I got an email from a guy who misunderstood a guitar related craigslist posting I made. Long story short, He asked me how much I would charge to put his two Strats back together. Strats are so easy to work with it, I just told him I'd do both for $50. He agreed, dropped them off and then asked me if I'd be interested in just fixing one and keeping the other as a trade. I'm not a big fan of Strats but I like the color of this one and I love the neck. Anyway, I have a Strat project now so I thought I'd see if anyone has any ideas. I'm thinking a mint guard would look nice but I don't know. The pickups are one Lace Sensor and two Godin rail pickups...
I don't like strats either but this is quite a score. I reckon you got at least $300 worth of parts for free!
Is that wear from actual playing or some relic job?
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Yeah, I couldn't get a good picture. It's not as yellow as the first picture and not as white as the second picture. Somewhere in between...like a cream I guess.
Looks like a MIM Classic 50s or Japanese '57 that's been Clapton'd or mini-buckered or whatever, I'd put some duncan antiquities or Fender Japan '57/'62s in it. I'd reccomend against a mint guard as that's strictly a '60s affair, the maple board and single ply guard suit each other better, at least to trainspotters.
Aug wrote:which one of you bastards sent me an ebay question asking if you can get teh kurdtz with that 64 mustang?
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Cool. Love it. Great project. That neck has teh Keef Richardz vibe.
Everyone should own a Strat besides whatever they use, it should be mandatory, the guitars importance in the history of modern music and guitar design/build is so immense.
anthoney wrote:Yeah, I couldn't get a good picture. It's not as yellow as the first picture and not as white as the second picture. Somewhere in between...like a cream I guess.
i think a mint PG would kinda disappear then.
maybe black or tort?
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I think I'd leave it as old-school as possible. I kinda agree with Paul_ here. I'm not sure I'd do much to it except make it play great, and put good pickups in it.
Nice, traditional, old-school vibe.
Oh, and route for Floyd Rose and Humbuckorz obviously.
jeff wrote:What kind of craigslist postings are you making that lead people to give you free strats? I would like to copy your technique.
Bump!
Haha, yeah I realized that sounded kinda weird. I made a posting about wanting to buy a guitar project. The guy either misread it or just assumed that I work on guitars. Either way, a free guitar for assembling a Strat isn't a bad deal.
robOG has a template made from one of the ones i sent him. he has mo rocca making stuff for him now. those guys are all over the projects forums. send mo a PM
