my first real electric guitar finally gets what it deserves *strat project* fin
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my first real electric guitar finally gets what it deserves *strat project* fin
I've had my strat laying around for years. Its my first Fender and I used to love it. Its a Fender Strat mim squire series.
I pulled it out a few weeks ago and felt bad for it, I decided to give it some upgrades.
I took off the crappy tuners and put one some vintage look'n ones. These were on my duo when I got it.
I put the jagmaster neck on the duo, so I liberated the tuners for this project.
That ones a little crooked, I moved it as I was tightening the screw. I'll fix it later.
I ordered a new black pickguard for it. It had a single ply white one. It looked alright, but I'm a sucker for a blackguard.
I put a new bridge on it, because the other one was rusted to death. This guitar used to have stickers all over it.
I don't like stickers anymore so I took them off, cept for the deg. Those are my initials plus someone elses are scratched into the guitar under them.
I've got new pickups and electronics on the way. I'm wiring it up with 500k pots and a push/pull pot so I can have all 3 pickups on.
Thanks to a forum member (Jetset) I'm putting a set of these in there. http://store.guitarfetish.com/64stvigrbost.html
It'll end up looking like a Gilmour strat. I loved that look before I ever knew he played that black strat.
When I was a kid I saw a pic of Kurt Cobain with a strat that had a black pg and white pickups and I thought it looked awesome.
I pulled it out a few weeks ago and felt bad for it, I decided to give it some upgrades.
I took off the crappy tuners and put one some vintage look'n ones. These were on my duo when I got it.
I put the jagmaster neck on the duo, so I liberated the tuners for this project.
That ones a little crooked, I moved it as I was tightening the screw. I'll fix it later.
I ordered a new black pickguard for it. It had a single ply white one. It looked alright, but I'm a sucker for a blackguard.
I put a new bridge on it, because the other one was rusted to death. This guitar used to have stickers all over it.
I don't like stickers anymore so I took them off, cept for the deg. Those are my initials plus someone elses are scratched into the guitar under them.
I've got new pickups and electronics on the way. I'm wiring it up with 500k pots and a push/pull pot so I can have all 3 pickups on.
Thanks to a forum member (Jetset) I'm putting a set of these in there. http://store.guitarfetish.com/64stvigrbost.html
It'll end up looking like a Gilmour strat. I loved that look before I ever knew he played that black strat.
When I was a kid I saw a pic of Kurt Cobain with a strat that had a black pg and white pickups and I thought it looked awesome.
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also this guy...
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i had a b/b/w strat once...
Had a hot rail in the bridge... was tasty
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Yay! I did that not too long ago with my MIM strat that I got as my first real electric guitar. it actually sounds really good now!
Before bringing up drugs with your kids, hook your turntables up to a wah-wah pedal.
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mine had a hot rail, I didn't like it.
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Those gfs pickups sound wonderful. I really love this guitar now.
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sweet! loving the 1 volume!
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thanks! its also a push/pull switch.garyptaszek wrote: sweet! loving the 1 volume!
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SWEET, what is the Push/Pull switches function?
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I love the black/black look with white pup covers
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It turns on the bridge pickup, so I can have neck/bridge or all the pups at one time.garyptaszek wrote: SWEET, what is the Push/Pull switches function?
Its kinda weird sounding, its really different.
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that is awesome +1dug wrote:It turns on the bridge pickup, so I can have neck/bridge or all the pups at one time.garyptaszek wrote: SWEET, what is the Push/Pull switches function?
Its kinda weird sounding, its really different.
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Nice project! I remerber that pic of Kurt Cobain with the stick on it. Something like: Vandalism is as beautiful as a rock in a cop's face!
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I love the push/pull switch! The neck/bridge combo is killer!