A friend bought a nice old Strat copy guitar, he already has a '79 Fender Stratocaster but thought this would be nice to hang on his wall. It was well made and I saw the potential in it for a really good guitar. After a fret level, crown and polish I smoothed the fret edges and rolled the fingerboard as well.
Then I upgraded the electronics. I changed the pots, capacitors and added a treble bleed circuit. I also changed the rubbish ceramic pup's to a set of Chinese Alnico 5 pickups after seeing them on the Darrell Braun Guitar channel, they really impressed me when compared to a £1,259 Seymour Duncan Zephyr Silver pickup set (link to the video below as the sound tests will amaze you)
The pot metal bridge pieces I changed for Fender style bent steel ones and I put a new waterslide logo on it after removing the ugly Jim Deacon one, making it clear on the back of the headstock this guitar was crafted in China and Scotland LOL.Last step I changed the awful volume and tone knobs for cream Fender ones.
It turned out great, my mate loves it and his old Strat is hanging on the wall!!

Darrell Braun Guitar's Alnico 5 pickup tests -
CHEAP vs EXPENSIVE Pickups (AlNiCo) - Is There REALLY A Difference?? - [ Ссылка ]
Make Your SQUIER Sound Like a FENDER for $20!! - [ Ссылка ]

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