He has Lasers…!!!
I will stick to building Partscasters. Less hassle, by far.
Agreed - and the patience that would require is WAY out of my league.
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I have progressed to where I can deal with pretty poor Fender style bodies and make them decent and/or interesting. I try to avoid the CY necks - the Made in Indonesia ones are far better, in my view.
A bit rough -
Finished -
This Squier Tele body is actually a 5 piece, probably CY - that now thinks its a Strat…!
Got a Squier CY neck on it, currently. But an Indonesian one is in stock, to go on instead… soon.
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Imma embarrass myself - what is CY?
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Sorry, missed this - but @Chocky has correctly replied.
The codes for the Squier Indonesian necks are IC or ICS - Indonesia Cor-tek (Cort).
More here -
All about Brian May’s Red Special. Nothing ‘new’, but a good, watchable summary -
Here is my Squier RS Style Strat. Similar switching, with pickups in series -
Yes, thats an ICS Cort neck. Pups are Wilkinson ceramics - Burns Trisonics were too much and an awqward size to fit.
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I think I have previously posted, but I have a Franken-Strat (MIM body and neck) as well, with the Tri-Sonic pups specially made to be Strat-sized, but I can’t find the damn pics right now.
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I looked at the Mini Tri-Sonics, but a set was about £200 - ?
I am not sure they are still available now, either…?
Out Of Stock.
I can’t recall what I paid; they came in the pre-done pickguard. I have looked again for pics and have no flipping idea why I can’t find them.
PS. My ‘logic’ for buying thw Wilkinson ceramic Strat pups was that their construction was sort of similar to a Burns Tri-Sonic - much more so than a ‘proper’ Fender Alnico pup is.
My understanding is that the Burns pups were made in a similar way to other European pickups, at the time - with a separate, flat wound coil, fitted around a central bar magnet.
Here is the original install I did on an off-brand Strat before I converted over to the Fender body/neck.
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Nice. Mine has 3 position switches - In Phase - Off - Out of Phase. Yes, the wiring was fiddly…!!!
My Tone and Volume are not reversed as the RS is. I tried that and found it confusing… 
A new addition to the pedalboard today……Marshall Guv’nor 60th Anniversary Edition. Amazing. Gary Moore Jimmy Page Angus Young in that box (but not with me playing🤣)
Was lucky to get it. Waiting lists everywhere for them.
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I have the same tuner pedal! I saw Walter Becker using a 200 and figured if it was good enough for an uber gear head like him, a 300 would suffice for me.
As Robert Fripp often says… ‘Bollo£$s…!’ 
New neck (Squier Affinity, ICS, Maple, 22 fret) fitted to my Tele-Strat body.
But Tuners from previous neck don’t fit… 
Correct tuners are now on order from eBay. Rebuild/restringing is on Pause… 
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I can recommend the Fender locking tuners - very good performance and VFM.
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You should have sent a message Ian, I’ve got a couple of sets of those kicking around in the parts bin……… I think!
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