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I got an email from a guy who misunderstood a guitar related craigslist posting I made. Long story short, He asked me how much I would charge to put his two Strats back together. Strats are so easy to work with it, I just told him I'd do both for $50. He agreed, dropped them off and then asked me if I'd be interested in just fixing one and keeping the other as a trade. I'm not a big fan of Strats but I like the color of this one and I love the neck. Anyway, I have a Strat project now so I thought I'd see if anyone has any ideas. I'm thinking a mint guard would look nice but I don't know. The pickups are one Lace Sensor and two Godin rail pickups...

I don't like strats either but this is quite a score. I reckon you got at least $300 worth of parts for free!
Is that wear from actual playing or some relic job?

I'm really not sure...to me, it really looks used and abused. I don't really have a good eye for relic jobs though.

laterallateral wrote: Is that wear from actual playing or some relic job?

looks like playing to me.

anyhoo, i can't quite tell what the color is?

Yeah, I couldn't get a good picture. It's not as yellow as the first picture and not as white as the second picture. Somewhere in between...like a cream I guess.

The colour looks like how Oly White ages under polyester finishes. Is that a MIM?

where's the 5 way switch?

terronado wrote:where's the 5 way switch?

Kissing the 3-way switch's ass!

Looks like a MIM Classic 50s or Japanese '57 that's been Clapton'd or mini-buckered or whatever, I'd put some duncan antiquities or Fender Japan '57/'62s in it. I'd reccomend against a mint guard as that's strictly a '60s affair, the maple board and single ply guard suit each other better, at least to trainspotters.

paul_ wrote:

terronado wrote:where's the 5 way switch?

Kissing the 3-way switch's ass!

oh. ok.

Cool. Love it. Great project. That neck has teh Keef Richardz vibe.
Everyone should own a Strat besides whatever they use, it should be mandatory, the guitars importance in the history of modern music and guitar design/build is so immense.

What kind of craigslist postings are you making that lead people to give you free strats? I would like to copy your technique.

jeff wrote:What kind of craigslist postings are you making that lead people to give you free strats? I would like to copy your technique.

Bump!

anthoney wrote:Yeah, I couldn't get a good picture. It's not as yellow as the first picture and not as white as the second picture. Somewhere in between...like a cream I guess.

i think a mint PG would kinda disappear then.
maybe black or tort?

I think I'd leave it as old-school as possible. I kinda agree with Paul_ here. I'm not sure I'd do much to it except make it play great, and put good pickups in it.

Nice, traditional, old-school vibe.

Oh, and route for Floyd Rose and Humbuckorz obviously.

silly_rabbit_band wrote:

jeff wrote:What kind of craigslist postings are you making that lead people to give you free strats? I would like to copy your technique.

Bump!

Haha, yeah I realized that sounded kinda weird. I made a posting about wanting to buy a guitar project. The guy either misread it or just assumed that I work on guitars. Either way, a free guitar for assembling a Strat isn't a bad deal.

it needs less pickups.

one neck, one bridge. get a new pickguard made

robroe wrote:it needs less pickups.

one neck, one bridge. get a new pickguard made

That actually sounds pretty cool. Any suggestions on where to get a guard made?

robOG has a template made from one of the ones i sent him. he has mo rocca making stuff for him now. those guys are all over the projects forums. send mo a PM

he did a fantastic job with mine

ill see what i can do for you.