My Proposed First Build - Take Two

[Phrygian]

I've been rethinking and here's what I've come up with.  I am focusing on classic styling, simplicity (with at least one exotic wood), and versatility.

• Alder Strat body, quality flame maple top, and tobacco bust finish (I.E., http://www.warmoth.com/showcase/sc_guitar_bodies.cfm?type=guitar&start=1&itemNumber=PS1801&menuItem=1&subMenuItem=2&subMenuItem2=0&bodyWood_filter=2&controlRout_filter=1&finish_filter=54)
• Vintage Modern canary/ebony neck /w pearl inlays and 6105 frets (hmm... unfinished or gloss nitro finish?)
• Vintage Tremolo (probably Callaham)
• White pearl pickgaurd, nickel/chrome hardware, and white pickups/knobs
• Lace Hot Gold pickups (dually neck, middle, and dually bridge).
• 5 way switch /w standard Strat wiring
• Push-pull pot on first tone control will shut bridge to single coil when pulled
• Push-pull pot on second tone control will de-shunt neck to humbucking when pulled

 

[jackthehack]

Do not even THINK about putting a finish on the canary!!!!!

 

[Phrygian]

I take it you like feel of it raw?    The idea appeals to me, and I really do want to try it.  I'm just not sure what I'll think considering I've always played on gloss nitro.  Of course, (like I've said before) I have played satin nitro necks that I've liked a lot.

 

[Tweed]

If you start down the satin/oil/bare road, you can't go back. My initiation was my sanded SG copy bolt-on neck and then Wishbass JB. Too bad I spent so much on the Carvin TL in between. Darn the unlearned part of me!