what should I do with this strat body?

[Andrew Lamprecht]

Re: what should I do with this strat body?

Then again, that thing would be great as a 2x PAf ( Chrome covered) H-H guitar! I'd definitley go '59's low output PAF if you decide to go that route.

:no: don't copy me haha

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[Ayrton]

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[staybobo]

Re: what should I do with this strat body?

Make it a black relic version of ry cooder's '67 Daphne Blue Fender Stratocaster. It has a maple neck, a bound rosewood fingerboard and a painted headstock. Ry thinks the guitar has a lot more high-end and harmonics because the strings aren't through the body anymore.

Bridge cavity is filled with blank wood.
Neck pickup: Guyatone ('60's LG-50 ?) pickup with paper-thin magnets that produce a transparant, almost acoustic tone.
Bridge pickup: a replicated Bigsby eight-string steel guitar pickup made by Paul Warnick.
Bigsby B5 Tremelo
Bridge:****
Jack input plate is mounted upside down.

 

[TheLivingDead]

Re: what should I do with this strat body?

Man, I wouldn't touch that body! It's cool as hell as is.

Maple neck

H-S white pickguard w/ a Screamin' Demon and an SSL-6

Standard strat trem

Rock the hell out of it!

 

[appar111]

Re: what should I do with this strat body?

Been there, done that look with this one-- had the white guard and pickups/knobs, and maple neck. Maybe I should go back to that, but with a big ol' ballbat neck this time? I liked the look when I did it before, just the pickups and the neck let me down, sonically.

 

[GoldenVulture]

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[Myaccount876]

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Sell it to me!

What I would do is make it completely vintage looking, but not relic it and let time take care of that. My only Stratocaster body will be like this:

I'd also put in GFS Neovin Black Noiseless strat pickups in it. The bridge would also have the vintage correct bent saddles.

With these exact neck specs:

And there is a very good personal reason why every piece of hardware on the body is all black. Without going into too many details, when I was younger and starting out in guitar, and someone I love dearly to this day started talking about guitars with me late at night after a party. He started talking about strats and it is my most clear memory with him. Last year, he committed suicide. In three days it will be the one year anniversary of his death.

To remember his life, it will only own one strat in my entire life, and it will have those exact specs. I would then name the guitar after him and engrave the front of the body with his name.

 

[phred]

Re: what should I do with this strat body?

Leave it alone.

 

[appar111]

Re: what should I do with this strat body?

Here's something that's not too far off from things right now. I even have a spare/junker Squier neck with a rosewood board:

Ayrton, that Clapton looking strat reminds me why I liked the look of my strat in its last incarnation. It's that neck-- so badass!

 

[appar111]

Re: what should I do with this strat body?

Alright, I may just admit defeat on the single coil front, as I'm just kinda tired of trying to find the right rockin' single coils for this one. Humbucker, baby!

I think I'm going to keep the body as is, and just change up the neck and pickguard. Just shielded all the cavities in it on Sunday night.

Here's the plan (for the moment, anyway).

1. Single-humbucker 3-ply parchment pickguard with just a volume pot
2. Hotter bridge pickup (500T, Duncan Distortion, Super D, something of that ilk)
3. Allparts LRO strat neck (big ol' CBS strat headstock, rosewood fretboard, vintage radius) with tinted headstock face, wipe-on polyU on the rest of the neck ('cept the fretboard of course)

Got a junker squier neck on it now, and a no-name humbucker I pulled out of a Squier Bullet Special. It's a really loud pickup and actually quite good for rock, but the pickup and the neck will just be placeholders until I get something better quality in there.

whatchu all think?