Fiesta Red Strat

[exaN]

Tadaaa... my first build

Swamp ash body
Fiesta red finish
Vintage fixed bridge
3 Dimarzio Area 67s

All maple neck
Vintage tint satin finish
'59 roundback
22 stainless frets
6105 fretwires
Graph Tech nut
Gotoh tuning machines

Sounds and plays amazing! Thank you Warmoth :icon_thumright:

 

[tfarny]

Love it! Simple, clean, hot.  :icon_thumright: You might try a VV 54 pro in the bridge position to beef that up if you feel like you want a beefier pup option.

 

[Patrick]

that looks great
classic with a modern touch

 

[exaN]

Love it! Simple, clean, hot.  :icon_thumright: You might try a VV 54 pro in the bridge position to beef that up if you feel like you want a beefier pup option.

Noted! The VV 54 was actually on my list of potential pickups. So far I like the 3 Area 67s but I might change my mind sometime.

I've never really played with singlecoils at all, it feels very different but kinda refreshing at the same time.

 

[dNA]

I've never really played with singlecoils at all, it feels very different but kinda refreshing at the same time.

I'm with you on that. It's definitely a whole new experience.


I like what you did w/ taking the color out of the background. nice touch. dig the guitar

 

[JaySwear]

awesome! love the simple and clean look. looks very "Bright Red" in that pic, instead of "Fiesta."

question though... how "hum canceling" are those area 67's? they're supposed to be hum canceling and don't need a RWRP in the middle (according to dimarzio). do they stop hum from high gain on one pickup, or in positions 2 or 4? very curious. i'll probably be going with a virtual solo middle pickup and an area 58 or 61 in the neck.

 

[dNA]

yeah. let me know about the area pups. I've heard good things and i'm a dimarzio fanboy, so I'm curious

 

[bigguspickus]

Nice pic! It's almost like you were in Photoshop doing the artsy selective color thing and got bored, so you airbrushed out the volume knob, trem arm, trem screws, string trees, and logo. :toothy12: Sweet build, though. Clean, simple, and probably screams. :headbang:

 

[smjenkins]

Wow, great looking build.  At first take, it's very classic, but then you notice what's missing, making it even more streamlined. 

 

[exaN]

question though... how "hum canceling" are those area 67's? they're supposed to be hum canceling and don't need a RWRP in the middle (according to dimarzio). do they stop hum from high gain on one pickup, or in positions 2 or 4? very curious. i'll probably be going with a virtual solo middle pickup and an area 58 or 61 in the neck.

The Areas are really as advertised, totally noiseless, but I'm not skilled enough in pickups electronic to really tell you .

They have "gentle" highs and smooth lows, they sound really good.

Wow, great looking build.  At first take, it's very classic, but then you notice what's missing, making it even more streamlined. 

Well since I'm not a whammy bar user I figured I'd save some time on the setup with a hardtail, plus I HATE when my pinky keeps hitting a knob when I pick, that's why I only have 2 knobs


Also forgot to thank you guys for helping me with all the building process ccasion14:

 

[tfarny]

Areas are a stacked bucker design - they cancel hum as well as any other bucker, so the whole idea of RWWP doesn't make sense - RWRP to which coil?

 

[warcripp]

more and more im liking fiesta red!

 

[exaN]

I just borrowed my sister's Nikon D60 so I'll be taking a couple more pictures of it

 

[JaySwear]

Areas are a stacked bucker design - they cancel hum as well as any other bucker, so the whole idea of RWWP doesn't make sense - RWRP to which coil?

i always thought it was RW for the middle pickup in a strat design. so they would cancel out 60 cycle hum in the 2 and 4 position. could be completely wrong though. if there's one thing i will never claim to know a decent amount about it's the inner workings of a guitar. i can wire one up so it makes noise and i'm extremely happy with being able to do that much!

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

i always thought it was RW for the middle pickup in a strat design. so they would cancel out 60 cycle hum in the 2 and 4 position. could be completely wrong though. if there's one thing i will never claim to know a decent amount about it's the inner workings of a guitar. i can wire one up so it makes noise and i'm extremely happy with being able to do that much!

You got that part right, but the Areas only sound like a single coil.  There's no need to RWRP the middle because it's done already - with itself.  I would bet also that they just make a bridge and neck pickup.  The bridge is wound a bit hotter and the middle pickup is just another neck pickup.

 

[JaySwear]

yeah thats what i meant in my first post. they they don't need a RW because they're hum canceling. just confirming (since i'll have 2 hum canceling dimarzio single coils in my next build). so they're basically another style of single sized humbucker? i'm wondering if they'll sound like humbuckers, or be at all in the singlecoil family.

sorry for the complete thread hi-jack, by the way :sad1: but those area pickups (and all the dimarzio hum canceling) really have me interested

 

[exaN]

yeah thats what i meant in my first post. they they don't need a RW because they're hum canceling. just confirming (since i'll have 2 hum canceling dimarzio single coils in my next build). so they're basically another style of single sized humbucker? i'm wondering if they'll sound like humbuckers, or be at all in the singlecoil family.

sorry for the complete thread hi-jack, by the way :sad1: but those area pickups (and all the dimarzio hum canceling) really have me interested

They sound exactly like singlecoils, don't worry about that :icon_thumright:

 

[Panthur]

That's a classic guitar executed to perfection,, but I'm sure something is missing ;-)

 

[exaN]

Just a little video I made tonight while testing some settings with the AC Booster, key word here is "testing" :laughing7:



This was recorded with a very mediocre camera, please do not make an opinion based on what you hear in the video, it has nothing to do with the real sound. I can say that all 3 Area 67s sound super nice, especially in the neck.

Hey by the way, I should name this hottie, any suggestions?

 

[Patrick]

wow that sounds great!