Re: Squier CV 62 Tele test


"JimT" <jthread@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:t-idnXezgvfnRSLWnZ2dnUVZ_h6dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Tony Done" <tonydone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OrPvn.18434$pv.6803@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I think Squires are for guys who like to buy cheap guitars and fix them up.
Nothing wrong with that.


This is the golden age for modders/tinkerers. There is a huge choice of good Asian-made guitars. Squiers are one of them - with the traditional Fender look, if that is what you want.

Tony D


I tried it with a Warmoth strat body and a route 66 neck. My problem was the strings didn't quite line up right. The Warmoth predrilled holes for the trem are off a fraction. I need to fill the holes and redrill. It's going to be tricky. I'll have to find a drill press and buy one of those templates from stewmac

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Special_tools_for:_Routing/Tremolo_Routing_Templates.html?actn=100101&xst=3&xsr=79

I might find someone to do it for me. The body and neck are killer, it's just the holes. I'm not sure how I'm going to keep the screws out of the old holes. Whatever I use to fill them it's going to have to be hard. It's an ash body. I wonder if it would be better to use a two pivot trem and bypass the old holes?


If you move the holes, is the trem block going to fit OK in its cavity?

I guessing that trem holes have to be just right to work properly, so filling and redrilling would have to be done carefully. Redoing the holes would not be difficult if the new ones don't overlap the old ones. If they do, care would have to be taken to stop the drill bit slipping sideways in the filler, as you evidently realise. After filling the holes, I would probably make a drill guide from a piece of steel for the six holes, drill one outside hole, use that to screw the guide down, then drill the other outside hole from the guide, screw that end down, then drill the rest of the holes with the guide firmly fixed in place.

Or use a 2-screw trem, which seem to me to be a better choice anyway - though I'm no judge because I don't use a trem

I would use thin hard dowel rod for the filler, and drill the existing holes to suit.

Tony D


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