Any mods you would suggest for this guitar?

[Econ]

Fender Japanese Hot Rod Reissue

[zeegler]

Re: Any mods you would suggest for this guitar?

Why what's wrong with it?

[Econ]

Re: Any mods you would suggest for this guitar?

Nothing wrong with the guitar, but wanted opinions or suggestions on maybe making it better sounding and looking (pickguard, knobs, tuners). The body is basswood, so I'll add a Dimarzio Tone Zone for the bridge position and also will add a Dimarzio Chopper for the middle position. For the neck position I'm seriuosly thinking about adding a Sustaniac system.

[j2379]

Re: Any mods you would suggest for this guitar?

shave or steel wool the neck if its finished. im not a big fan of slide switches so ide ditch the middle single & go with a 3 way toggle. Cool Rail in the neck on a tap. oh yeah & ide move the volume knob & just go with a 2 knob setup. stock fenders i cant deal with the volume right there im always hitting it.

[Riscchip]

Re: Any mods you would suggest for this guitar?

I think it would look pretty sweet with an aluminum Sharp Concepts pickguard. Had one on my red strat plus. Very cool!

[Econ]

Re: Any mods you would suggest for this guitar?

Where can I get such pickguard?

[Riscchip]

Re: Any mods you would suggest for this guitar?

http://www.sharp-concepts.com/

You can order them through the store. They have a lot of finishes available (not just the diamondplate example finishes). I had a plain, flat brushed aluminum guard on my strat an it looked sweet! It was red with a maple neck like yours, too.

[Shawn Lutz]

Re: Any mods you would suggest for this guitar?

I like it as is but I like H-H or H-S-H setups. Nice strat tho, maybe a mirror pickguard [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I have one of those DiMarzios like that bridge, I don't know what it is but it sounds nice.

[Econ]

Re: Any mods you would suggest for this guitar?

The guitar came with a Dimarzio Super Distortion, but since the body is basswood, I want to replace it with a Tone Zone. The Tone Zone sounds incredible on basswood bodies. I thought about changing all the hardware to black chrome, but I think it will stay like that for now.

[BallsOnParade]

Re: Any mods you would suggest for this guitar?

if you really want that guitar to look beautiful, I'd put a white pearloid pickguard on it, gives it a real classyh look...and are those Lace Sensor single coils? I'd leave those in, and go with the Tone Zone like you originally planned...

[Hambucker]

Re: Any mods you would suggest for this guitar?

Kahler + Fur around the body

[Rupe]

Re: Any mods you would suggest for this guitar?

I would lose the Lace Sensors in the neck and middle...the most toneless pickups ever made (although they work well if you do a lot of rack processing to your signal). Duncan JB Jr.'s or Lil' 59's or Lil' Screamin' Demons would work well here...or Anderson SD1's with an H2+ in the bridge. A pearloid or mirror pickguard would dress it up a bit as well.

[Chuckracer]

Re: Any mods you would suggest for this guitar?

I'd order a 1 hum 1 single pickguard from Warmoth in 1 ply black, with the strat switch and one volume knob where the middle tone is now.
Tone Zone (if you insist), and a Duncan Cool Rails in the neck.

Everybody puts those pearloid pickguards on their strats...go a different way!

[siggy14]

Re: Any mods you would suggest for this guitar?

you can send it to me, and i will play it for about ten years to give it the relic look! (LOL)

[GodOfRhythm]

Re: Any mods you would suggest for this guitar?

Black diamond plate pickguard. Black hardware (the chrome hardware always looks fugly, imho), black pick-up covers and cheetah/leopard skin fur (the fake stuff obviously) around the body (like hambucker suggested)