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

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*Modding Resources*
How to identify Wiring on Mystery Humbuckers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAANSNLd-l0
Testing Polarity of Guitar Pickups with a Multimeter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcuvBRZPpow
Identifying Pickup Wires & Polarities - Humbucker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UfxQBhqen8
How to Coil Split Humbuckers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txClld2PDuU
How to make a 2 wire humbucker into a 4 wire humbucker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjW6MjJTW-I
Splitting a Humbucker and the sound in your head - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkW6VQZ5JDY
Wiring diagrams:
https://guitarelectronics.com/guitar-wiring-resources/2-pickup-guitar-wiring-diagrams/2-humbuckers-w-3-way-switch/1-volume-1-tone/

*Parts*
Squier Bullet Mustang Imperial Blue - (US) https://amzn.to/2ZYOI4Z
Birchwood Casey True Oil Finish - (US) https://amzn.to/31ww3xj
Birchwood Casey Gun Stock Wax - (US) https://amzn.to/3a81rGa
Locking Tuners Black, I used Vanson Tuners from the UK but Wilkinson should work too - (US) https://amzn.to/30FFDyU
Copper Foil - (US) https://amzn.to/30BAs2O
Saddles: Graphtech 1x Graph Tech PS-8000-00 - (US) https://amzn.to/33EHeqp
String trees: Graphtech Black TUSQ - (US) https://amzn.to/33CVPTi
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
2x Telecaster Chrome knobs - (US) https://amzn.to/3coreeI
Switchcraft Short-Frame Toggle Switch - (US) https://amzn.to/3iOnR2j
Pickup covers - (US) https://amzn.to/3fGcvMb
Tone Cap: Sprague Orange Drop 0.033uf - (US) https://amzn.to/3gFxrEn
Nut - if I could have changed it: Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL PT-5042-00 (US) https://amzn.to/2XIdjKe
Pick guard: Black 3ply - https://www.ebay.de/itm/Squier-Mustang-Bullet-Pickguard-HH-HS-SS-P90-Blank-many-colours/112619273720?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=413045893143&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

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