Spent a lot of time in the studio this weekend. So many memories there.
Played a few of the old relics, and my new guitars...even the old studio's 1984 Electa-Westone bass and 1984 Crate 165B amp...still fretted and sounded good.
Got me thinking about my current levels of guitar insanity. Two new Gibson's in less than 6 months...and both with issues. Wow.
Had a few old musician friends visiting us. Some of these Kats go way back. We played each other's guitars and jammed. Talked a lot and laughed a lot too.
I guess we just didn't have that kind of trouble back then. We just bought a guitar and played it. No noise issues.
The 2016 Gibson SG (with all the electronic mods) was a crowd favorite. I guess all the work paid off???
Now, I'm looking at this 1987 Squirecaster. Still looks new...but its been gigged for 30 years. I just don't beat up my stuff.
We didn't have much growing up. We never went hungry, but we were not wealthy, so everything was precious to us. I'm still that way with anything I buy.
This old guitar....unglamorous as it is, has always been so easy to keep....its so cheap, nobody ever wanted it!!! When I went through a rough patch, 20 years ago, I sold everything I had to get through a divorce, and nobody would give me anything for the old Squire.
It slept with me in the car, got abandoned and forgotten at a buddy's house once, but somehow followed me around for 30 years.
In building up this Les Paul Custom Replica for Mothers Day, I gotta say, it was a lot of fun...picking out the best hardware, putting it all together....much more enjoyable.
So, I feel like I keep coming back to the same old worn out conclusion - put a Gibson Scale Neck on the Squire.
A buddy up at The Ranch told me about some custom body and neck work he had done by Musikraft. They offer more custom options than Warmoth, so I checked them out.
They offer both the early and late Gibson scale lengths for a Stratocaster, but also offer what I been looking for - an 1-3/4" nut width...which Warmoth does not offer in a conversion neck.
I think I may try this conversion neck on the Squire.
Its already dead-quiet, sounds bigger and meaner than either of my Gibson's and its, quite honestly, just a blank canvas waiting for paint.
Maybe it really is hard for some of us to see the Forrest for the trees???
Played a few of the old relics, and my new guitars...even the old studio's 1984 Electa-Westone bass and 1984 Crate 165B amp...still fretted and sounded good.
Got me thinking about my current levels of guitar insanity. Two new Gibson's in less than 6 months...and both with issues. Wow.
Had a few old musician friends visiting us. Some of these Kats go way back. We played each other's guitars and jammed. Talked a lot and laughed a lot too.
I guess we just didn't have that kind of trouble back then. We just bought a guitar and played it. No noise issues.
The 2016 Gibson SG (with all the electronic mods) was a crowd favorite. I guess all the work paid off???
Now, I'm looking at this 1987 Squirecaster. Still looks new...but its been gigged for 30 years. I just don't beat up my stuff.
We didn't have much growing up. We never went hungry, but we were not wealthy, so everything was precious to us. I'm still that way with anything I buy.
This old guitar....unglamorous as it is, has always been so easy to keep....its so cheap, nobody ever wanted it!!! When I went through a rough patch, 20 years ago, I sold everything I had to get through a divorce, and nobody would give me anything for the old Squire.
It slept with me in the car, got abandoned and forgotten at a buddy's house once, but somehow followed me around for 30 years.
In building up this Les Paul Custom Replica for Mothers Day, I gotta say, it was a lot of fun...picking out the best hardware, putting it all together....much more enjoyable.
So, I feel like I keep coming back to the same old worn out conclusion - put a Gibson Scale Neck on the Squire.
A buddy up at The Ranch told me about some custom body and neck work he had done by Musikraft. They offer more custom options than Warmoth, so I checked them out.
They offer both the early and late Gibson scale lengths for a Stratocaster, but also offer what I been looking for - an 1-3/4" nut width...which Warmoth does not offer in a conversion neck.
I think I may try this conversion neck on the Squire.
Its already dead-quiet, sounds bigger and meaner than either of my Gibson's and its, quite honestly, just a blank canvas waiting for paint.
Maybe it really is hard for some of us to see the Forrest for the trees???
