80's strat ( now with real pix)

[spauldingrules]

I like everything except the volume knob - it looks too big or something.  Maybe a strat knob or the rounded tele.

 

[ByteFrenzy]

My big toe is also longer than number two. But your little toe looks a lot shorter than your nuber four, and mine seems to be just a little shorter. Maybe it's time to have an in-depth toe-length poll.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Holy eff, dude.  That kicks so much ass.  :headbang1: My next guitar is going to be orange for sure.  I already have the color picked out, actually.  But it's a secret.  :evil4:  Anyway,  :rock-on:

You just told us.  It's orange.

 

[Mr Real Nice]

Holy eff, dude.  That kicks so much ass.  :headbang1: My next guitar is going to be orange for sure.  I already have the color picked out, actually.  But it's a secret.  :evil4:  Anyway,  :rock-on:

You just told us.  It's orange.

haha, I meant the exact orange.

 

[Xochitl]

I'd swear I had already posted here about the humbucker contours on the pickguard. Anyway... I just found a seller on the bay that has the kind of pickguards I'd love to have for a cool humbucker contour. Thought I should share.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

That might go great with Lace Sensors, but with Gibson-style hums and most Seymour Duncans, they have tape going around the coil and bobbin that those pickguards would dig into.

 

[stratplayer1]

hmm those are really cool, I didn't know anyone made pickguards like that

 

[Xochitl]

That might go great with Lace Sensors, but with Gibson-style hums and most Seymour Duncans, they have tape going around the coil and bobbin that those pickguards would dig into.

I have this kind of contour on an original HSS Fender strat pickguard with a DIMarzio. Obviously, it won't go with covered buckers.

 

[Volitions Advocate]

I didn't read all 4 pages so I hope somebody else didn't mention this already.
I love your axe, the one thing that bugs me is the lack of paint inside the bridge recess... Doesn't that drive you batty?

 

[stratplayer1]

hehe yeah people have mentioned that i'll  eventually do something for it i just havn't gotten to it yet, it doesnt bother me that much though

 

[Xochitl]

I'm wondering how you'll manage it, cause you made me want to follow quite your same path. A kinda 80's glam rocker with a EVO2/AN or a MoJoe/PafJoe or an AZ/... or ... or...  :headbang: :blob7: :icon_jokercolor:

 

[stratplayer1]

manage what, the unpainted wood in the floyd rout? whenever i get to it ill probably just tape off the body and paint it flat black, or put some black foam in it. Im glad you like it though, I have no regrets about it, its everything any 80's guitar could ever be, minus the skin tight leather pants.

 

[Xochitl]

Sure, once you get them, we want a picture of your long toes with those incredible sticky leather pants and the guitar.  :icon_tongue:

 

[stratplayer1]

if i only i knew where to find skin tight leather pants... :glasses9:

 

[WarmothRules]

ha ha thats like a charvel but yours is higher quality and prob cheaper too.  :headbang1:

 

[stratplayer1]

thats pretty much what i was goin for, i looked into those before i found warmoth, glad i found warmoth instead :icon_biggrin:

 

[stratplayer1]

Update: just installed the treml-no on this bad boy and after wanting to rip it out the first 30 minutes i figured it out, im actually pretty impressed, it helps with tuning stability, and easily lets me use the fine tuners to go to drop D in about 5 seconds instead of the 15 minutes it would've taken before I'd definately get one for any floating trem guitar in the future

 

[ZGOZZ]

With the trem-no system the is a doc on there site to cut the Tremolo Covers cover to access the trem no if you want to reinstall the Tremolo Covers.

 

[stratplayer1]

yeah im gonna do that, just havnt got to it yet, like everything else

 

[Captain Keeney]

I am usually a Gibson man, and as such usually a fan of the Les Paul, Sg, and Explorer shapes, but this guitar is a freakin' beauty. I think the color did it for me, not many orange guitars out there. Nice build.