just as dirty
The pickguard was in pieces.
I put a black pickguard on it and polished off all the rust on the chrome
OMG, that was a true Rat-O-Caster (compared to mine), and the neck was indeed the Cradle of Filth! Now it's just loveliness, a sexy looking axe. Nicely shielded.
Well done sir!
That Squier Strat really shines now. You should take care and love your guitars, no matter what brand or how much/little they cost.
Colin, if we don’t say it enough...You are appreciated! I think you are brilliant. Between, educational and entertaining content, you always come off as a genuine “good person”. I hope you feel the pride you deserve for your accomplishments. Just wanted to say so. Cheers and thank you for all your videos.
Those Squier Affinity Strats from that period were some of the best bang for you buck guitars ever produced. I picked one up for my Godson to learn to play years ago. Swapped in a black 2 humbucker pickguard with a pair of Epiphone humbuckers I had lying around and gave it a god setup. Great playing guitar. I just recently cleaned it up after years of neglect, and I’ll be damned if it still doesn’t play and sound great.
Bringing guitars back to life is one of my life passions. Keep up the great work.
This guitar looked exactly like the windowsills in my house
Just picked up a decent condition Squier Stratocaster from my cousin for about 65 bucks. This video really helped out, since he has very corrosive sweat every metal part that he had made contact was rusted. Luckily after hours the guitar is like new except for a grounding issue and needing new strings and a setup.
My very first guitar was a 1996 Squier. It was the first year Squier was made in China. My dad walked into the local music store and said, "Give me the cheapest electric guitar you have." They tried to sell him a practice amp with it and he said, "no. My son will get by without it." So my first 7 months of learning guitar was on an electric guitar with no amp. I eventually had to find an amp next to a dumpster. Growing up poor was rad.
I still have that 96 Fender, just recently having to change the pick guard. It still plays wonderfully and while I might not play it as often as my Epiphone Custom pro.... I still pick it up pretty often. It's a great guitar.
I did the same thing to my affinity Strat last year which is from about the same time, 2001-2. It was my first electric and I still love playing it, even more so after I replaced the electrics, new pickups and scratch plate. Funnily enough its the same colour as this one but I put a 3 ply white scratch plate on it.
A great way to learn how to do your own work!
Ive done quite a restoration project myself on a old ibanez i got from a friend on mine. It was tucked behind a dresser for many years and had tons of dust and stuff on it. I wish i could show you the before and after photos😁 im definitely not on your level of expertise but you did inspire me to do this and it was very fun
I'm rebuilding a strat right now too. I'm doing some cool wiring mods that make it more usable to me and I'll be putting a Strat-sized P90 in the neck position.
Im doing a strat project too. Doing a 7-way switch (5 way +push pull) so i can have bridge/neck together or all 3 at once. Super fun working on these squiers.
Honestly, the transformation is astonishing! And for the tones.. well wonderful but I must say: I think you are just way to good at finding the right tones :) Yes for the video idea!
I love the way this series is going. Such a cool idea. I'm here for it man.
I took an old Squier I bought fir about £70. Tuners, bridge saddles and complete electrical make over with rails humbuckers. It was a good result. My son currently possesses it
Lovely sound, we are living in a golden age where all the budget guitars sound just good as high price tag ones. There may be a minor difference but can't make out in a band situation.
played guitar for 15 years from when i was 8-22/23 when i broke my guitar and couldnt afford/didnt know how to fix it and has been since lost to the ether, 8 years later i just got my first guitar since then 2 months ago and i have learned more about how a guitar works in these two months then i did in 15 years from watching your videos
Please do more of these restorations. So cool.
3:53 This is just too fucking cute him admiring a clean guitar neck. 🥰 Adorable
These are really good guitars for peanuts. I bought a near mint 98 Yako made Affinity for £40. A bit of upgrade locking tuners, string trees and loaded pickguard and for less than £100 it would beat any MIM F... it does worth working on these little things and you can learn a lot on set ups and construction. It is shocking that many guitarist cannot even set up their own instruments.
Love the black pick guard with the white pickups. Tuxedo Strat!
My guitar is a Chinese Squier '02 Affinity stratocaster :D I bought it used in '08 for cheap, and it keeps on giving. What I find weird about it is that the neck plate doesn't say 20th anniversary, somebody may have changed it before I bought it.
Indeed, the only issues I have with it are the frets being somewhat worn out (that's what's makes me worry), a little rust here and there and the lack of insulating coating. I've thought about changing it, but it just feels like home.
This came out looking a lot like the '82 Squier Strat that Steve Rothery (Marillion) favours, and used on some of his most famous solos such as Kayleigh and Easter.
I actually scrunched up my nose at the gunk coming off this one
yes! let's see the iron maiden conversion. I grew up in the 80's and really dig Iron Maiden & fast Eddie from Motorhead. both strat players among so many others. Jake e lee & mick mars both I saw together on Ozzy's bark at the moon tour. great work I really enjoy your vids
Nice job!! Made a huge difference. And if you're even out on the lake and your engine dies. You can use that headstock to paddle home.
My 2014 Squire Affinity ended up as a mod platform. Fender locking tuners, licensed fender strat neck, CTS pots, switchcraft super 5-way, same trem bridge but added custom brass block and graphtech saddles, it's an HSS, so in the bridge it has a Seymour Duncan Phat Cat P90, and 2 Lace Gold single coils. Sounds great, only other thing I can think to make it better, is someone who plays better than me. 😬🤘🏼🤣
Nice job. You were right about the black pick guard. Really sharp!
My fav guitar after 4 years of playing is still my 2012 Squier Strat made in Indonesia
I picked up a dirt cheap starcaster H-S-S and gave it a similar treatment. Nice little guitar.
It is almost a completely different guitar. Lovely!
There is something so very cool about taking some battered worn instrument and making them gleam again!
that is a sleek looking strat! i would personally add pearloid / mother of pearl tuning knobs and gold hardware for that high end vibe!
Nice one Colin, the “tone” is all in the fingers anyway. I always wondered, why do cheap pickups sound cheap? Or is it that they sound fine until you put them side by side ones that are made more carefully?
great TATA
Yes Colin. Love a good resto. You're channel recently got me inspired to restore one of my old guitars I threw in a case after a show 4 years back. Wouldn't have had the confidence to do it without watching your videos. Thanks mate, all the best from across the border in Newcastle.
aaand i just bought a maple squier 50's style neck w/ a brown tortoise pickguard with cream pickup covers, cream knobs, for my cream-colored squier stratocaster that I haven't played in ages. time to make a 50's style strat in vintage white with brown tortoise.
that is one slick looking Strat....beautiful
Hell yeah hell yeah hell yeah!!! Restoration videos were what turned me on to your channel, there my favorites!!!
Man watching these videos is theraphy!!!!
I am doing up a very similar squier, it’s from 04’ . It was originally red but i have painted it turquoise with a matching headstock, not complete yet but it’s coming along great
Awesome job! I like the brass bridge, but it needs at least one other brass item somewhere on the guitar to tie it together. Maybe brass tuners or tuner knobs?
Great video! I just picked up a 2010 Squire Bullet Strat for Australian $75 (35 pounds). Very much the same deal with rusty parts, but the neck is really good as is the fretboard and frets, and it still actually works, so I'm going to give it a bit of your treatment and see how it goes.
9:00 - Laphroaig 10 whisky in the back. Nice choice :D Cheers!
Turning a beat old Squire into a professional level instrument is the sh*t I live for Lol.
Some of the Spectrum brand S-type guitars make great conversions as well.
I'm a simple man I see Colin i click
it looked really good with the upgrades. Side note, you have excellent taste in whisky, Laphroaig is one of my favs
I literally just did this exact same thing to my friends strat. It was in damn near the same condition too. Only difference is I used black tuners, knobs, and pickup covers.
I loved my Squier, haven't given it any love ever since my wife bought my Fender almost 2 years ago. Might have to give it the same treatment.
I would love for this series to become one of your main series. Kinda like the long forgotten Will it shred guitar.
This makes me want to fix up my Behringer fender clone guitar, but everytime I go up to it and check it I usually put it down and go back to play my real fender.
Im not even a strat fan and I love the look of the end results!
Well done , wonderful recovery of the guitar !!!!
Thing about Squiers is it depends on when and where the were made and the sloppy quality control that means that no two feel the same. A good mate of mine had an 80s Japanese Squier and the neck was one of the best I'd ever played on a Strat.
I like the David Gilmour vibe with the black pick guard, but I also think YES! Do it! I'd like to hear that with humbuckers.
I had the same guitar that I also upgraded an changed to a Tuxedo look. I use it as my open G guitar since it has a slightly narrower width at the nut.
On the Squier Modders Facebook page, they occasionally will throw a photo of Dave Murray playing a stock Squier (probably from 1982/83) as well as George Harrison.
I love that guitar! The tone is great, and the Black-on-Black pickguard with the white pups is awesome. Honestly, I would leave it as it is now!
My first electric guitar was a sunburst version of this exact guitar, those 20th neck-plates were indeed plastered on everything in 2002, Still play that guitar to this day even though i have a lot better ones to hand, it's surprisingly nice to play.
I was liking the cracked pick guard look but that tuxedo plate looks amazing!
Wow!! I’ve never heard of the reverse wound/polarity middle pickup on a strat! How can you tell if your middle pickup is like that? Is it common?
I have one from the same year, the neck is SO nice. I've steel wool'd the back a bit to give it more of a satin feel - and I played it so much with my punk band the frets are pretty shot at this point. Might have to pick up some of those saddles as I do like brass saddles. I have the original pickguard but I hacked off a big chunk around the neck pickup so I could mount it straight to the body (in 2013 I thought this was a good idea, now I would have probably done it a lot neater with a pickup ring!), and like yours it has cracked, but because of how much I've gigged it it's completely shattering where my pick has hit it, and from taking it off a bunch to modify the wiring.
Black on black alone looked amazing, then the brass saddles just took it to the next level.
Look, I hate squires and Fender guitars in general. Yet no guitar, no matter what it is deserves that kind of neglect. Thank you for restorting her. I appreciate it.
I got a sunburst version of the same model/year into my repair shop for a setup. I was shocked with how well it played and even sounded, maybe that was just a fluke but it played as well as many US strats. I usually view older squiers as rubbish, but honestly there are some great guitars out there.
Great video. I can tell you had loads of fun editing this. I'm looking forward to the Modding video. I'm a devout SuperStrat guy myself.
This was so cool to see transformed as my next guitar might be the Squier Contemporary Tele, red and maple.
I don't even play guitar, I play drums, but these guitar restorations are mesmerizing
I've just bought a well used 2005 epiphone sg standard these videos are very handy for me
On the headstock it is written/stamped "California Series" right?
I had the same & exact model & colour as my first guitar back then. Bought in 2005/2006. Then traded it with other guitar in 2008.
I love this restoration series 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
I have same guitar but from 2003. That is all original in video. AWESOME guitar.
Yes make a HSH. I have an Affinity Squier with MIM pick guard HSH. Its my favorite.