Recent content by George555

Very nice!  It reminds me of a friend back in high school that had the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles painted on a strat...which he dubbed the Turtlecaster.  Another had the punisher painted on it.  Great job!

That is beautifrul! 

I received my shipment from Warmoth. (I took pictures and will get them up when I get back to town  :toothy10: )  I'm at a friends to do all the drilling for the pickguard and tuners.  I put the neck on making sure that it's touching the body.  I measured from the center of the bridge to the...

Well...I made up my mind on the pickups.  I went with the Custom Shop Fat 50's!  Thanks for the recommendation Jack.  I went through ACME and got there blender set up.  Thanks Tfarny for that link!  Well...I think that's all the parts...now comes being patient.

Wow!  That is a gorgeous flame on both pieces.  I want to do a nice quilt or flame top at some point.  I want to keep learning more about finishing though.  

I agree!  Very nice.  I like the butterscotch!

Yeah, the more I read....I can do the wiring with my friend's help.  But.....I swear my brain is going to explode on pickup selection!  I keep reading and listening.  There are so many options.  lol. 

Thanks for the input!  I'll check out Rio Grande and all the links.  That's one reason I didn't pull the trigger on the pickups yet.  If you get the K9 harness it's pretty pricey.  I figured I'd continued listening to sound clips, youtube clips, and reading reviews of pickups.  I've also started...

Very nice!  The flame on the back of that neck is awesome.

I finally pulled the trigger last night.  I've been researching this guitar build for a long time now (not counting back in high school looking through the B&W Warmoth catalog).  It's funny how you picture the finished guitar in your mind, but then you start reading and listening to learn that...

Very nice!  Pasley is interesting....it seems some love it, some hate it.  It's really cool you made the pickups.  It will be cool for someone to come up between sets and ask what type of pickups you're playing.

Yeah....the more I read....I'm going to go with 3 singles.  The Kinmans sound good.  I'm leaning towards those. 

That's one thing I've been worrying about.  I've read a lot recently about splitting humbuckers and how the output is lower that a lot of single coils and the strat sound may not be there.  The stag mags sound like they would work but then I wonder what they sound like for humbuckers.  I'm...

Very nice!  I've considered a black dye as well.  I like it.  I'm leaning towards the Wilkinson as well...all I have to is decide on pickups and whether to put an acoustic bridge of some sort and I'm ready to build.  :)

Thanks!  I listened to and read about a lot of the Seymour Duncans...but I missed that one some how.  The Jazz sounded good for the neck.  That my be a good combo...  The fact that they mention Strat sounds though...that sounds good.