Canary caster

[arjepsen]

Finaly finished.

specs:
Swarmp ash body with canary top, rear routed. Finished with tung oil.
Canary neck, with ebony fingerboard.
Callaham bridge
Acme electronics.

I had a few problems with it.
First, the 6 holes in the callaham bridge didn't fit precisely with the holes in the body. The screw could go in, but the 2 outer screws were binding against the sides of the holes of the bridge. I ended up lightly filing the holes. Don't know if it fixed it entirely though.

Anyone else had similar experiences with Callaham bridges and warmoth strats?

Another problem was the pots I got with the acme set. Their threads were too short to reach the other side, so I had to buy some Bourns instead, and make my own blender pot out of one of them. (no... not the green smelly stuff).

Now my biggest problem however, is that my camera (or my camera-fu) simply don't do the canary justice.

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erf... having trouble with putting the images in here.
for now, there's a link here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25578409@N06/4998518225/in/set-72157623672809659/

 

[m4rk0]

I love it!!
great top, I really like the contrast between top and body!

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Is that a 21 fret Warmoth Pro neck?

 

[arjepsen]

yup.

 

[B3Guy]

:headbang: big canary fan here . . . plan to do a similar thing to what you've got there, but with a Black Brown burst, and some cream binding! Just curious . . . how does it sound? pretty standard strat-ish tone, etc?

 

[Nando Vallart]

Very cool!

 

[arjepsen]

:headbang: big canary fan here . . . plan to do a similar thing to what you've got there, but with a Black Brown burst, and some cream binding! Just curious . . . how does it sound? pretty standard strat-ish tone, etc?

Actually it's my first strat ever, so I can't really give an honest compare...
but I presume it sounds like a standard strat.... just better.... at least that's what I tell myself  :laughing7:

 

[exaN]

Wooow the body and top go so well together .

Amazing guitar dude.

 

[arjepsen]

Thanks!
:icon_smile:

 

[-CB-]

nice strat