Surprisingly, the Strat's bridge and middle pickups are amazing (the neck pickup is awful), and the neck is super comfortable -- but I hate Strat bodies. I had been wanting to replace the body with something else for a while. I finally did, and this is what happened:
The final product:
Basically, most of the neck and body has been covered in aluminium, and polished slightly. All of the control plates, pickguard and pickup cover (which holds two single coils to look like a humbucker) were cut and shaped by hand. The neck has been painted to imitate a dull petrified wood which would contain mostly carbon. All of the screws on this guitar are special security screws known as spanner screws, which were used on grand prix cars in the 30s (and later). These screws require a special tool to remove them, which I think is kind of obnoxious and great.
For more photos, and more information about the guitar and the cars it was inspired by, click here.
