6.55 pounds of Screaming Strat

[Tonar8352]

Here she is and what a guitar.  I was supposed to sell this one but my set up guy laughed at me when I told him I was going to sell it.  He said good luck because as soon as I plugged it in I would not be able to let it go.  He was right.  It weighs in at 6.55 lbs on the Fed Ex scale.  Here it is with a favorite little amp of mine, a 1964 Champ.  You can hear the amp on the Studebaker Blues Bands CD as it was used for all the harp parts and a couple of the guitar parts. http://www.myspace.com/studebakerbluesband

Glade Rasmussen did the bone nut, fret level and final set up.

Here is the low down on the build.
Single Piece Swamp Ash Body that weighed and even 3 LBS.
Birdseye Maple Vintage Modern 1 5/8 Boatneck with 6100 frets and a bone nut.
Finished with McFadden’s Lacquer. http://www.lawrence-mcfadden.com/lacquers.php
Kluson reproduction tuners.
DeTemple titanium tremolo with vintage saddles. http://www.detempleguitars.com/temp/CATALOG_ITEMS/Titanium.php
RS Guitar Works 280K Volume and 250K Tone Pots. http://www.rsguitarworks.net/rsstore/index.php?cPath=45_65
Vintage 1963 ceramic disk capacitor.
CTS 5 way switch.
Bakelite pickup covers.
Special order SRV/Hendrix Fralin Pickups from Callaham. http://www.callahamguitars.com/
Callaham guard and knobs.

Glade Rasmussen did the bone nut, fret level and final set up.

Here is a good shot of the Bakelite covers, vintage saddles and a good representation of the color.

 

[RLW]

I've run out of adjectives.

:hello2:

 

[Mor Paul]

Nice! Looks great.

 

[dbw]

I've run out of adjectives.

:hello2:

Scrumtrulescent!

 

[Funky Phil]

It's not often that I post an opinion about the looks of a guitar, but....WOW!!!! ccasion14:

What fretboard radius did you go for?
What do you think of the DeTemple bridge?

 

[nathan a]

Damn. I am green.

 

[stratplayer1]

M mm mm mmmm, so why would someone ever buy a fender when they can have that?

 

[blue313]

Another beautiful Tonar creation!  Love the bakelite covers.  :icon_thumright:

 

[Nando Vallart]

Ohhhhh 

 

[mayfly]

Here's a question if you don't mind me asking - and I take no offense if you don't want to answer.

What would you sell one of these for?

 

[Mor Paul]

Stolen from Doug

 

[DangerousR6]

Stolen from Doug

 

[SrDeMaFp]

I've run out of adjectives.

:hello2:

Scrumtrulescent!

YES!  :laughing11:

Ohhhhh 

Stole my reply!  :laughing7: :icon_thumright:

 

[Nando Vallart]

Stole my reply!  :laughing7: :icon_thumright:

But I've put it into 'quote' :laughing3:

 

[DocNrock]

Nice, love the neck.

 

[vanhagar]

Awesome! Just frickin awesome !!!!  :headbang:

 

[tfarny]

Wow, so perfect. Amazing work as always, T.

 

[jmohil]

Looks fantastic!!!!  Thanks for including the links to some of the parts suppliers too....I wasn't familiar with a couple of them.

 

[Tonar8352]

Thank you all for the great comments!  I appreciate it very much.

What fretboard radius did you go for?
What do you think of the DeTemple bridge?

It is a compound radius and the DeTemple sounds real good.  I don't know if it sounds $400.00 good but this guitar has a whole lot of ring.

What would you sell one of these for?

It would be very difficult to put a price on this guitar because of the Bakelite Covers, Saddles and the vintage capacitor all of which I already had.  The price on that stuff is off the charts.  

As far as the labor on a guitar like this, I would charge $450 to finish a body and neck and Glade is $300.00 for the Nut, Fret Level and final set up.  I have use several set up guys since 1977 and I have not found one as good as him.

All the other costs can be found on the different web sights that I linked to in the original post.

 

[Justinginn]

wow...  :dontknow:
That smiley is completely speechless.