Recent content by Strangs

That's a killer tele. Fun pickguard and cool hardware/pickups. Rock on.

It's a bit off topic, but if you're considering a short scale bass, a bass VI is really the same but more. And they're really fun to play! Especially for guitar players. Whatever you build, it's worth learning to turn up loud and play very very lightly. The short scale strings are so tubby and...

In case you have more guitars than dollars to spend on stands

No, just adding info to the OP and thread in general. A bit thinner strings (looks like a set of 8.5s) will of course cut out some bass which I honestly prefer. More importantly, a guitar designed for a normal scale fitted with a much longer neck will shift the pickups proportionally closer to...

I mentioned this on Wed, but mostly got missed https://unofficialwarmoth.com/threads/phil-built-a-mooncaster.40765/ He's been talking about that for a while so it was fun to finally see him release the video. Also cool to see a Mooncaster and not just another strat/tele.

Stringjoy suggests it's not that far off. - https://tension.stringjoy.com/

I knew there would be more colors before the week ended! And, @Hagwood may be right. The yellow did look good.

Cheers 🍺 I'm in Colorado. I think just an hour different from you.

I actually liked it all the way up to the pickup rings. I have an irrational response to them. Too bad. You really had something going there. How many more colors did you plan for this week?

Good ol' Moonπ

I'm sure it won't drive you crazy that the rather obvious center line doesn't line up to the center of the bridge. It's fine. I'm sure it'll be fine.

Toasty taters

Can confirm! I added a fortitude to a 335 style build recently and it's just so good. Welcome to the fun @dgg

Closest I could find was a listing by ABM for their modern hardtail bridge: - https://abm-guitarpartsshop.com/ABM-GUITAR-PARTS/Hardtail-Bridges/Modern-7-8/7-String:::256_92_152_153.html There are pictures for a 6-string bridge on their site, but only pages for the 7 & 8 string versions. Their...