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So, this morning, I was up early as usual and walked into my music room and saw the old Squirecaster sitting there.
It's ironic that this cheap, Korean made Squire has somehow remained with me all these years - since being bought new for me by bandmates in 1988 - when other, more valuable instruments got sold off when times were tough.
I recall the first show we played with it - the evening of the first day I received it - at an outdoor event in Ivanhoe, California. Playing through a borrowed Traynor YBA-1 into an Ampeg 6x10 cabinet and using a DOD FX-50 and FX-90, the buzz from that guitar was unreal.
The next day, I took money from that performance, walked into Doug Richison's Damage Inc. in Visalia, California and bought a used DiMarzio HS3 and a roll of copper shielding tape. Although I wanted a humbucker, my Squirecaster was routed S-S-S.
I played with the HS3 in the bridge for a few years. Then, in 1992, I bought a brand new DiMarzio Virtual Vintage Solo 10k DP404 for the bridge and moved the HS3 to the middle. Then, in 1995, I swapped in a brand new YJM into the neck. Thats the combination in the photo.
Its strange to look back at owning some very special, albeit costly guitars, and yet this is the one that somehow survived divorce and foreclosures.
I'm actually kind of excited to be building up this new H-H harness and getting to use the modified Gibson humbuckers.
Although a scratch-built replacement is in the works, its going to be interesting to see how the old Squire performs with its new internals...
It's ironic that this cheap, Korean made Squire has somehow remained with me all these years - since being bought new for me by bandmates in 1988 - when other, more valuable instruments got sold off when times were tough.
I recall the first show we played with it - the evening of the first day I received it - at an outdoor event in Ivanhoe, California. Playing through a borrowed Traynor YBA-1 into an Ampeg 6x10 cabinet and using a DOD FX-50 and FX-90, the buzz from that guitar was unreal.
The next day, I took money from that performance, walked into Doug Richison's Damage Inc. in Visalia, California and bought a used DiMarzio HS3 and a roll of copper shielding tape. Although I wanted a humbucker, my Squirecaster was routed S-S-S.
I played with the HS3 in the bridge for a few years. Then, in 1992, I bought a brand new DiMarzio Virtual Vintage Solo 10k DP404 for the bridge and moved the HS3 to the middle. Then, in 1995, I swapped in a brand new YJM into the neck. Thats the combination in the photo.
Its strange to look back at owning some very special, albeit costly guitars, and yet this is the one that somehow survived divorce and foreclosures.
I'm actually kind of excited to be building up this new H-H harness and getting to use the modified Gibson humbuckers.
Although a scratch-built replacement is in the works, its going to be interesting to see how the old Squire performs with its new internals...
