Fender Strat Starcaster Guitar Mod Project
00:00 - lights, camera, action
00:04 - intro
01:25 - in search of intonation
02:23 - tear down
03:25 - neck review
05:05 - truss rod adjustment
05:32 - re-radius the board
08:20 - the downside
10:10 - a solution is hatched
Fingerboard Radius Fixture Video:
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We’re going to kick off a Fender “Strat” Starcaster mod project series.
There isn’t much of a plan for this project, other than to turn a very cheap (affordable) guitar, into a pretty nice guitar.
At a glance, this gently used Strat looks pretty good, a little unloved, but pretty good.
It is a maple on maple skunk stripe neck, which looks and feels good except for the razor sharp fret ends. The frets themselves show very little wear, and I’m now wondering if this guitar had gone to a tech for a “set up” as the frets really
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