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Cederick
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So... I was bored yesterday and I got an instant idea! I had a stripped Kramer Striker and other parts around to complete it...
The result?!
Okay think about it! It's a PLYWOOD body, with scred on PARTICLEBOARD and than a hardtail with 3 PLASTIC SHIMS under all saddels (because I didn't think twice when routing out the Floyd cavity).
Wouldn't that make for the most sustain-less guitar ever?! Actually no!
Now I'm not trying to be like "this is the best guitar ever" because it's not, but actually this guitar had one of the worst sustains I've ever played with the original bridge on this guitar (a super crappy Floyd Rose). After screwing on this baseplate and hardtail this one sings just as well as my other guitars I have or have had.
(My worst guitar sustain/tonewise is a actually guitar with Warmoth strat neck and a no-name basswood SSS strat body. I need to change that body to see if it's going to make it sing more, because right now I'm really dissatisfied with that build. It's not the neck, because I used to have that neck on a Evertune strat body (from Warmoth too) which sounded quite nice, but sustained little because of the Evertune bridge)
And sorry, but I didn't record the sound at the moment of the video, so there's no REAL "proof" in my thread, which is why I have the quote signs. What I'm saying is that even with nice parts (my SSS strat for example) it can sound dull and sustainless, and with really low-level parts (like this build) it can sound very nice. You never know until it's put together. You can predict certain factors (like some people avoiding Callaham parts because of the trebly steel sound).
My Fenders and all-Warmoth DO sound better than this one, but this pile of crap still sustains better than my Fender HM Strat. :toothy12:
VIDEO!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jomwBtjiI5A&feature=youtu.be
The result?!
Okay think about it! It's a PLYWOOD body, with scred on PARTICLEBOARD and than a hardtail with 3 PLASTIC SHIMS under all saddels (because I didn't think twice when routing out the Floyd cavity).
Wouldn't that make for the most sustain-less guitar ever?! Actually no!
Now I'm not trying to be like "this is the best guitar ever" because it's not, but actually this guitar had one of the worst sustains I've ever played with the original bridge on this guitar (a super crappy Floyd Rose). After screwing on this baseplate and hardtail this one sings just as well as my other guitars I have or have had.
(My worst guitar sustain/tonewise is a actually guitar with Warmoth strat neck and a no-name basswood SSS strat body. I need to change that body to see if it's going to make it sing more, because right now I'm really dissatisfied with that build. It's not the neck, because I used to have that neck on a Evertune strat body (from Warmoth too) which sounded quite nice, but sustained little because of the Evertune bridge)
And sorry, but I didn't record the sound at the moment of the video, so there's no REAL "proof" in my thread, which is why I have the quote signs. What I'm saying is that even with nice parts (my SSS strat for example) it can sound dull and sustainless, and with really low-level parts (like this build) it can sound very nice. You never know until it's put together. You can predict certain factors (like some people avoiding Callaham parts because of the trebly steel sound).
My Fenders and all-Warmoth DO sound better than this one, but this pile of crap still sustains better than my Fender HM Strat. :toothy12:
VIDEO!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jomwBtjiI5A&feature=youtu.be