Throwing $530 of Upgrades Into a $100 Squier!! || High Intergrity NOSTALgufish

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I saw it at a garage sale when I was 9 and begged my mom to buy it. The old man who was selling it saw how bad I wanted it and said to my mom "ten bucks and its his." So we pack this dirty busted tweed case into my moms Toyota Tercel hatchback and take it home. My dad was a guitar player and as soon as he saw me bring in the case he looked shocked asked me where the hell i got it. So I tell him the story still not having a clue what kind of guitar it was. We opened that case to reveal a 1956 fender musicmaster. Red with a gold aluminum pickguard. All original except the volume pot. I hammered out years of songs with no friends to jam with or learn from (or amp). That guitar was pretty much the only Possession that mattered to me. It sparked a lifelong passion for a music that for me has quite literally given my life value at points where I couldn't see any. Looking back I feel like if it weren't for that little fender nobody wanted i wouldn't have been around to end up later giving my son his first strat (at 4years old lol).I'm in my late 30's now and I have lots of guitars. I'm happy to say of all the shitty mistakes I've made along the way, I still have it. Its not going anywhere.The only way I will ever part with that guitar is if I ever meet some kid who needs it as bad as I did when that old man saw me tearing up asking my mom for something i knew damn well we couldn't afford. I Still think about him sometimes and it blows my mind to realize how much that one unselfish act has echoed through my entire life. Moral of the story. If you have 20 guitars and don't play one of them... please donate it. You really could change someone's life.

Aww Pringle wanted to help,instant like

Kirk Hammett: I raised that boy.

The Hetfield "bleeps" are my one of my favorite things about your videos. [Re: first guitar] I do have my first guitar but I've since given it to my sister, but any "mods" I did to it were metal dome knobs and locking tuners. I plan on modding my first guitar I bought as an adult with locking tuners, dome knobs and some new pickups at some point but I'll cross that bridge when I get there.

I wish I kept my first guitar. It was a blue Squier strat. I still have the Kurt Cobain strap I put on it though

This is a crossover of the best elements of this channel

8:02 That's one A E S T H E T I C capacitor.

Yeah, you wired it wrong. Flip the hot and ground wires on the humbucker. Humbuckers are usually reverse of modern Strat style pickups and vise versa.

You should try a G&L sometime soon, they are basically the revised version of the models that leo fender did. I have one of the import models and it is pretty awesome

The "Starcaster" Strats they used to sell in Target, Walmart, et al. actually have full-sized bodies - probably better mod platforms than the Bullets/Affinities!

I would love to be there clerk ringing up the guy with a peppa pig bandage who only has nail polish remover, but with no nail polish on

I really enjoy all of your videos dude.

Did anybody else’s heart sink at “These middle positions- what is the point?” Somebody please help out my man

I’m still on my first guitar, and I’ve only had for three months, but it’s my most prized possession already. A $100 Guitar. I’ve taken it apart and put it back together, and even taped on some EVH style stripes onto the body and headstock.

This project was a hot mess. Love it!

Bro I did this with my first guitar a couple of years ago. It still didn’t play like I wanted it too but it got me back into playing actively. Now I’m in a band and we are just waiting for the pandemic to end so we can get out there and play!

This is easily my favourite episode thus far. I felt like saying something when you were removing the nut, but then realised that it just wouldn't be Agufish if it was done any other way. High Intergrity sticker well merited!

Awesome restoration Hunter! It sounds like it needs those 250K pots though.... It would fatten the sound up perfectly.

Good work Hunter. I did the same with a Yamaha Pacifica....put "Kent Armstrong" pickups in and a coil tap switch, had the new neck fret stoned.......beautiful sounding and playing guitar.....really