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Great question... That switch is readily available from Ebay, Amazon, and others. Just search for a Push-Push pot for Fender Stratocaster. The one that I got came in a 2 pack. I think you can determine whether you want a 500k or a 250k pot. the switch has 6 lugs and the pot is typical 3 lugs. I used 250K. Thanks for watching!

Cool!!! This guitar has been really good. The quality of Firefly guitars has really amazed me. I have one of their relic ST models in total make-over mode. Once complete that gonna be a fun video to share... Thanks for watching!!!

The neck came off a 2024 model. It was made in China with a S/N that starts with CSSA. Plays really nice! Thanks for watching!

Yes, I liked it the way it was, but as you said... Modded it just because... It's the only LP style guitar I own and it plays nice! Thanks for watching!!

Yes, I agree... The old 6 screw bridges on this particular model are seemingly better (in my opinion). I do like some of the 2 post systems on the full thickness models, but still think that old design has been time tested and can be very good if adjusted correctly... Thanks for watching!!!

@KennethCrickmore-sl8jl Wowwie! I would really like to see that... can you email me a couple photos? rjlandis63@gmail.com

It seems to be a hearty model... I actually went to some modifications and did a second video on this one... I replaced the pickups and electronics as well as the machine heads... It's a beauty with the mods... even better than before... It's my only LP style guitar and only one of two instruments I own with a tune-o-matic bridge. Thanks for watching!

@xa.j.x These models are available from guitarsgarden.com but they're always rotating their styles... check out their site for specific availability. Upgrade and replacement parts are easily accessible from Amazon, Ebay, and Ali Express...Generic parts usually fit these instruments too... thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching Charlie! Blessings to you and your household in the name of Jesus!

Greetings and thanks for watching! I have been checking the Guitars Garden site for a while and they've been sold out of a lot of their models... I hope they get their stock back up, because I'm ready to buy another one! Cheers!

It's definitely a keeper! I'm really enjoying this one, and plan to have it in the collection permanently! Thanks for watching!

Yeah, that was kind of what I felt at that moment of truth... Squier is actually much more respected than many people think... Just a certain camp of people are still hold-outs and scrutinize the brand very too heavily... I was one of them, but now it just enjoy Squier guitars so much! Didn't know what I was missing (they're so much fun to mod)... Thanks for watching!

Greetings Joe! Thanks for your input... Yes indeed, this is so satisfying to match up the things that we really like in combinations that just don't come stock... After doing a few builds now, I'm hooked! I have a few other things on the slate for the next build(s) and I realize that anything is possible... The sky is the limit! Thanks for watching!

Yes indeed, it's a beauty too! You're welcome... It was a therapeutic adventure! Thanks for letting me do it!

Thanks! I'm having a blast!

I appreciate your encouragement! Are you still teaching guitar (playing or building) in any of your classes?

@@RaymondLandis Yes, we will have the guitar competition next semester. I actually just received a shipment of DIY guitar pedals that students will make in our circuits class.

@@TheCommonSenseProfessor I'd like to send you a guitar that you could perhaps award to one of your students... Maybe we can have a telephone conversation? You can email me at rjlandis63@gmail.com if you'd like to chat... Thanks for watching!!!

Hi Rhuby! Thanks for this great encouragement! It's always exciting to conclude an adventure in the Wow Factor... I am often surprised myself, how nice these guitar builds and makeovers come out in the end. I really enjoy doing it and have discovered so much in the process... Thanks for watching!!! Stay blessed!!!

Yes, these necks are actually a surprise to me... They're really quite well designed. Of course, they're put together in a way that is aimed at economy, but they're not bad if you know how to service them yourself. I'm an enthusiast / hobbyist, so I have a lot of fun doing this kind of stuff. It was a pleasure to discover that Squire Sonic Necks are worth the effort to make them better... I recently did a total makeover of a 2012 Squier Bullet Strat also, and it turned out amazing! That video is coming soon! Thanks for watching!

Yes, I believe you're right about that... It must be something they stick-on or perhaps the machine carves out the same pattern on every one... I've already sanded the body down and started to paint it, but the weather changed here in Vermont, so I haven't gotten it finished yet... Thinking of ideas to do it inside without making a mess... Thanks for watching!

@RaymondLandis looking forward to the next video. Thanks.

Good question... I didn't take any measurements with gauges... However, it seems to me that it's a standard 9.5 radius with 21 frets... It's not flat... And it's not a slim neck either..., It's a little chunkier than the Squier Affinity so perhaps it's a "D" or a "U" or a "C-Chunky" Those three are quite a bit a-like. Overall it is very easy to work on and sanding the fingerboard edges doesn't leave any noticeable scarring that I can see... Thanks for watching!!!

@ Thank you Sir.

@@MyScooter57 You are most certainly welcome! I'm loading a video tonight that has a lot of coverage about a neck from a Squier Bullet. Those are very similar to the Sonic in their quality level, but much slimmer than the Sonic necks...

@ I will be sure to watch it.

Yeah, this one is a keeper! I don't plan on parting with this one... Thanks for watching!

Hey Gene, thanks for watching... Isn't it amazing how versatile the Strat styled guitar is? There are so many possibilities, yet there's still the wonderful classic configuration that is so hard to beat. I have mostly Strats in my collection... Some have humbuckers and others have special switching options, both with and without tremolos, I like them all! I just don't get tired of Strats. Aren't they great!!!

@@RaymondLandis My "Partscaster", is gloss black, with a Birdseye maple neck, with the real large Fender peg head. A "Gilmore" mod, pull the vol. knob up....to get all 3 pickups,..sounds Super!

You were right! I kept thinking about what you said and decided to try a bit of elbow grease with compound, and it was amazing how it changed the appearance. It's still not perfect but it shines a lot better than before... Thanks for your honest input, and as always, thanks for watching!!!

Looks like a kid with a spray can fkt your strat up ......

Don’t buy a relic….lots of imperfections.

@@bluwng LOL... that's a riot! Yeah, those relics have all kinds of things going on... Love 'em or hate 'em ---They are what they are! Anyway...we knew that this one was going to be something in-between a relic and a "less-than-refined" finished product... But once again, it was so satisfying to build, and it plays so nice... My hope with this channel is to encourage players to step-out and try something different... Thanks for watching!!! Stay blessed!!!

Thanks Snug! It was so much fun to build, and it was a new experience for me by collaborating with my wife. We have plans to build at least two more projects like this together. One of them will be a makeover of the Firefly Relic Strat that I reviewed. It's been sanded down and primed, but it has a bit to go before we put it back together. But this one has been groundbreaking for me... we broke some rules and found out that there aren't rules; you can try anything and make whatever you want... Thanks for watching!!!

Hey man, thanks for watching! I believe I got this neck early last spring from Howell Guitar. They're a seller on Ebay that I've purchased from a few times and they've been consistently good... Here is their link: www.ebay.com/usr/howellguitar

You'll really enjoy this one, it's a pleasure to play... Thanks for watching!

Yes, I agree... This particular one is a gem... But I have found most of the Firefly guitars are really nice overall. They are not all to my personal liking, however, they're good quality instruments and they can be modified easily. I'm taking one of their relic models now and working it over into something that I prefer in place of their rendition of the relic... I should have a video out on that sometime in the near future... Thanks for watching...

I do find Firefly guitars to be really fun to work with... Whether you just play them stock or try to mod them, they're just plain cool instruments and the price is really amazing... I also like GFS offerings... I've ordered so much stuff from them and almost everything I get from GFS is good... 99.9%. Just how does Firefly they make a profit with prices so low? Thanks for watching!

I was one of those who didn't go for Squier models until recent times... Now I think they super great options for a great guitar... They may need some TLC, but totally worth it... Even Fender models need some help... So really, what's the difference??? Thanks for watching!

Fender was really good about this one... And the replacement has been perfect!

Soldering was always my challenge too... But I use a couple tricks that helped me to overcome... One is to lightly scuff or sand the back of pots before melting solder to them, and next: use a little bit of flux on the parts you're joining (non-acid type). I also got some heat shrink tubing to keep on hand in case I wanted to tidy things up a bit... and small zip ties work to keep things neat as well and out-of-the-way from other things that you're soldering... It gets easier after you do it little more... Thanks for watching!

I don't know the measurements to quote, however, I do know that these necks and most Fender/Squire specs allow for the interchangeability of neck and body parts. Even the thinner bodied Squier guitars will usually take any standard Fender spec'd neck. The neck pocket is the same depth on the thinner bodies, and there is simply less material behind the neck at the body to allow for the neck to seat into the pocket deep enough... BTW, a Strat neck will go onto a Tele body, but a Tele neck will not go onto a Strat body because the scale length is affected in the latter... There is always the possibility that you'll need a shim in the neck pocket to create a proper angle inside the adjustments range at the bridge. There are a ton of videos on RUclips about all this also. Thanks for watching!

Yes, I was pleasantly surprised about this... And the neck looks really nice too. If you ever wanted to finish it, that would be easy since there's very little finishing on these... Thanks for watching!

They're much better than you would initially think... Thanks for watching!

Yes, you were my friend! We had a blast doing this one!!!

Yes the pickups actually sound really nice... After having it for a while, I decided to make a few modifications. The switching seems to be off a little, so while I change out the wiring and pots, I'm going to put in some uncovered zebra pups and see how that goes... The tuners I replaced are really nice now too... I may have to do another video to show all the changes... Nevertheless, these Firefly guitars have really good bones!!! Thanks for watching!!!

Awesomeness!!! You must have gotten your order in before they sold out... The black ones are gone for the time being! Hope you enjoy it, and thanks for watching!

@@RaymondLandis Got the green

@LTUPauliux I would be happy to do that. However, it would require that I disassemble the guitar to do it... so I probably won't be able to weigh that at this time... I can tell you a little bit about that sonic strat neck that a few other people have confirmed... it is chunckier than the Affinity necks and surprisingly more like a classic vibe neck... you should probably check out Howell Guitar on Ebay and message him about getting exactly what you want... you may be able to get one from him unfinished...

Thanks Jane! Blessings to you and your family! Thanks for watching!

Praise the Lord! That's the only way to live!!! Be blessed my friend, God is good! All the time!

Yes sir, that was the one thing that I noticed that needed the most help... I think that it was accentuated by 2 things though... For one, I was unplugged, and the little mic was on my chest pinned to my shirt. That made it pickup that scratchy sound more than ever... The second thing is that the strings they put on these Firefly guitars are so bad that there aren't even words to describe them... They literally leave your fingers with black stains that are hard to wash off... But with all that said, the neck is already off this one and is getting some TLC and a major fret polishing before re-installation... Thanks for watching!!!

Hey, I've gotten 6 Firefly guitars over the last year, and they've all been pretty good. With one of them, I swapped out the neck and body and make two other guitars from the parts mixed in with Strat component that were interchangeable with other standard Strat parts... They've all been nothing but good experience for me... I bet you do get a good one! Stay blessed, and thanks for watching!!!

I totally agree with you about this... I've already stripped this guitar down and I'm sanding the body to be refinished. What I noticed is that there is a sort of "sticker" that is being used to replicate the wear pattern. I watched Guitar Max's review of this same guitar and stopped it in various places to compare the body patterns... They're very identical on each guitar. They're using some kind of "stick-on" pattern or something... For $200 shipped, they're mass producing something that is okay, but at the same time, not realistic up close... I'm going to refinish this one, and I'm excited to see what I come up with... Thanks for watching and come back to see the results!

@@RaymondLandis good luck --rock on

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

Or and AMC Gremlin... LOL!!!

Gremlin_wha ha ha_!! Or how about a K-car_ remember those_??

Yes Robert, this one got an upgrade to and ARM brand 2-point tremolo system. It floats perfectly with 2 springs in the back and stays in tune without any problems... I put a link in the description to the tremolo that is about $22 shipped to your door!

You bet! These are great guitars for the money... And for a modding platform, they really make a great foundation! Thanks for watching!!!

You know I've always felt that way too... I didn't particularly like the look of this one, however, I do like the overall feel and playability of it. I've already got it stripped down into all of its parts and the body has been sanded for painting. I'm going to customize this one to be just to my liking. Come back and see what I do with it in another video that I've already started to compile clips for... Then I'd really like to hear your impression of the finished product. Remember, I'm a hobbyist, not a professional, so be nice... Thanks for watching!

Nuclear arms are the dumbest thing ever.

​@@giulioluzzardi7632 That's something I can totally agree with!!!

@@RaymondLandis Very cool man! ..there is ALWAYS a guy who has to tell everyone how much he hates relics. Relic guitars really trigger some people. LOL