This is where it all got serious. I bought a Strat body, complete with P90 pickups, but the body was some weird scale thing, and disgusting green. After trying a standard 'Strat' neck it was found that intonation just wasn't happening at around 15mm short.
I bought a Jaguar neck thinking it was a short scale - no such luck! Ultimately after much spending and importing at crucifying import rates I completed a full Jaguar.
So in all, approx £400 vs £320 at the time. What did I gain? Well... first off the Squier VM shielding/wiring is just pants. This is fully copper shielded in the style of the brass in the vintage Fenders and rewired with cloth wire which admittedly is more cosmetic. Its also got true Fender pickups.
The final result? Well its second only as a player to the Hondo!
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