Hi all,
Since the body and neck are slated to be delivered this Thursday I figured i'd kick off this in progress thread. It'll probably be relatively short, because besides finishing the neck in tru-oil there really isn't anything to do besides bolt it up and get the setup nailed down.
This kind of happened by "accident" because I had a black Mighty Mite charvel clone I put together in college. Broke college me made some questionable build decisions that led to nothing really fitting right lol. Eventually all the good parts (80's FR, Dimarzio PAF 36th set) made it over to my neon pink build I put together 2 years ago because I could never get it playing or intonating as well as i'd like. I figured I'd "resurrect" that guitar because I had some fond memories of it from college, being the only guitar I ever really somewhat gigged with. Unfortunately as parts came in, nothing was fitting and virtually everything would have had to have been plugged, repainted, and redrilled to be right. So I had a pile of gold parts for this guitar and nothing to build with them!
Then I stumble upon the Holoflake video..... Perfect amount of flash and cheese to suit what I like to play haha. So I ordered a holoflake soloist and a quartersawn maple neck to restart this build. Not sure if the gold will clash or not, but if so it's just an excuse to save that hardware for ANOTHER build, amirite?
Body:
Model: Soloist
Wood: Alder
Rout: Rear Rout
Pickup Rout: Humbucker (Neck), Humbucker (Brdg)
Controls: V-T-T-5
Bridge: Floyd with Angled Pocket
Contoured Heel / Tummy Cut / Forearm Contour
Single Battery Box
Finish: Holo Flake
Neck:
Style: Stratocaster®
Construction: Modern Construction
Orientation: Right Handed
Neck Wood: Quartersawn Maple
Fingerboard Wood: Quartersawn Maple
Nut Width: 1-5/8"
Back Shape: Wolfgang
Fret Size: SS6100
Tuner Ream: Schaller (25/64")
Radius: Straight 10"
Scale: 25-1/2"
Fret #: 22
R2 Floyd Prep w/ Mounting Holes
Inlays: Black Dots
Finish: Tru-oil and wax
Since the body and neck are slated to be delivered this Thursday I figured i'd kick off this in progress thread. It'll probably be relatively short, because besides finishing the neck in tru-oil there really isn't anything to do besides bolt it up and get the setup nailed down.
This kind of happened by "accident" because I had a black Mighty Mite charvel clone I put together in college. Broke college me made some questionable build decisions that led to nothing really fitting right lol. Eventually all the good parts (80's FR, Dimarzio PAF 36th set) made it over to my neon pink build I put together 2 years ago because I could never get it playing or intonating as well as i'd like. I figured I'd "resurrect" that guitar because I had some fond memories of it from college, being the only guitar I ever really somewhat gigged with. Unfortunately as parts came in, nothing was fitting and virtually everything would have had to have been plugged, repainted, and redrilled to be right. So I had a pile of gold parts for this guitar and nothing to build with them!
Then I stumble upon the Holoflake video..... Perfect amount of flash and cheese to suit what I like to play haha. So I ordered a holoflake soloist and a quartersawn maple neck to restart this build. Not sure if the gold will clash or not, but if so it's just an excuse to save that hardware for ANOTHER build, amirite?
Body:
Model: Soloist
Wood: Alder
Rout: Rear Rout
Pickup Rout: Humbucker (Neck), Humbucker (Brdg)
Controls: V-T-T-5
Bridge: Floyd with Angled Pocket
Contoured Heel / Tummy Cut / Forearm Contour
Single Battery Box
Finish: Holo Flake
Neck:
Style: Stratocaster®
Construction: Modern Construction
Orientation: Right Handed
Neck Wood: Quartersawn Maple
Fingerboard Wood: Quartersawn Maple
Nut Width: 1-5/8"
Back Shape: Wolfgang
Fret Size: SS6100
Tuner Ream: Schaller (25/64")
Radius: Straight 10"
Scale: 25-1/2"
Fret #: 22
R2 Floyd Prep w/ Mounting Holes
Inlays: Black Dots
Finish: Tru-oil and wax