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Jedi,
I got all the hardware in trade for a snake I never used so I'm not 100% sure what my final choice was but I'm thinking I got gold Schaller's. The headstock is John's (the builder's) design it's a pretty standard 3+3 type - I was in a hurry to take the picture and didn't get the cell phone cam aimed well. There's no overlay on the headstock - it was how it came from Soulmate. I didn't want to do much other than get this one assembled as after years of parts sitting around I was ordered "no more new toys till you get those parts put to use!" Quitting the job and going back to grad school put a hurtin' on finances too so I didn't want to get too cute.

I've got a cool spalted pecan body and a old Gretsch thru-neck kit sitting around too ...

Lookin real nice man! That top is gorgeous.

Becker Guitars wrote:Lookin real nice man! That top is gorgeous.

Thanks! That top looks a lot better now than it did leaning against a wall in my basement for the last 6 years

It's not procrastination...you have allowed the wood for this build to fully acclimate...and now is the proper time to begin construction. well done.

Well, the thru-neck is finished and hardening for a couple more weeks before getting wired up. I did get my '79 Strat wired up today. It was originally black and a former owner stripped it and did a horrible clear finish on the ash body. The electronics were just as bad - it came with 3 stacked humbuckers that sounded like shit. I got 2 gold Lace Sensors for free from a friend but they weren't much better. It had been sitting for at least 5 years with not even a new set of strings. My wife started an art project using old guitars so she asked if she could paint it. I said sure if I can get new pickups and hardware for it. I got 3 Duncan APS-1 pickups, she painted it, I wired it up today. It sounds great, it was always pretty loud and resonant unplugged. Now it sounds like a real Strat again and looks pretty darn cool.


This color in this pic is kinda washed out - it's a lot brighter that this.

I just did a low volume test through the SMS Classic i--> Boogie Mark III EFX Ret --> 2x12 cab and it's gonna be a great Aligator guitar. Woot!!

Getting closer - it took a while to figure out the finish issues with the spalted maple. Finish is hardening for another week and a half, then buffed out and wired up and should be ready to go on the 30th the date of my next gig!

badguys4u wrote:. I ended up going to a bent frame / connector stop (as I thought given the opportunity to better exercise the option to "lock" each component of the body). It was not nearly as bad, cut off the hands of the neck, because I thought it would be (I used a router). But despite this, you get the angle I could get with the available stock for the neck, I'll have to fight a small sink. I have not gotten back yet, but soon ... It will be really close.



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