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hippietim · August 26th, 2003, 02:02 AM

I've been working on a parts Strat for a while now. It started off as a hollow body Strat that I bought parts for. But it was an AllParts body and the neck pocket was too big - I tried four necks in it and every single neck I put in the pocket had about a heavy pick's worth of wiggle room side to side. Seeing as I had a nice rosewood neck and really nice hardware I just decided to get another body.

All I have to do is get out the soldering iron and wire the darn thing :)

The technical particulars:

mahogany body from Warmoth's thrift shop which was pretty light finished with a few coats of tung oil
one piece rosewood neck w/jumbo frets and shell inlay dots on the fingerboard - I left it unfinished
Lace Chrome Dome pickups
Gotoh Wilkinson vintage-style Strat bridge
Gotoh locking Kluson tuners
Graphtech nut and string tree
Electrosocket jack
cool knobs with shell tops

more pictures:

neck front
pickups/bridge up close
body front
body back
neck back

'ol hank pank · August 26th, 2003, 10:38 AM

I like it!
Surprised no one else has chimed in...

gtrjones · August 26th, 2003, 10:39 AM

Woody!

Now you need to build a tele to match... :D

Nice job... how does it sound?

hippietim · August 26th, 2003, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gtrjones

Woody!

Now you need to build a tele to match... :D

Nice job... how does it sound?

I haven't wired it yet so I don't know yet - it sounds fine unplugged.

Kevin · August 26th, 2003, 11:15 AM

Nice guitar....

August 26th, 2003, 02:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
hippietim Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Raleigh Posts: 2,193	Project guitar complete (mostly) - pics inside I've been working on a parts Strat for a while now. It started off as a hollow body Strat that I bought parts for. But it was an AllParts body and the neck pocket was too big - I tried four necks in it and every single neck I put in the pocket had about a heavy pick's worth of wiggle room side to side. Seeing as I had a nice rosewood neck and really nice hardware I just decided to get another body. All I have to do is get out the soldering iron and wire the darn thing :) The technical particulars: mahogany body from Warmoth's thrift shop which was pretty light finished with a few coats of tung oil one piece rosewood neck w/jumbo frets and shell inlay dots on the fingerboard - I left it unfinished Lace Chrome Dome pickups Gotoh Wilkinson vintage-style Strat bridge Gotoh locking Kluson tuners Graphtech nut and string tree Electrosocket jack cool knobs with shell tops more pictures: neck front pickups/bridge up close body front body back neck back

August 26th, 2003, 10:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
'ol hank pank Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Scotia NY Posts: 485	Wow I like it! Surprised no one else has chimed in... __________________ TDPRI tpyo Myster

August 26th, 2003, 10:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
gtrjones Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Austin, TX y'all Posts: 849	Woody! Now you need to build a tele to match... :D Nice job... how does it sound?

August 26th, 2003, 11:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
Kevin Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Terre Haute, IN Posts: 2,967	Nice guitar....

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