PFDarkside
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think this week was 28 hours of calls. As long as I’m not hosting many times I am multitasking. Now our CEO and VPs have requested us to have video cameras on all the time. No wonder I’m working 50+ hours a week now.
Late 1980’s Strat aesthetics...
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think this week was 28 hours of calls. As long as I’m not hosting many times I am multitasking. Now our CEO and VPs have requested us to have video cameras on all the time. No wonder I’m working 50+ hours a week now.
Snake Aces
Singlecut Slut
It seems working from home has only made the big wigs squeeze our time even more...
Synapsys
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This, but with maple board and just two knobs (master volume and tone). For pickups, black HSS with stacks or rails. And get a 10 position Freeway Strat switch for maximum versatility.
ItsaBass
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Looks good to me.
Here's what I'm doing to my first guitar, an '85 MIJ '50s Strat. Working on the one-piece maple neck right now. Black nut and black Hipshot lockers. Kind of similar to the aesthetic you are sketching out, but without the saturated color.
EMGs, V/T/T/T controls, 18V (battery holders in former trem claw cavity). The EMGs came in the guitar when I first got it 30 years ago. They came out for some time, but they're back in as part of the current revamp-in-progress.
That weird extra hole in the body has been in there since I got it. The previous owner "blocked" the vibrato by putting in two pan-head screws overhanging the top of the vibrato plate. D'oh!
Here's what I'm doing to my first guitar, an '85 MIJ '50s Strat. Working on the one-piece maple neck right now. Black nut and black Hipshot lockers. Kind of similar to the aesthetic you are sketching out, but without the saturated color.
EMGs, V/T/T/T controls, 18V (battery holders in former trem claw cavity). The EMGs came in the guitar when I first got it 30 years ago. They came out for some time, but they're back in as part of the current revamp-in-progress.
That weird extra hole in the body has been in there since I got it. The previous owner "blocked" the vibrato by putting in two pan-head screws overhanging the top of the vibrato plate. D'oh!
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PFDarkside
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Wait, which is #9? Dystrust’s tele? :chairfall
PFDarkside
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Looks fun! Is that an original Kahler and EMG SAs?
ItsaBass
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No, not original. It was a '50s vintage style Japanese Strat when it was new. I got it with a black guard, EMGs, and a stripped and oiled neck. Played it that way for a good number of years. Converted back to '50s style, and kept it that way for a number of years. Neck suffered both water damage and the truss rod became un-anchored. It sat. Dug the old rod out and fabricated a new one. At that time, I decided to go with something like the vibe you are thinking about – '80s style mods – since it is pretty true to the actual era of the guitar, and the way some kid might have modded it back then. Tracked down an '80s Kahler pulled from a Jackson (IIRC), refurbished and installed that. Got a new guard (the old one was the same color, but ugly as hell from wear). Put the EMGs back in. Designed a new wiring scheme using all new pots, jack, and switch. Black jack plate. Black Hipshots. Black nut. Still working on the neck (needs a re-fret too). I have an Allparts neck on it for the time being.
The most frustrating aspect of the whole project? Such a thing as an open framed black stereo jack does not appear to exist.
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Artie
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PFDarkside
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Post #9. Sung to the tune of "Revolution #9."
Ah, ok! A lot of consensus...
Artie
Peaveyologist
PFDarkside
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I’ve noticed that... I’m contemplating what to do if I go active.
Artie
Peaveyologist
I absolutely love my El Diablo. Although, it's not "thin" rails. Everyone, including the website, calls it super hot. It doesn't strike me that way at all. I hear it as surprisingly well balanced, both in output and frequency response. The Custom Shop also has the "thin-rail" Jupiter. But I haven't heard one of those.
Oops. Just noticed the Jupiter is for 7-string.
And . . . I back-pedal again. There's a 6-string version now, as a regular production model. :banghead:
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ItsaBass
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He should check out Wilde pickups. The L500 can be built in four different models, from 3 Henries up, for under $100
a pickup, including tax and shipping, directly from the manufacturer. IME, very fast delivery too. You can even text message the builder! Crazy.
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chrisplaysmusic
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Consider using a Stetsbar ii
PFDarkside
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I hope if I build this thing I don’t regret it being a hardtail instead of a Floyd.
I think it is human nature to want what we don't have. Either way, you will wish you had it!
PFDarkside
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The only part of this guitar that currently exists is the hardtail Seafoam body! :chairfall
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