I have managed to pick up a 2nd hand Affinity Strat, Black with Rosewood board for a good price.
The body has a few paint chips but the neck is sound (nice pattern in the maple), fret board ok (lemon oil will sort) and frets seem good, just need a polish).
From my first impressions, it definately needs new strings (corroded), the scratch plate has a couple of cracks (pearl replacement, not sure what colour though), the rear cover is cracked (again easy to replace)
In the longer term, I will look at new tuners.
Would is be easy to convert a HSS to a SSS? Buy the required scratch plate, 3 new pickups and just connect?
Regarding the wiring, are things like this worth upgrading, are they really that bad compared to the standard wiring on a USA strat, looking at some new pickups I purchased, the wires don't look any better/worse than the stock stuff?
Any thoughts or advice/recommendations for getting this strat up to tip top sound/shape?
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You can get some excellent pickups stupid cheap these days that'll stand up against duncans irongears, warmans etc.
Might be worth putting a steel block in, if it'll fit.
Hardware wise, I may looks at Wilkinson, decent tuners, new bridge with steel block and hot pickups. Should be a good project to get into.
I had completely forgotten how different it would feel in the hands compared to my Shine 510, but I like it. If I really gel with it I might even think about investing into a USA standard, but that is a long way off yet, at least next year ;-)
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