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Permalink Reply by Grandpa on December 16, 2016 at 3:46pm

Heck yes! The pickup, the jack, the neck, tuners,..you can put everything from the Squier onto a cbg. Happy building!

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on December 16, 2016 at 8:05pm

You can strip it, and put all of it, except the body, into a CBG.

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Permalink Reply by Moritz Voegeli on December 17, 2016 at 12:09am

Cheating with a scavenged e-guitar

https://www.rickmckeon.com/cbglessons/building-a-cbg.pdf

as «there are no rules!»

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Permalink Reply by Jason Brooks on December 17, 2016 at 2:48am

Awesome. Thanks for the quick reply.

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Permalink Reply by jabes on December 18, 2016 at 4:11am

yup , you can use every bit of it ,except the body maybe. a pal has just offered me this lot

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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on December 18, 2016 at 3:55pm

Every part of that guitar is fair game! Well except the logo : ) Looking forward to seeing your finished build.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Brooks on December 19, 2016 at 3:14pm

I ended up getting the guitar, amp, cable, strap, stand, and tuner for $60. The guitar is mint. Kind of hate to rip it apart.

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Permalink Reply by JL on December 20, 2016 at 3:08am

If you like it as is, keep it, and use your knowledge gained here to debug the electronics, tweak the setup, use it as a model for string spacing and neck radiusing, put it in an open tuning, have it on hand to 'loan' to jam with friends that can't wrap their minds from 6 string ordinary to 3 string magic..

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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on December 19, 2016 at 5:02pm

Then compromise. Keep the amp, strap cable and stand all in one piece. ; )

If you like it then keep it. Plenty of ways to get parts you need. And you can always use cord tunings instead of standard when setting it up. 

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on December 20, 2016 at 9:28am

Fender Squier Guitars are very good for some models. If the body is plywood, I wouldn't have a problem with scavenging it for parts. The other models have quality Alder/Ash wood bodies like the original Fenders and make great guitars and great modding platforms. Same goes for the new Epiphone guitars.

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