THe shop its getting set up in, said if I buy them there they install for free, so that really would make it worth not buying new as I'd never be able to do it myself!!!
Swapping pups is actually dead simple, it only requires a screwdriver and a soldering iron, and doesn't take more than couple hours if you're soldering abilities are as bad as mine.
I can see the headlines now.......................Family Heartache at Christmas Soldering tragedy in Glasgows South Side........Wife sells guitar collection to homeless man.....i am cr@p at all these things. Would rather pay a man that knows!!!!
I dont know if I got the guitar for a good price or not. At the end of the day, its a Squier so never going to be worth as much as a Fender MiJ. I thought I paid too much for it at £130????? I thought a £100 was fairer, but maybe I'm not a realist.
I'll get the setup done. I get it back on Saturday. Then i'll have a play with it, and if I still like it, I'll get the pickups in the New Year. I thought the pickups are quite weak and "toppy" though. To be fair its playing like a dog since I tried to adjust it.
I guess I just cant get round the idea of putting pickups in that are worth more than the guitar. I know that may seem foolish, but i really got my heart set on a MiA Strat. A guitar I aspired to as a kid, but now I'm wondering if I'll have something just as good sounding for a damn site less.
I moved back from Oz a few months ago and said to the Mrs that if we dont go back in the New Year that I wanted to get myself a US Strat, US Tele and US Bass (tax rebate when I left).
I'm seriously now considering just sticking with the cheap strat and upgrade it, keep an eye open for a Highway One Tele or Jap Fender or Squier Tele and give the rest of the cash to her for a new kitchen!!!! Clearly a sexist comment, as she'd not buy a kitchen. She'd buy shoes.
I am treating my other guitars to a setup. Long over due.
If you've never heard of Maton, a Melbourne based company, check them out. They dont sound good clean, but are amazing for classic rock and indie
I have and acoustic I bought there too, and the quality is amazing, plus the electrics
http://www.maton.com.au/acoustics/325-series.html mines the C.
http://www.maton.com.au/electrics/ms500.htmlhttp://www.maton.com.au/electrics/ms503.html