New Guitar Day, Custom Strat Content! Billy Corgan Replica!

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This is a continuation of 70's Strat Project. I wanted to build a Billy Corgan Signature Strat, but the one that was sold was far away from what any of his main strats were. I wanted the blue 70's one he has,


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Long story short. I ordered a custom body from MJT. Mark was more than willing to help with my custom order. He was extremely nice and responded quickly. Took about 9 weeks tho. It's a heavy swamp ash, exactly what I wanted. The other parts I got from random places. The white MIM is my bat strat replica, loaded with lace sensors. I won't list all the details, feel free to ask. Now to the pictures:

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can't do the axes justice without the persian carpet
 
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Nice looking ride! Enjoy. :cool2:
 
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Thanks dudes. It's kinda funny, MJT usually does the opposite, sell relic'd guitars, I wanted a brand new looking axe and they delivered!
 
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Low_fidelity2100 said:
Nice!

Question though, why didn't ya make it a hard tail like Billy's?
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Good question. I thought about it for a while, and thought if I decked the trem and put at least 4 springs, it would sound pretty close to a hardtail. And in my research, the basic differences between a hardtail and trem strat is the hardtail has more sustain and more of a low end presence. If you heard these pups they definitely don't need anymore bass, and it has a very long sustain.
 
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qaiso said:
This is a continuation of 70's Strat Project. I wanted to build a Billy Corgan Signature Strat, but the one that was sold was far away from what any of his main strats were. I wanted the blue 70's one he has,


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Long story short. I ordered a custom body from MJT. Mark was more than willing to help with my custom order. He was extremely nice and responded quickly. Took about 9 weeks tho. It's a heavy swamp ash, exactly what I wanted. The other parts I got from random places. The white MIM is my bat strat replica, loaded with lace sensors. I won't list all the details, feel free to ask. Now to the pictures:

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The carpet really ties the room together dude...
 
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That's awesome. A friend of mine is a crazy SP fan, he also cobbled together a Strat with that same color scheme, but with Lace Sensors. I don't care what the critics say, I love the Zeitgeist era, and his tone, especially in IAGW. I was never a big fan of Lace Sensors, I had some in the late 90's, but they seemed lifeless. The BC set also splits real well, and with that as an option with push/pulls, the DiMarzios can cover their catalog.

Do your guitars have the full DiMarzio BC pickup set? How do you have it wired?

I also did another BC inspired Strat also with a black Aerodyne http://i.imgur.com/NDo0UEQ.jpg The wiring is totally different though, and I wasn't willing to go hard tail either.
 
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DreX said:
That's awesome. A friend of mine is a crazy SP fan, he also cobbled together a Strat with that same color scheme, but with Lace Sensors. I don't care what the critics say, I love the Zeitgeist era, and his tone, especially in IAGW. I was never a big fan of Lace Sensors, I had some in the late 90's, but they seemed lifeless. The BC set also splits real well, and with that as an option with push/pulls, the DiMarzios can cover their catalog.

Do your guitars have the full DiMarzio BC pickup set? How do you have it wired?

I also did another BC inspired Strat also with a black Aerodyne http://i.imgur.com/NDo0UEQ.jpg The wiring is totally different though, and I wasn't willing to go hard tail either.
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Lace sensors aren't bad at all. I really like the bsr combo in the white. Actually that's still my #1 axe at the moment. I'm just too attached to the mim neck, it really feels perfect to me. What is IAGW?

Yeah it the bc1&2 and the chopper in the middle. Wired normally, but has the bridge and neck splits in positions 2&4 (how the real BC strat is wired). How does the bc2 in the bridge split? Does it sound decent? Never tried it, but I heard that minihb's don't split well. Hardtail strat was out of the question. I'm sure there is a difference vs my decked trem but it's probably a small difference.
 
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qaiso said:
Lace sensors aren't bad at all. I really like the bsr combo in the white. Actually that's still my #1 axe at the moment. I'm just too attached to the mim neck, it really feels perfect to me. What is IAGW?

Yeah it the bc1&2 and the chopper in the middle. Wired normally, but has the bridge and neck splits in positions 2&4 (how the real BC strat is wired). How does the bc2 in the bridge split? Does it sound decent? Never tried it, but I heard that minihb's don't split well. Hardtail strat was out of the question. I'm sure there is a difference vs my decked trem but it's probably a small difference.
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Sorry, IAGW is the "If All Goes Wrong" DVD from 2008. I love this performance from that DVD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87JjV4WDDC0

The BC-1 and BC-2 sound amazing split. They sound much closer to typical Strat pickups than the average split humbucker. Lots of character, relatively full sounding. I'd definitely recommend installing a push/pull to split the bridge and neck, since one push pull can split two pickups. I did something different, I got a 4 gang 100K pot off ebay and variably split all three pickups at once. It truly is the most versatile Strat I can imagine.

I deck my trems also, IME you have to use all five strings and clamp the spring fork up against the body to get sufficient tension. I can tell if it's not enough, because I'll pull back on the wammy and hear extra potential for bridge to body contact.
 
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DreX said:
Sorry, IAGW is the "If All Goes Wrong" DVD from 2008. I love this performance from that DVD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87JjV4WDDC0

The BC-1 and BC-2 sound amazing split. They sound much closer to typical Strat pickups than the average split humbucker. Lots of character, relatively full sounding. I'd definitely recommend installing a push/pull to split the bridge and neck, since one push pull can split two pickups. I did something different, I got a 4 gang 100K pot off ebay and variably split all three pickups at once. It truly is the most versatile Strat I can imagine.

I deck my trems also, IME you have to use all five strings and clamp the spring fork up against the body to get sufficient tension. I can tell if it's not enough, because I'll pull back on the wammy and hear extra potential for bridge to body contact.
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I'll have to check out that dvd. That's good to hear they split well. I'll have to install a push pull or similar. The coolest thing about those 3 pups is even tho they are minihb's they really don't de-strat the strat. I can still get the quack. I still have somewhat of a treble cut, not as much as a sc, but enough for my liking. I put 4 springs on mine, I still use the tremolo from time to time, it's fun!
 
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Falloffthebonetone said:
Beat me to it...
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