Squire mods & parts

[jimmy c g]

can anyone tell me if Squire guitars take fender parts without redrilling? ie picguards,bridge,neck? thanks!!!!! ^^^^^stay tuned^^^^^ Jim

[Paul]

can anyone tell me if Squire guitars take fender parts without redrilling? ie picguards,bridge,neck? thanks!!!!! ^^^^^stay tuned^^^^^ Jim

The unfortunate answer is "some". "Squire" is a big word, and the guitar may be made in any number of countries.

If you are replacing the pickguard, bridge and neck, what exactly do you like about the squire you have?????

[devnulljp]

I ran into problems years ago with JV Squires, Tokais and MIJ Fenders and US parts. Looks like the USA stuff uses imperial measuerments, while stuff manufactured in Asia uses metric. The differences are small, but they can prevent pars being used interchangeably.
As Paul said though, Squire is a big bag of diverse instruments made in very different places (what do we have now? Japan, Korea, Mexico, China, Indonesia...anywhere else?).

[jimmy c g]

sorry for the lack of fact in my question.I have a 07 Squire Strat Deluxe,Indonesia.As far as the parts go Im happy with most of the guitar but was curious.The only thing I plan on relacing for now are the string trees.Im no fan of the whammy bar and bridge unit,I dont use the bar mainly due to tuning issues with these types of sytems,,made anywhere.The neck is great, but would I try a tele neck if it was a good fit? I would try.Again the question was asked out of general interest and future possibilities,and because who knows what I might try,.... someday.

[rhh7]

In addition to guitarscanada, the other two sites I visit on a daily basis are:

Telecaster Central
http://www.tdpri.com/index.php


Squire '51 Modder's Forum
http://www.instituteofnoise.com/Squier51/forum/default.asp

There is an incredible wealth of information about specifics of modifying Squires...

[Hamm Guitars]

...The neck is great, but would I try a tele neck if it was a good fit? ....

A Tele has a different neck pocket profile - it is more square than the rounded off strat style neck pocket - so they aren't a direct fit, but they can be made to work. Not sure if it is the same on squiers or not, their teles and strats may have the same pocket.

[rhh7]

Just as in the regular Fender, the Squire Telecaster has a straight bottom to the neck pocket, and the Squire Strat has a rounded bottom to the neck pocket.

In general, the Squiers are built to more vintage specs than the MIA, so they generally are not interchangeable with the MIA. Also, many of the components are metric, so there are slight differences.

For example, the Squier Affinity has a nut width of 41mm, and the Squire Standard has a nut width of 42mm. This does not seem like much, but I really prefer the neck on my Squire Avril Lavigne Telecaster to the neck on my Affinity Fat Strat for this reason.

One must be cautious with generalities, but in general, Squier parts do not interchange with Fender parts. However, there is a growing supply of aftermarket parts for the Squiers, since they are so popular for modding and customizing.

[Paul]

All that said, I easily replaced the 6 screw bridge on my MIJ Squire with a 2-point LR Baggs X-bridge. Easy-peasy.

[jimmy c g]

great input!!! thats what I call a discussion forum^^^^^stay tuned^^^^^
Jim

[fraser]

theres a lot of variance in fender stuff- for instance the mij stuff is generally a tiny bit smaller than the mia, and is in metric as has been mentioned. the squire stuff varies too, a korean squire pickguard and tremelo unit i have will bolt straight onto a 68-70 mia body lol, yet the same pickguard and tremolo wont directly bolt onto a japanese or chinese squier.
the great thing is, it doesnt matter- you get yourself some of those thick wooden matches, and some white wood glue, you fill the holes and redrill. if you can do that, its all a universal fit.:smile:
in fenders heyday, when they made the classic much sought after guitars, the way parts fit wasnt perfect but it worked- the classic strat pickguard shape was designed to hide an ill fitting neck, for example.

rhh7's links are great- ill add this one-
http://www.reranch.com/reranch/index.php?sid=7c311af8c1ec7d9655003fa7b82177f8
theyre into refinishing, but lots of good parts information to be found-

good luck, have fun, and post pics-