Stilgar138
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I do still intend on doing the Switchback I asked questions about, life has simply continued to get in the way. I probably should have saved and waited until I could do it than do these two but I really got the bug to want to do something with my star inlaid Strat neck. I was going to get a purple sparkle Epiphone Flying V from Zzounds but it was on back order and that gave me extra time to think things over and I decided I wanted to do this instead.
Neck from Wish or something to that effect that my dad got me a few years ago. Body and pickups from GuitarFetish, red Floyd Rose Special Vibes Series, red jack plate and strap buttons from Forney Custom on Reverb/Ebay. I went with the Brian May inspired pickups and wiring harness, needed the pickguard custom made(went with Pickguard Planet/Chandler Music)using a GFS one as a template for the control layout but with a Floyd cut in white/red/white. Not pictured as I just haven't taken the time to do it, satin chrome locking Sperzels and GraphTech Unlock nut. I intend on getting red tuner buttons whenever they come back in stock to finish this bad boy off. So far, I love it! I wouldn't say it sounds super Brian May but this is a very different guitar to the Red Special but it gets some really cool sounds! The Jazz Bass to the right is my first parts-o-caster, using a body my dad got me from wish or something that I stained and put together largely using GFS parts and a Squire neck.
Showing off the wide bevel of the pickguard, giving a nice red stripe around the whole thing. The bridge hadn't come in yet but I had it ready to go when it did haha. You can see I changed the knobs and I've actually changed them a third time, I'll get some better pics in general to show that.
Another pre-bridge shot that I feel shows off the paint really well.
Showing off the red Floyd and jack plate...
I wasn't about to put a Fender decal on it but I had this idea and turns out I ain't the only one since I found a decal for it lol. Currently, this is the only pic of the headstock I have.
Project number two was pretty spur of the moment. I got to really wanting a neon green body from GFS and decided to take the neck off my sunburst MIM Strat to put on one. I'm using largely GFS parts, including pickups(VEH, their EVH inspired ones) and bridge. I have it decked with 5 springs, I basically play it as a hardtail. I would have simply gotten a hardtail but they don't have this color with that option, either Strat or Floyd. Matte black pickguard from WDMusic with master volume/master tone. 8-Ball "gear shifer" switch tip from Kinnatone on Etsy and skull knobs that reminded me of valve stem caps I had on my car a while back haha. Mopar inspired decals with a fender decal made to be used to restore a Plymouth Duster. I call it the DusterCaster haha. The color reminded me of Chrysler's Sublime and that made me want to add some car related decals, I ultimately chose the Duster due to simply liking the graphics the most. One day I may do a Superbird inspired guitar but that I'd want Petty Blue lol.
The Duster decal is also reflective, which I think is really cool. A shot with flash...
Neck from Wish or something to that effect that my dad got me a few years ago. Body and pickups from GuitarFetish, red Floyd Rose Special Vibes Series, red jack plate and strap buttons from Forney Custom on Reverb/Ebay. I went with the Brian May inspired pickups and wiring harness, needed the pickguard custom made(went with Pickguard Planet/Chandler Music)using a GFS one as a template for the control layout but with a Floyd cut in white/red/white. Not pictured as I just haven't taken the time to do it, satin chrome locking Sperzels and GraphTech Unlock nut. I intend on getting red tuner buttons whenever they come back in stock to finish this bad boy off. So far, I love it! I wouldn't say it sounds super Brian May but this is a very different guitar to the Red Special but it gets some really cool sounds! The Jazz Bass to the right is my first parts-o-caster, using a body my dad got me from wish or something that I stained and put together largely using GFS parts and a Squire neck.
![100-0170.png](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FZ4sZL0rf%2F100-0170.png&hash=8a8bc0f4cfac25a02031dd857a0ebb2f)
Showing off the wide bevel of the pickguard, giving a nice red stripe around the whole thing. The bridge hadn't come in yet but I had it ready to go when it did haha. You can see I changed the knobs and I've actually changed them a third time, I'll get some better pics in general to show that.
![100-0136.png](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2Fwxwm3TqT%2F100-0136.png&hash=b301ad0b1121a020a847e51e012c3cfc)
Another pre-bridge shot that I feel shows off the paint really well.
![100-0129.png](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2F8cXJYwKr%2F100-0129.png&hash=57aff6d10b46a08bd446ae5b380809f5)
Showing off the red Floyd and jack plate...
![100-0181.png](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2F7ZDFv71p%2F100-0181.png&hash=a594ab3d6512cda1e8d26da03200d09b)
I wasn't about to put a Fender decal on it but I had this idea and turns out I ain't the only one since I found a decal for it lol. Currently, this is the only pic of the headstock I have.
![20240602-200102.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FxTn2SQDF%2F20240602-200102.jpg&hash=848669eaba7f920888849e30edf05a5b)
Project number two was pretty spur of the moment. I got to really wanting a neon green body from GFS and decided to take the neck off my sunburst MIM Strat to put on one. I'm using largely GFS parts, including pickups(VEH, their EVH inspired ones) and bridge. I have it decked with 5 springs, I basically play it as a hardtail. I would have simply gotten a hardtail but they don't have this color with that option, either Strat or Floyd. Matte black pickguard from WDMusic with master volume/master tone. 8-Ball "gear shifer" switch tip from Kinnatone on Etsy and skull knobs that reminded me of valve stem caps I had on my car a while back haha. Mopar inspired decals with a fender decal made to be used to restore a Plymouth Duster. I call it the DusterCaster haha. The color reminded me of Chrysler's Sublime and that made me want to add some car related decals, I ultimately chose the Duster due to simply liking the graphics the most. One day I may do a Superbird inspired guitar but that I'd want Petty Blue lol.
![100-0211.png](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2Fysvp7khh%2F100-0211.png&hash=c3ee32197f1d8da9e68c66a0b8af9950)
The Duster decal is also reflective, which I think is really cool. A shot with flash...
![100-0220.png](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FMzLsjNFv%2F100-0220.png&hash=c5725079020dddf7df74a526320c58d4)
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