Hollow Stratmaster

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Mo Law-ka
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Hollow Stratmaster

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Here's my latest ongoing project.
I have had this since I helped the Robert(og) move out. He made the body and I'm in the process of actually completing it.
Here goes:
Jazzy Trem and Bridge
Hollow strat body
Knock-off Neck (which will be replaces with a dots-and-binding neck eventually)
No pickguard or pickups yet, but here's what I'm thinking:
I have a pair of lipstick tube pickups from GFS. I'm gonna wire it up as such: Bridge & Neck with a stacked pot for master volume and tone, a 3-way switch and output all on the guard.
Here's what I still need to decide: the color. I have, so far, a tort guard and a white guard. What color should I paint it?
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Pics not expanding for me. The guitar looks great... love the concept.

White and Gold Ano would be nice.
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Post by Gabriel »

othomas2 wrote:Pics not expanding for me. The guitar looks great... love the concept.

White and Gold Ano would be nice.
+1

Would be a great colour combo

and the pictures are too small
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Looks beautiful, but this is the first time I've actually got a JPEG stuck in my eye.
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Post by thickarms »

i have a lipstick in the bridge of my strat and i loooooove it, wish i hadn't abused that guitar so much in my youth
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I have a GFS lipstick in the bridge of my Bighead strat and it's marvelous. Not what it says on the tin, but better than most similarly priced and clearly-marked strat tins.
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Mo Rawka wrote:Here's my latest ongoing project.
I have had this since I helped the Robert(og) move out. He made the body and I'm in the process of actually completing it.
Here goes:
Jazzy Trem and Bridge
Hollow strat body
Knock-off Neck (which will be replaces with a dots-and-binding neck eventually)
No pickguard or pickups yet, but here's what I'm thinking:
I have a pair of lipstick tube pickups from GFS. I'm gonna wire it up as such: Bridge & Neck with a stacked pot for master volume and tone, a 3-way switch and output all on the guard.
Here's what I still need to decide: the color. I have, so far, a tort guard and a white guard. What color should I paint it?
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Suggestions?
that is fuckin sweet its like the strat version of this:

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the lipsicks idea is also rather good. do an stealth pickup in the middle position and split pearloid burns style scratch plate like this:

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Post by millagurnzie »

Great concept, check out Cole Clark guitars in Australia they make a model that is really similar.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Cole-Clark-Hollo ... _500wt_928
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