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Not a Strat
This was the guitar which would change the building process, it was built from quality guitar woods, good quality parts and decent power tools. It was built in about 1990, along side a Telecaster. It was made because I wanted a SuperStrat, with one high power humbucking pickup. BodyThis was two pieces of Alder bought from David Dyke supplies (£18), it was great to work with, with a good weight. The wood looked a bit on the green side and so was stained with Walnut wood dye. It looked much better. The neck and pickups cavities were routed out with template guides, this gave a very good finish. It was sprayed with Spectra clear car spray with 2 coats. Neck This was a piece of Rock Maple from David Dyke (£10), it has a box section truss rod and African Ebony fingerboard (£10), which was very hard to use, flatish camber, jumbo frets and MOP dots. The neck was not U, V or D shape but palm shaped to my left hand. It also was pitched back like a Gibson due to the Gibson style bridge. It was sprayed using Spectra with `12` coats (like glass).However I was not happy with it as it was not how I imagined the finished product and so gave it to my Brother in law. He had it for 12 years, I grew to like it very much and managed to get it back. HardwareAll from other gigging guitars, the bridge was from a 1976 Gibson Les Paul Custom `Black Beauty`. The tuners were from an early 80s Squire Strat. The scratch plate was 1/16” brass completely etched out of a solid piece. The pickups have changed over the years, currently it has a Mighty Mite Motherbucker in the bridge which kicks out 21ohms. I may put a barhumbucker in the neck. It played very well and sounded quite good, It has good balance and the neck feels really good. And soUsing as main backup guitar, it does get thrown about quite a bit. |
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