TO UPGRADE OR NOT? A MODDER’S PERSPECTIVE

For many of us, a lower-ticket electric is a perfect vehicle on which to practise our modding chops. But as many of us will know, by the time you’ve fitted maybe some new pickups, a ‘boutique’ wiring loom, perhaps upgraded tuners and even some new plastic parts, you’ve added considerably to your initial outlay. While your ‘Frankenstein’ experiment might work out to be ‘the one’, it might not. A modded guitar isn’t always desirable as a used purchase, either, which can mean that, despite the ‘upgrades’, you’ll be losing money