Wouldn't it be grand if there were one of these 'super stratocasters' for sale outside eBay and guitar shops...
I like it! I've realised I'm not a massive fan of tremolols, I totally lack the skill to make them sound musical. Will looks banging when it's painted though.
THE BEAST / 'Home The Armless' project
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Awesome.
The Squier Stagemaster would have been a good choice considering your criteria but this looks a bargain at £51 squid. This spec is pretty decent, the body alone is worth more than £51..
Jackson Kelly neck. 24 fret.
Charvel Ash body. VERY heavy!
PURPLE DiMarzio PAF Pro Pickup with red surround.
DiMarzio 500k Pot with red control knob.
Licensed Floyd Rose Original Locking Tremolo.
Dr Know from Bad Brains mostly uses a Charvel w/colored DiM's
The Squier Stagemaster would have been a good choice considering your criteria but this looks a bargain at £51 squid. This spec is pretty decent, the body alone is worth more than £51..
Jackson Kelly neck. 24 fret.
Charvel Ash body. VERY heavy!
PURPLE DiMarzio PAF Pro Pickup with red surround.
DiMarzio 500k Pot with red control knob.
Licensed Floyd Rose Original Locking Tremolo.
Dr Know from Bad Brains mostly uses a Charvel w/colored DiM's
Yeah, I was thinking about that and looking at the Stagemasters and Showmasters; I just don't dig the reverse headstock really and most of the ones I saw were set/thru-neck, meaning I'd be stuck with it..Fran wrote:The Squier Stagemaster would have been a good choice considering your criteria but this looks a bargain at £51 squid. This spec is pretty decent, the body alone is worth more than £51..
wow excellent buy!!
Ah, gotcha. I think I'll be able to drill a little tunnel between the neck pickup route and the control cavity, but we'll see.
Worst coming to worst, I could probably route out a little channel between the neck and bridge pickup routes, stick a small piece of plastic tubing in there, then slap some plastic wood over the top- instant tunnel for mah wirez.
Worst coming to worst, I could probably route out a little channel between the neck and bridge pickup routes, stick a small piece of plastic tubing in there, then slap some plastic wood over the top- instant tunnel for mah wirez.
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Well, I picked up a set of (yes indeedy, metric!) allen keys a few days ago and have time to generally monkey about with The Beast a LOT.
Despite the angled neck pocket (designed to reduced the need for shimming), the neck still needs substantial shimming to level it out, but I've got it playing pretty good.
I LOVE THIS: the locking nut actually has 2 grub screws to set and balance the whole thing and therefore the nut slots. Very impressed, it's the first time I've seen one of these; it's definitely not the stock nut to the Jackson neck but I DO know it'll certainly end up on whatever neck this project features.
The truss rod needs a specific tool to adjust it (rather than the standard allen key), but I was fortunate enough to pinch a socket wrench fitting and right-angled "holder" to tweak away until I can pick up the right tool.
Despite the angled neck pocket (designed to reduced the need for shimming), the neck still needs substantial shimming to level it out, but I've got it playing pretty good.
I LOVE THIS: the locking nut actually has 2 grub screws to set and balance the whole thing and therefore the nut slots. Very impressed, it's the first time I've seen one of these; it's definitely not the stock nut to the Jackson neck but I DO know it'll certainly end up on whatever neck this project features.
The truss rod needs a specific tool to adjust it (rather than the standard allen key), but I was fortunate enough to pinch a socket wrench fitting and right-angled "holder" to tweak away until I can pick up the right tool.
So, my mega-cheap (£11 plus p&p) EMG Select finally turned up from Ebay and, despite the TINY AMOUNT OF CABLE LEFT, I plumbed it into The Beast.
To my surprise, it holds up reasonably well against the DiMarzio PAF Pro that was in there already, check da sounds:
Considering I picked it up for purely superficial cosmetic and budgetary reasons, it's not half bad! It's not even microphonic with high gains like most cheapo pickups tend to be.
Annoyingly, the neck with its overhanging 24th fret won't allow me to put a neck pickup mounting ring in, so it'll stay like this for a lil' while. Might try and file the bottom of the overhanging fret actually, it's only a little too big:
To my surprise, it holds up reasonably well against the DiMarzio PAF Pro that was in there already, check da sounds:
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Considering I picked it up for purely superficial cosmetic and budgetary reasons, it's not half bad! It's not even microphonic with high gains like most cheapo pickups tend to be.
Annoyingly, the neck with its overhanging 24th fret won't allow me to put a neck pickup mounting ring in, so it'll stay like this for a lil' while. Might try and file the bottom of the overhanging fret actually, it's only a little too big: