Pre - NGD - Road Worn Strat

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:35 pm

Just ordered this

due to arrive just before my 50th birthday

thinking I need to switch the guard, pickup covers and knobs as they look to clean.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:44 pm

Tele neck?

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:45 pm

benecol wrote:Tele neck?

Heel looks wrong for a Tele neck. Just a strat neck with a tele headstock I think.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:59 pm

NickD wrote:
benecol wrote:Tele neck?
Heel looks wrong for a Tele neck. Just a strat neck with a tele headstock I think.

more than likely. Its a cheaper version of a custom shop guitar called the mischief maker

LANK

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sat Mar 20, 2021 10:05 pm

Looks great! Nice birthday pressie!

gusman2x · Post by **gusman2x** » Sat Mar 20, 2021 10:31 pm

That looks awesome!

50!, gotta be halfway! Many happy returns when it comes.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:05 pm

so the guard, knobs, etc look to white so question for you all. Mint or anodised pickguard? Aged knobs, pickup covers, etc or just keep it white?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:23 pm

Well done Chris, I bet the neck plays like silk.

I think IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢d go mint guard and I get what you are saying about the other parts looking too clean. Might look different again when you get hold of it though.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:07 am

I'm a sucker for mint guards (I've got them on 4 out of 6 guitars), so I would go with that. And I think if you were to do that, the contrast against the white looks really good. I tried out some aged white knobs on my Strat the other day and I much prefer the white of the pickups in comparison:

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lorez · Post by **lorez** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:12 am

the mint guard looks great on that Thom. I'm very partial to the mint guards as well but wondered about a change.