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hotrodperlmutter wrote: delonge 333:

Love this, the white with black stripe is my favourite though :

yeah, the epiphone is probably going to be my next purchase.

Awesome

If I could justify buying myself one I would as I love the big body of ES style guitars and it'd be pretty cool to have one to play rock on.

But alas I have no money, and no job.

Anyway back to that guys strat...

looks pretty good as is, I probably wouldn't add the stripes. I think a set of grey bottom GFS strat pickups would be up your street, get some decent pots and a new switch as well - you'd be surprised at what difference this makes.

hotrodperlmutter wrote:

who the fuck is that joker?

Aux_Axe wrote:

dezb1 wrote:what you've done but with a more aged scratch plate or this:



Ignore the maple neck Strats need rosewood

That'd look spiffy on my older strat. I already have a set of white covers and a set of cream covers that would work, I'd just need to find a black guard.

you have 2 blue Strats?

No money, no job, can't justify it.... Yeaaaah I was following that mindset. And then I saw the strat. Ramen noodles for dinner, it seems.

dezb1 wrote:

Aux_Axe wrote:

dezb1 wrote:what you've done but with a more aged scratch plate or this:



Ignore the maple neck Strats need rosewood

That'd look spiffy on my older strat. I already have a set of white covers and a set of cream covers that would work, I'd just need to find a black guard.

you have 2 blue Strats?

I have two strats. I was saying the black with white would look spiffy.

Correction, I have three. I forgot about my shitty little project strat.

dezb1 wrote:

hotrodperlmutter wrote:

who the fuck is that joker?

LAL.

Starsky & Hutch stripes are more imaginative than the shower of shit on display here

Aux_Axe wrote:

dezb1 wrote:

Aux_Axe wrote: That'd look spiffy on my older strat. I already have a set of white covers and a set of cream covers that would work, I'd just need to find a black guard.

you have 2 blue Strats?

I have two strats. I was saying the black with white would look spiffy.

aye that guard pickup cover combo is a class look on a black strat

dezb1 wrote:


Ignore the maple neck Strats need rosewood

your dick needs rosewood, maple looks fine on strats, especially with CAR or surf green. mmmm

Berto wrote:maple looks fine on strats, especially with CAR or surf green.

* shudders something terrible. *

the body color doesn't matter so much with matching the neck wood as much as the pickguard material. with a maple neck, black looks brilliant, most of the time white can work well (besides it's classic fender), tort and pearl almost never look good.

Berto wrote:

dezb1 wrote:


Ignore the maple neck Strats need rosewood

your dick needs rosewood, maple looks fine on strats, especially with CAR or surf green. mmmm

my dick has wood, and i stand by what i said: Strats need rosewood, and add Teles need maple...

Both guitars can look great with either wood. Anaemic maple looks shit on any guitar.

GeorgeF wrote:Both guitars can look great with either wood. Anaemic maple looks shit on any guitar.

a good point well made!

Somewhat off-topic but mildly relevant: What should I name it? (yes, I name my instruments...) My bass is named "Betty", if that helps any. I toyed with the idea of "Veronica", as in Betty and Veronica from the Archie comics. I don't really know. I can't think of anything else.



Also, fat ass stripes are still a go. I think they'll look good on it, so.... That's what matters to me.

I also like the stripes down the middle too. Especially on strats. My guitar player did that to his black strat and it looks really good.