My Squier Bullet Mustang DIY guitar mods - Coil Split and more

Watch me mod my beloved Squier Bullet Mustang to add a coil split and put in some better hardware! This was my first DIY guitar mod, so things didn’t always go as planned. Now it looks really snazzy though, feels smooth and I don’t have to deal with crackly pots or rattling saddles anymore! Win! 0:00 Squier Bullet Mustang - Problems to solve 1:25 Sanding the neck 2:25 Rounding the fret ends and polishing the frets 2:45 True Oil and Wax for the neck 3:27 Shielding the body 5:10 Turning 2 wire pickups into 4-wire pickups 6:20 Wiring the hardware 8:45 A new pick guard and pickup covers 9:42 New saddles and testing the wiring 10:35 Locking Tuners and string trees 11:21 Finishing touches and final result 12:33 Guitar tone demo after the coil split 16:32 Final thoughts on the project 17:52 Will there be more music builds? 19:04 Polarcoaster - Magnetic River 25:23 Bloopers Subscribe for more videos about all the cool stuff I make: http://bit.ly/2SfB5f9-subscribe Modding Resources How to identify Wiring on Mystery Humbuckers -    • How To Identify Wiring On Mystery Humbuckers   Testing Polarity of Guitar Pickups with a Multimeter -    • Video   Identifying Pickup Wires & Polarities - Humbucker -    • Identifying Pickup Wires & Polarities - Hu...   How to Coil Split Humbuckers -    • How to Coil Split Humbuckers   How to make a 2 wire humbucker into a 4 wire humbucker -    • Guitar Electronics Tutorial - How to make ...   Splitting a Humbucker and the sound in your head -    • Splitting a Humbucker and the sound in you...   Wiring diagrams: https://guitarelectronics.com/guitar-... Parts Squier Bullet Mustang Imperial Blue - (US) https://amzn.to/2ZYOI4Z (EU) https://redir.love/thoprod/430057?par... Birchwood Casey True Oil Finish - (US) https://amzn.to/31ww3xj (EU) Ebay? Birchwood Casey Gun Stock Wax - (US) https://amzn.to/3a81rGa (EU) Ebay? Locking Tuners Black, I used Vanson Tuners from the UK but Wilkinson or Harley Benton should work too - (US) https://amzn.to/30FFDyU (EU) https://redir.love/thoprod/283977?par... Copper Foil - (US) https://amzn.to/30BAs2O (EU) https://redir.love/thoprod/461474?par... Saddles: Graphtech 1x Graph Tech PS-8000-00 - (US) https://amzn.to/33EHeqp (EU) https://redir.love/thoprod/188841?par... String trees: Graphtech Black TUSQ - (US) https://amzn.to/33CVPTi (EU) https://redir.love/thoprod/183135?par... 2x CTS Push Pull pots, Short shaft, 250K like the original. Go for 500K if you find the PUs too muddy - (US) https://amzn.to/2XITpPb (EU) https://redir.love/thoprod/494195?par... 2x Telecaster Chrome knobs - (US) https://amzn.to/3coreeI (EU) https://redir.love/thoprod/284069?par... Switchcraft Short-Frame Toggle Switch - (US) https://amzn.to/3iOnR2j (EU) https://redir.love/thoprod/461748?par... Pickup covers - (US) https://amzn.to/3fGcvMb (EU) https://redir.love/thoprod/185706?par... Tone Cap: Sprague Orange Drop 0.033uf - (US) https://amzn.to/3gFxrEn (EU) 0.033uf for coil split Ebay? You can get 0.022uf from Thomann: https://redir.love/thoprod/408849?par... Nut - if I could have changed it: Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL PT-5042-00 (US) https://amzn.to/2XIdjKe (EU) https://redir.love/thoprod/433552?par... Pick guard: Black 3ply - https://www.ebay.de/itm/Squier-Mustan... All parts collected at Thomann: https://redir.love/thocf/rolm91pvz2 Support me directly If you enjoy what I do you can support me on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/lillyschwartz Or buy my music on bandcamp: https://polarcoaster.bandcamp.com/ Music My own, which I make under the name Polarcoaster. So, if you enjoy my music, subscribe to my music channel:    / @polar-coaster   Oh, and let me know if it's getting too eerie 🙃 Recording Equipment Canon EOS 750D (US) https://amzn.to/2I8wcxk GoPro Hero 7 Black (US) https://amzn.to/2Zjn2EC iPad Pro (US) https://amzn.to/2AMjCRl iPhone 7 (US) https://amzn.to/2y2fLOs Zhiyun Smooth 4 stabiliser (US) https://amzn.to/2QGqGWE Gooseneck Tablet Holder (US) https://amzn.to/2ST7llp ESDDI Ring Light (US) https://amzn.to/2VNUh2B Focusrite Scarlett Solo Studio (US) https://amzn.to/2DagrVv Rode Video Mic Pro (US) https://amzn.to/2XV4ijc Rode VideoMicro (US) https://amzn.to/2XW9lQ5 ✪ Many links I use are affiliate links, so you can support me at no extra cost to you! ✪ Connect with me Instagram:   / lilly.schwartz   Twitter:   / lilschwartzart   Facebook:   / lilschwartz