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Re: An interesting Project!

6/3/2003 6:23 PM
Soapbarstrat	Re: An interesting Project! I swear by the "swimming pool" rout/ wood pickguard combo. I also swear by used guitars. But don't do this to a collectable strat. Try to find a good used strat body and used neck Bought an Alder body in 1986 for 20 bucks. used it to practice using a router on. Ended up with what we now call a "swimming pool" rout. At the time, I though I probably messed up the guitar and put it on a shelf and it sat there for years until I wanted to try out my oil finishing skills on it. It had been covered with grey primer all that time, and I sanded it off, and found a very nice looking Alder wood. Searched for a used neck. Found one at the first music store I stopped at. A jap fender neck with tuners for 80 bucks. Perfect fit with the body. Made an Oak pickguard. The semi-hollow body sound inspired some cool songs I came up with. I will do the same to any future strats I build from parts I get a good deal on. I paid 4 times more for the new strat I had bought years before building this one and it doesn't sound as good. The 20 dollar body had a pretty big chip on the side, near the output jack. The chipped off peice had been glued back on though and no one notices it unless I point it out and they look real close. It doesn't affect the sound. I'm saying this in case you ever come across a strat body with a big chip on it. It's no big deal. Play a guitar you don't have to be afraid to beat up a little. I have a feeling the next used strat neck I buy will have a floyd-rose routed nut and that's fine. I can't wait to fix it so you can hardly tell Floyd had ever been there. Damn, I wrote too much. Bye for now.

6/3/2003 6:23 PM

Soapbarstrat

Re: An interesting Project!

I swear by the "swimming pool" rout/ wood pickguard combo.

I also swear by used guitars.

But don't do this to a collectable strat.

Try to find a good used strat body and used neck

Bought an Alder body in 1986 for 20 bucks. used it to practice using a router on. Ended up with what we now call a "swimming pool" rout. At the time, I though I probably messed up the guitar and put it on a shelf and it sat there for years until I wanted to try out my oil finishing skills on it. It had been covered with grey primer all that time, and I sanded it off, and found a very nice looking Alder wood. Searched for a used neck. Found one at the first music store I stopped at. A jap fender neck with tuners for 80 bucks. Perfect fit with the body. Made an Oak pickguard. The semi-hollow body sound inspired some cool songs I came up with. I will do the same to any future strats I build from parts I get a good deal on. I paid 4 times more for the new strat I had bought years before building this one and it doesn't sound as good.

The 20 dollar body had a pretty big chip on the side, near the output jack. The chipped off peice had been glued back on though and no one notices it unless I point it out and they look real close. It doesn't affect the sound. I'm saying this in case you ever come across a strat body with a big chip on it. It's no big deal.
Play a guitar you don't have to be afraid to beat up a little.
I have a feeling the next used strat neck I buy will have a floyd-rose routed nut and that's fine. I can't wait to fix it so you can hardly tell Floyd had ever been there.

Damn, I wrote too much.

Bye for now.