Meet Max the Strat.

[Tonar8352]

Well Max is finally a player and what a great guitar it turned out to be.  
Here are the specifications.

1. The body is a Showcase lightweight 2-piece center join alder reverse orientation Strat.
2. The neck is a custom order single piece Vintage Modern high grade Birdseye maple, 1 5/8, bone nut, 59 Round Back, reverse orientation CBS with 6100 frets. It has Tone Pro’s Kluson tuners on it.
3. The finish is Mac-Lac pigmented white lacquer with McFadden’s clear gloss nitro over it.
4. The pickups are special order Fralin Hendrix/SRV from Callaham and are cryogenically frozen. They read 5.62K on the neck, 5.64K on the middle and the bridge is 6.58K. My pickup of choice!!!
5. The pots are from RS Guitar works with the volume being the 280K super pot and the tone pots 250K.
6. The capacitor is a real 1963 ceramic disk.
The tremolo assembly is a mixture of a Callaham plate, DeTemple block and high end 1954 reproduction saddles.

This turned out to be an exceptional guitar!  The tone pots are not as dynamic as the ones on my main strat but this guitar will see a lot of stage time.  I like the feel of this neck better than any of the guitars I have built.  

Thanks for the inspiration Max!   :icon_thumright:
PS No you and Fernando cannot have the guitar.  :laughing7:

 

[blue313]

Nice to see the payoff on this one.  That came out outstanding!

PS No you and Fernando cannot have the guitar.  :laughing7:

Then can I have it?  :laughing7:

 

[Mor Paul]

Well Max is finally a player

Oh, no need for flattery
:laughing7:

Thanks for the inspiration Max!   :icon_thumright:
PS No you and Fernando cannot have the guitar.  :laughing7:

I'll trade you... a steak.

 

[MUYFUE]

very unique!
I'm glad it turned out so well.

Seems very...respectful...in a way...hard to say. But it's cool!

Can I have it?





:tard:

 

[GoDrex]

cool guitar - but it still hurts my brain :tard: :icon_thumright:

 

[Death by Uberschall]

I love it!!!  :headbang1:

 

[taez555]

Holy Hendrix!!!!

That is one kick ass guitar.  Congrats.

 

[DangerousR6]

Very cool Tonar, but i still think Jimi's Monterey strat paint scheme would have been the cats ass on that..... :icon_thumright:

 

[Return of Guitlouie]

Exceptional!

 

[Nando Vallart]

Awesome!!! That's already classic since the cradle!


And to "no, no, no" part :sad:

 

[jlegnor]

You know, I like white guitars, but normally not white Strats.  But that is sooo clean looking I can't help but like it.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

I like the feel of this neck better than any of the guitars I have built.  

'59 Roundback FTW!

 

[blue313]

I'm loving the 59 myself.  :headbang:

 

[tfarny]

Ah, what are  you gonna do with all these classic wicked guitars Tonar?
'59 is good.

 

[bbl4ck]

A very beautiful and classy looking strat Tonar.  A real looker  :glasses9:
I hope to be trying some of those Hendrix/SRV pickups some day soon.
:kewlpics: :rock-on:

 

[nathan a]

On yours and others' advice, I put those H/SRV pups in my strat when I redid her this summer. And it is true! They are such wonderful pickups for me. I can't say I've tried 'em all (or anywhere close to that), but these are certainly my favorites thus far. Couldn't be happier. Sounds how I've always wanted my strat to sound. Thanks for the suggestions tonar!

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

Damn this Scottish name. Connor the guitar does not work. Connor the bagpipe though......

Cool guitar.

 

[Alfang]

Not a fan of lefty, reverse or CBS headstock, but I would pay good money for that.

Tonar, your fast becoming the " Dumble" of the guitar finnishing world, I'll take a " Tonar" just to say I have one.  And I'm serious too

 

[Tonar8352]

Thank you all for the great comments!

I took the guitar along with my main Strat to the local music store for an after hours tone test. It was the manager and the main guitar teacher (who is sponsored by Two-Rock Amps) at the store and myself playing the guitars.  The first reaction everyone has to Max is how it is almost confusing to look at.  As soon as they hold it and start playing it that all goes away.  Except for the fact that it is difficult to play the higher frets it is an amazing player.  The string tension on the E, B, and G strings is very nice and it is no problem to bend up a 4th on the B string.

The differences between the two guitars is the sunburst is a 1-Piece Swam Ash body and it has a Boatneck; it also has 5 springs on the trem that bends up ½ step on the B when it is pulled up and Max has 3 springs and bends up a whole step on the B when it is pulled up. Every thing else is the same.  Both of the guitars are exceptional with the burst having a more complex tonal range but Max’s neck was the number one choice of all of us.

So the result of the evening; I received an order to build a guitar from the teacher and the manager saying he wished he could afford one.  That speaks highly of Warmoth since these guys can buy any guitar in the store at employee pricing.

 

[Mor Paul]

The first reaction everyone has to Max is how it is almost confusing to look at.  As soon as they hold it and start playing it that all goes away.

Umm...  :doh:

Max’s neck was the number one choice of all of us.

I think I'll be avoiding you for a while.




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