I've been thinking

[Jusatele]

Tonar, I think it needs a Cab style pick guard to make it look right. I kinda like the tele head, but a CBS head would give it that NOS look.

 

[Cagey]

CBS heads don't look like NOS. They look like a POS. Who wants to be reminded of a Fender from that era? And who needs that much real estate on the headstock? Looks encephalitic <grin>

 

[stubhead]

Can we call it "La Cabronastacaster?" Can we can we can we please please please please daddy :hello2:

 

[dNA]

What about something like this but in the colours, pickup config and hardware you want?

while i think that particular pickguard is just hideously designed, i agree that a pickguard that covers less ground than a strat guard would look cool.
Perhaps a custom pickguard is in order? I kind of imagined something that's similar to a thinline pickguard in the way it curves over and around the bridge pup.

 

[B3Guy]

B3, , that is the pick guard I imagined, I did not know someone had already mocked it up, it looks great and brings the strat into the Cab family

yes. and critical to the "cab-ness" is that the horn of the pickguard is de-pointy-fied, and more rounded like that of a tele. softens the strat form ever so slightly. I've also tried it with various variations of the tele control plate, LP and tele/la cab knob combinations, and all of them look pretty good, to be honest. I just chose the strat one 'cause I liked it the best.

 

[swarfrat]

Here ya go  - like this: Strabonita

 

[ihavenothingprofoundtosay]

Here ya go  - like this: Strabonita

This one!  The whole idea is amazing, but the smaller pickguard is a must.

 

[swarfrat]

I'm not crazy about the VTX knob layout - I ordered my pickguard that way because I thought I wanted it but it does look kinda of wierd

 

[back2thefutre]

That's it do it.


Mahogany body?

 

[Nando Vallart]

I like, but would like better if it were that gold like that Tele with El Dorado hardware you've done!

 

[stubhead]

I'd definitely move the knobs away down southwards, but that's just me. I've owned a few "real" Strats and I always had to rewire to do away with the closest knob. Especially a real strat knob or a gnurly metal knob with the gnarly little teeth - in my months & years of Morsian speedfreakery, I would wear a raw spot on the 2nd joint of my little finger. I never have been able to do the distant anchor finger thing like Morse, Landreth etc. Re; the pckguard, I would also take it off the bottom horn - just a smooth curve towards the control cavity, kinda like a giant Les Paul pickguard or even...

 

[Tonar8352]

Ok, I'm off to the races on this one.  I have a one-piece pine body on order for it. I ordered a single pickup La Cabronita routing on a Strat platform with a Tele neck pocket.
I'll be doing it in Shoreline Gold and it will be getting this Tele neck that I have had laying around. 5A Flame and super high grade Brazilian Rosewood.  This neck is several years old so nobody call Fish and Game, I don't want to be raided like Gibson.

 

[Cagey]

Wow. That Maple is one helluva specimen. I'm surprised at the rosewood, though. Most of the Brazilian variety I've seen was much finer-grained than that, almost like Ebony or Kingwood.

 

[stubhead]

this Tele neck that I have had laying around.

I wonder what else is "laying around" in his woodpile. :laughing3:

 

[Tipperman]

It's absurd that we have to be concerned about what kind of wood in on our guitar.

That aside, I'm excited to see this Tonar! That neck looks great!

 

[Mor Paul]

Get on with it!

 

[Nando Vallart]

Just a "18927-A grade" Maple neck that I had here under the sofa...

 

[DangerousR6]

:laughing7:

 

[Cagey]

Is that a real guitar or a mock-up?

 

[DangerousR6]

Is that a real guitar or a mock-up?

you talking to me?