Re: Post your Stratocasters
Cool stuff
Hey, did you take notice of what your Charvel 1A body was made of??
I know it's usually listed as basswood, but I recall working on one and it seemed crazy hard. Gave it a scratch in the cavity....kinda looked more like maple, maybe????
Since non-Fenders seem to count, I currently have 2 1/2 Strats; all mid-80s Charvel partscasters.
The first is an '86 Model 4 body with an '87 Model 1A neck. Modified with a Custom Custom, Cool Rails, & Kahler 5521 locking nut. The full life story is available here.
The second is the '87 Model 1A body with an '87 Model 2 neck. The pickups are an SSL-2 / SSL-2 / SSL-6T set wired master volume / 50s style master tone with a Fralin blend pot, and the neck has been modified with Sperzel locking tuners. The tone is a push-pull that activates the tap on the SSL-6; full output when down and tapped when up.
The half is the '87 Model 2 body and '86 Model 4 neck. The ongoing build thread is here, and I recently got the H-S-H routed body back from my tech. Next steps are to re-sand the edge radius and spray a black base coat before sending it off to Swampy to have it swirled. This one is going to get another 5521 locking nut and Gotoh Floyd; pickups will be a Parallel Axis set with the PATB-2 Distortion bridge.
Cool stuff
Hey, did you take notice of what your Charvel 1A body was made of??
I know it's usually listed as basswood, but I recall working on one and it seemed crazy hard. Gave it a scratch in the cavity....kinda looked more like maple, maybe????
