"Yellowcaster" rebuild #6...

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My "yellowcaster" as it has been named by a friend of mine has had TONS of makeovers/rebuilds and i think i'm on the final one now...this is the 6th rebuild of it. this time it has w/b/w guard (it's had 5 others in various colors/materials in the past) with a dimarzio breed bridge and fast track 1 neck wired volume/tone (500k) and a 3 way switch. the trem now has ferraglide saddles (it's had stock, graphtech and brass in the past) it also now has a new custom neck made to my normal Clone specs from 1pc 1/4 sawn maple with skunk stripe. from the heel to the nut it feels like a charvel with 22 6100 jumbo frets, a 12" radius and 1 11/16" nut width and the perfect C shape back not too thin, not too thick. the headstock however is as you can see CBS fender style, it even has a bullet truss rod adjustment for the cool look of it haha. sperzel tuners, graphtech nut and a custom fender logo finish it off (serial number is my birth year just for kicks hehe). i decided to keep it with a fender logo since it's still 1/2 fender (body and trem).

here it is....

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-Mike
 
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That one looks nice, Mike, even if it does have DiMarzio's :) j/k
 
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thanks guys! oh and it had duncans for a bit...3 hot rails.

i thought this would be fun, here's what this guitar went through through the years.

i've owned this since new and it's a 2001 Fender powerhouse strat (body and some hardware is all that's left LOL)

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so that's what it's been through in 5 years LOL. i like it how it is now best for sure!! this new neck is killer!

-Mike
 
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Nice strat! Definitely nice to see a yellow one.

(Phase 2 looks awesome... love that diamond plate, but I'm baised :p)
 
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i like how it looks now. Is it graffitti yellow or a diffrent shade?
 
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thanks guys this is my personal favorite for sure...that's why i did the makeover.

it is graffitti yellow and i think i need a matching tele or esquire now!

-Mike
 
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For some reason phase 5 was my favorite followed by phase 2!
 
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i think that color would grow on me...especially in person?!

love phase 6 the best, followed by 2!
 
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I like the fourth the best (maybe it's my affinity for 80s guitars), but this newest version is better than the others. Great job.


But why does it still have a neck pickup? :chairfall
 
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The tweetycaster. :D That's cool looking. I like Phase 5 and 6 the best.
 
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