My own lefty Strat they never built

[Dreamert]

Dude, if you're going to build something inspired by sambora, you got to have a floyd rose...
I'm going to build a sambora strat in the future, and that guitar demand and deserve a floyd rose!

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I totally agree but I said 'inspired' ... I meant the theme: star inlays, HSS with hot Texas Special and warm HB bridge sound more than anything else. The guitar color I picked was never available in a Sambora model (though I've seen the gorgeous SIenna Sunburst) and the Floyd doesn't makes much for the sound.

I don't want to fight with the Floyd just yet, it's gonna go in another more 'shred-oriented' guitar later on.

And that being said, I used the Sambora as a base to start from since I wasn't really that versed into matching pickups and stuff, so this was a tried and true recipe, can't go wrong

But I agree with you, it should have a FLoyd but I don't really see the point on a 'hard-to-reach barely 22 frets' guitar anyway.....

 

[Dreamert]

Update on the build…jan 5th 2011

Slowly but surely…as I’m expecting my pickguard along with my neck, got busy with the little I can do. I built myself a temporary (DUH) cardboard template from some template I found on the web (had to resize it and flip it to fit a left-hand instrument).

I mounted the hardware to it (nevermind the Texas Special white covers, black ones will arrive along with the neck and pickguard) so I can get a feel of it and get the dimensions right for wiring it all.

I have shielded the body as well as installed the straplocks and mounted the jackplate…that’s about as far as I can go for now.

I’m expecting the wiring and some nuts and bolts to come in the mail anytime soon so I can begin the grunt work.

Here is what it looks like for now….

And how it should look like with black pickup covers…

 

[Dreamert]

Here's some test fitting with a neck a friend lent me while I'm waiting on my Warmoth so I can fit the Hipshot bridge and make measurements. By the way, Warmoth confirmed shipment of my very own yesterday....can't wait  :blob7:

And here's something nice I got done last week.....turned out pretty much as I wanted it.

Notice the custom serial number.... CustomInitialsBirthDateFirstGuitar

 

[Firebird211]

That's gonna be a sweet build.  You are going to just crap when you open that box. :rock-on:

 

[Dreamert]

On the way...

Hipshot bridge installed...see here for all the details:http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=5124.msg222156#msg222156

Wiring testbench on the way, this way I can make sure my madscientist wiring works as expected and choose the cap and pot values I most like tone-wise before I curse every saint while taking it apart and unsoldering half of it...

Stay tuned...

 

[Superlizard]

Wiring testbench on the way, this way I can make sure my madscientist wiring works as expected and choose the cap and pot values I most like tone-wise before I curse every saint while taking it apart and unsoldering half of it...

Stay tuned...

Cool setup!  :icon_thumright:

Makes me proud to be a lefty...  *sniffle*

 

[Firebird211]

Holy protoboard Batman. :headbang1: A mad scientist after my own heart. :icon_biggrin:

 

[Dreamert]

Yeah well it looks like a mess with all that tape cause I don't want things to jingle and yank out the connections (nothing is soldered) and end up with bad connections to track all over the place, hence the tape everywhere.

Can't wait to get my pickguard and run for the final setup.

 

[Dreamert]

UPDATE: 03/02/2011

Got the neck at last, along with a few screws and stuff. Only waiting on the pickguard and trem cover now