Stratocaster project

[izodiak]

So, I have got an stratocaster body from here, and a telecaster neck (is shipping towards me).
And now I am putting a 'project' together.

Maybe its a bit boring, but since I sold my strat, I kind of miss it.

I am thinking of getting the cheap GFS 'pre-wired' HSS pickguard..
And some Gotoh tuners with the nice 'mother of pearl' peg.

I am a bit stuck on the tremolo and some other details.
And the neck astro gifted me has got an 'broken' nut, as I understand.
In the great shops of latvia couldnt find one, where should I look?

And maybe just throw this 'strat' thing off and make it a telecaster.
But I kind of want to use the body I have.

would look something like this .
Just the humbucker, and as I understood the neck heel should be 'adjusted' to the stratocaster body.

any advice on my first project?
things I should be aware?

[Dave]

Strat and Tele neck heels are different - you'll probably need to shape either the neck heel or the neck route in the body.

EDIT sorry you know that already - damn stealth posting at work through a tiny window

[izodiak]

Your post just makes me feel safer, that it can be done.
Thats good.

tiny monitors,grr.

[astro]

Actually, I was looking at the neck as I was packing it up to send you. I'm not sure the nut is broken, or at least it didn't look broken when I looked at it. I think I might have remembered wrong... I do believe the nut is too high, though. That means that you could just lower it and still use it. I'm not 100% sure but that's how it looked when I was packing it up. I hope that's the case because that would make it a lot easier to fix up.

If you do need a new nut, a pre-slotted Fender nut will NOT work. The fingerboard radius is much flatter than on anything Fender has ever made. I think the radius might even be a bit flatter than on a Gibson neck. So you might have to get a straight and flat nut blank and custom shape it to the neck.

[izodiak]

'shaping' the little 'plastic' part scares me a bit.
I really hope the nut is fine..
just sanding(?) it down would make very happy.
fingers crossed.

once more thanks for the neck.

[izodiak]

(bump)

this may be the world slowest guitar project, but my moniez come slow.
so this is how far I am.. with all the great deals on shortscale etc.



Next up electronics.
Now im thinking two humbuckers or HSS..
(I may go for the most cheapest option and choose the pre-wired GFS sets)

[Haze]

but my moniez come slow.

sorry, i got a tickle out of that and seeing Vox, Apple and Apple on the desk
[yes, the amplugs are cheap fun i know]

Personally the GFS pickups that come in those prewired guards are garbage. I did the same thinking it would be a quick fix and something new/fun. The stock squire pickups [alnico magnet] were miles better than the gfs [ceramic magnet] pickups. The pots, switch and wiring was all done for you, which was a plus for me at the time, but nothing of great quality.

If you just want to finish the project to be finished with it then thats a "drop-in" solution but personally i'd go with picking a guard, pots and switch and wiring it up yourself and putting better pickups in.

[izodiak]

haha, yes, some stuff gathered over the years.
(monies come and go)

I was just blown away by the price, but that brings the quality down.
I understand.

Then I will probably go with humbuckers and do some 'coil tapping'.
That should sound interesting..

And Im thinking about the color to keep the white with shell-pinkish underneath (for an aged trashed look)...
or recolor ir Daphne blue or something like that,um.

[artofcourtney]

Looks great already!