Recent content by Laika

Sorry about the late reply.  It was the Varathane "Kona" color.

Yes, it was stained prior to the Tru-Oil. :-) .

This one was just stained and finished with several coats of Tru-Oil.  I wanted it to have a rougher vibe as far as the finish to match the unfinished roasted maple neck. :dontknow: .

I did do some routing.  No build pics, sorry.  :-( .

My take on the Musicmaster-style guitar. Was more work than I thought but learned a bit in the process.  Stats: Warmoth Mustang Alder Body Warmoth Roasted Maple Neck Sperzel Tuners Light-Wind pickup set for Mustang (made by me) DeLisle Aluminum Ferrule Block :icon_smile: .

You could use something like Cerakote, but it is quite expensive and requires more preparation.  Probably too expensive for doing just a single pickup cover, but would be far more durable than any regular paint. .

+1 Also, lots of people swapped those vintage pickups from their 70's era strats for EMG's when they became the "in" thing.  Not the brightest move in-hindsight. :( .

I see that I forgot to put on the matching cream knobs. :facepalm: .

If you're asking how they sounded, they were darker than a usual strat pickup but I think they are one of the better uber-high-output pickups for strat in that they are still a true single-coil pickup and the strat tonality is still there.  I didn't run them tapped but I would guess they would...

They have alnico V magnets, 42 gauge formvar wire.  I think I wound the bridge to about 8K turns and it came in right at 6.01 Kohms.  The neck was at 5.72 and the mid at 5.77.  Don't remember how many turns I put on neck/middle (guess is going to be around 7300 to get approx 5.75 Kohms).  I made...

They were the Quarter-Pound set (all tapped).  I have them listed on Reverb.com.  Offers accepted. :guitaristgif: .

Finally decided to go with some alnico V strat pickups that I made myself for a more vintage look. :dontknow: .

I actually took it down a bit from the high-gloss look to more of a matte finish because I thought the feel was a bit tacky. :icon_scratch: .

Warmoth Birdseye Maple/Rosewood Neck w/ Boatneck Profile & Tru-Oil Finish Fender Body Sperzel Tuners Earvana Nut TUSQ Bridge Saddles Duncan Quarter-Pound Strat Pickups .

It is just the stock MIM Fender bridge with Graph-Tech saddles.