Black Strat build

[Toadlc]

I told my wife I would get her a Fender David Gilmour Strat when they came out. Once we saw the price there was no question about it....I'd build one. Here's the finished product. Details: Body made by a friend, Allparts SMNF neck, Gotoh Kluson tuners, Warmoth single ply pickguard, Seymour Duncan SSL-5 bridge pickup, Fender CS Fat 50's neck & middle pickups, Callaham bridge with shortened trem arm, Neck/bridge switch installed in pickguard, Reranch nitro primer, black & clear. It sounds as good as it looks!

 

[line6man]

Wow, that's an awesome build.
I normally don't care for creme pickups/knobs on black pickguards, but that looks killer.
The neckplate and decal are nice touches as well.

 

[Toadlc]

Also, I've gotten a lot of questions regarding the switch. I fabricated a bracket out of a piece of strap & used epoxy to attach it to the pickguard. Drilled two holes at the ends of the where the slot would go & used a Dremel to connect them.

 

[DocNrock]

Very nice.  Clean lines. 

 

[m4rk0]

I never met your wife, but already like her!!!
Great Strat!!

 

[blue313]

Nice, I was wondering if you were going to have the switch.  Great build!  :headbang:

 

[rockskate4x]

Forgive me for not knowing already, but what does the miniswitch do?

 

[nathan a]

Whoa, weird little switch! Cool! I didn't know DG's strat had one.  :dontknow:

 

[Toadlc]

Forgive me for not knowing already, but what does the miniswitch do?

It lets you add the neck pickup with the bridge pickup.

 

[rockskate4x]

basically like S-1 switching dealiebob... nice...

 

[taez555]

The mini-switch placement is brilliant!!  Out of the way without being annoying or distracting.  Very cool.

How secure is it?  Any chance it could come undone?

 

[Soylent]

This guitar is brilliant and I love it.  :toothy12:

 

[Toadlc]

How secure is it?  Any chance it could come undone?

It seems to be very secure. I roughed up the area to be glued on both the bracket & pickguard before I glued it. I pulled on it pretty good after it was dry & it seems solid. Also, the toggle only sticks up about 1/8" so you don't get much leverage on it.

Any chance it could come undone? I suppose but I'll deal with it if it does.  :icon_thumright:

 

[Mr. E.]

that's extremely cool!  :icon_thumright:


fantastic job.

-erik

 

[Superbeast520]

Tops!  :blob7:

 

[vegababy]

Where did you get that decal from ? Nice !

 

[Toadlc]

Where did you get that decal from ? Nice !

The decal came from Ebay seller "brauskoh". He's done several for me and they have all been great. Highly recommended.