7/8 Blue Flamey Strat with Canary Neck

[RichM]

Hi All,

Here are some pictures of my latest build.  Specs are:

Body:
7/8 S-style solid mahogany body with Unique Choice flame maple top - very heavy!
Blue dye with masked binding, black gloss back, contoured heel
Original floyd - chrome - with big brass block
Kinman Extra Vintage Astound humbucker (bridge)
Kinman Impersonator 54 (neck)
Side 7/8" jack with electrosocket
500k Volume, 500k no-load tone, 3-way and push pull coil tap on volume

Neck:
Raw Canary wood wizard profile sanded with 2400 grit micro-mesh - super smooth!
Pau Ferro 10-16" compound fingerboard
SS6100 fret - stainless steel polished with micro-mesh (up to 12000 grit)
Gotoh machine heads

I am loving this new build - these Kinmans are superb and the neck is my best yet - slim, super-smooth and action down at around 2.5-3/64" at the 24th fret.

Pictures below:

 

[SustainerPlayer]

Sweet axe!  :headbang:

 

[Cagey]

Nice! You must be very pleased! That thing's gotta play/sound like a dream!

 

[RichM]

Yep - love it.  Its my 3rd full build and zeroed-in on my best specs ... and I vaguely know what I'm doing now  :icon_jokercolor:

In terms of playability, the 24.75" scale length, jumbo SS frets and smooth canary/pau ferro neck makes it super fast and comfortable.  I have quite small hands so it is noticeably easier for me than my other  standard-thin strat-scale necks.  Also, really impressed that I can get the action even lower (2/64" at 24th fret) but have raised it a fraction to remove any last bits of buzz.

The Kinmans are amazing too - I have lots of Kinman pups but these 54s are the bee's-knees they really are.  The humbucker suits me well as I tend to play single coils in the bridge and this Extra Vintage is kinda half way between a s/c and a humbucker - it is much more open and clear sounding that my Bareknuckle Cold Sweat (in an Ibanez 2820).

 

[WarmothRules]

:rock-on: Totally killer guitar. I just sold a warmoth never bonded with it. I'm thinking of a new build and want to do either a 7/8 tele or strat metal style shredder. Either that or a standard scale length soloist with 24 frets. I'm not sure about a floyd. Is there anything about this guitar you don't like?

 

[RichM]

Not really - I spec'd this after trying out lots of options so no real surprises or disappointments.  The only thing is the weight - I find it fine but it is heavier than a Les Paul!!  So you may want basswood or go chambered ....

I have most tried most Floyd-style trems - current guitars I own have the Schaller (which plays identically to the OFR but is a different construction), an original Edge and an Edge Pro.  The OFR is my favourite to play although the Original Edge probably has the best tuning stability.

Rich.

 

[WarmothRules]

Not really - I spec'd this after trying out lots of options so no real surprises or disappointments.  The only thing is the weight - I find it fine but it is heavier than a Les Paul!!  So you may want basswood or go chambered ....

I have most tried most Floyd-style trems - current guitars I own have the Schaller (which plays identically to the OFR but is a different construction), an original Edge and an Edge Pro.  The OFR is my favourite to play although the Original Edge probably has the best tuning stability.

Rich.

I had a guitar with a Schaller also, an old jackson dinky from 94. The schaller was perfect no tuning problems ever. I really miss that guitar.