Recent content by Guitarsan

Congrats Guitarhack and all the entrants! Well, with two GOM submissions and a first and second place, I'm retiring from the "build business" feeling very blessed. My design goal for this guitar was to make a "Custom Shop" quality Strat for a fraction of the price. In some ways it's better...

They rock alright! I scored it from myself, this build basically replaced the body and the controls and added shielding. Everything else is from my Eric Johnson Strat. By the way everyone, when I get around to it, I'll be selling the Fender, select Alder, nitro finished 2 tone sunburst body I...

That piece of engineering is from Obsidian Wire! http://obsidianwire.com/custom-blender-for-strat/

First, wow, the shielding worked!! It was so quiet when I plugged it in, I figured there was a wire loose and I'd have to pull the whole pickguard off to fix it. No noise out of those single coils. Nothing! Dead quiet! So quiet I'm still getting used to it.  :icon_biggrin: While I had it open...

Perfect, thanks!

Nice body! Who have you found who can do that kind of finish work? I've always been fond of PRS' "glow" finishes and if someone can do those, man that would be a tempting build...

Easier shielding... hey, I'm lazy. Just needs to be attached to the pickguard (or scratchplate, as it were). Away stray EMI and RFI! There are also some claims this might help a bit with sustain. I can see the theoretical argument, since the Strat in some ways is a semi-hollow guitar. (Ever...

Thanks, and will do! I'm hopeful it'll make a noticeable difference.

Shielding has begun... Next stop, pickup shielding.  Going to use a technique which does not effect the tone: https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/26279-mod-garage-how-to-shield-single-coil-pickups

Finally got the body and my pickguard, so progress! Funny that this all started with an idea to finally shield my Eric Johnson Strat to quiet it, and then, well, if I take it apart, why not get a nicer body. Then one thing lead to another, and voila! I have some exciting plans about using...

Voted 620. With strings in place, you'll notice the headstock more and the 620 headstock is more attractive to me. And the fretboard's pretty close to the 770.

Very nice! On the gold option... I did upgrade the tuners on my Eric Johnson Strat (Gotoh vintage staggered tuners which look like the originals, but don't have the sloppiness or binding) and the bridge (Super Vee Bladerunner tremolo - better tuning stability) all in chrome, so will keep those...

So excited that I just ordered a Warmoth body for my second build - gonna use my Fender Eric Johnson Strat parts with this body. Hardware will be parchment, not white like this, but you get the idea.  :cool01: Wonderfully resonant, quartersawn, vintage tinted Fender neck should pair well!

Congrats Glimmer! I had a dog in the fight, but you were in my top two, along with DMRACO. Black Korina (aka Black Limba) is hot now, and rightfully so.

The Tele was the first volume production electric guitar and launched a music revolution. Amazing it still is one of the best. Good luck to all!