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June 1st, 2007, 07:53 AM
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The mad modder strikes again
I officially became a "Squier '51 modder" yesterday. Since I completely disassembled my Model 7 and am in the process of stripping it (see the blog in my sig for the gory details) I decided to put the Model 7's neck pickup in my '51. As I mentioned earlier, I was never pleased with the response on the high E string with the stock neck. Now with this one in, that problem is gone. Unfortunately, the stock neck cover wouldn't work, so now my neck pickup says "Jackson." Oh well. It meshes nicely with the stock bridge. I think it's also a bit "punchier" (for the lack of a better term) than the stock. I'm happy with it. That's a good thing since my Model 7 will be out of commission for some time.
I made one major blunder in this. I didn't realize that the leads for the neck pickup went through the bridge pickup route. I should've taped a length of wire to the old leads, pulled it through, and then used that same wire to pull the new leads through. Normally that wouldn't have been a big deal, except I was trying to do all of this without removing the strings.
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