Recent content by Dcguitar

Some interesting thoughts. I was originally thinking roasted maple neck and Fb, gold hardware and pearl pickguard. But I like the dark Fb, rosewood or ebony on roasted maple. If I go chrome hardware there’s more options. The original pic with a pearl pick guard looks nice, but what thoughts...

Yeah, but I have a few of those, and was looking to do a more traditional Strat but tweaked for me.

I have a mythical gold flake body, what color hardware would be best? I want bridge, tuners, and everything to match. Also would a maple fingerboard or rosewood work best?

I will update with the choices as I progress, and I'll put a thread in the build in progress forum as well. I still have a lot more parts to get :)

Stratomania, I meant I was hoping to find opinions here, from actual users of the different options, rather than just reading marketing material or seeing a youtuber promote something. Thanks everyone, I will be looking into the suggestions.

cool, i found a few demos of the rail tail on youtube, and it looks good, but was hoping to get real opinions from here :)

Is that a "mannmade" PRS style, if not what brand? I'm not confident in my modification skills (don't want to ruin the body). I don't know how often I'll actually use the trem, and require no float, so I can rest my palm / tune down without issue. Years back I had a strat with the 2 point...

I picked up a mythical flake, and need to get a 6 hole tremolo now. I typically play Floyd’s and prefer the smooth feeling of the saddles. I don’t like the screws sticking up from typical fender style bridges. What are songs good options for bridges that will fit? Will the Wilkinson vsvg work...

I put together a Soloist body, with recessed floyd, and roasted modern maple neck (locking nut and compound radius).  The floyd base sits about half recessed into the body, nut has no shim. most of the notes on the high e string are choked and bending does not work above the 14th fret, the low...