I was all geared up to write another guitar review but I’m currently planning something that is hopefully interesting enough to be worth sharing. I’ve decided that the second-hand ’98 Squier Affinity Stratocaster that has been my ‘second guitar’ (read: my backup when my main one goes out of tune/breaks) is the ideal subject for screwing up modifying to be better suited to the music I’m playing. I’m a complete novice to this sort of thing, beyond the regular changing of strings and a recent pickup switch repair to my old Ibanez (more on the latter at a later date) so I’m deliberately working on an inexpensive and mainstream instrument. Because it’s such an average ‘off the shelf’ guitar the replacement of parts will be affordable and relatively straightforward too.

This is roughly what it looked like, before the onslaught