New build - '59 Strat clone

[Steve St.Laurent]

All of my Strats have humbuckers in the bridge.  I decided it was time for an SSS Strat and decided to build a clone of a '59 (mostly - I still went with a compound radius).  The body arrived a few weeks ago and the neck just arrived today.  I got all the hardware from Callaham and had them distress them (no rust garbage, just make it look older) wiring harness from https://www.artys-custom-guitars.com with waxed paper skin cap, and Fender pure vintage '59 pickups.

I'll be finishing the body with Vintage White Colortone Nitro, and Colortone clear nitro on the neck.  I also bought a UV lamp used for yellowing testing that I'll be using to age the finish.  I also had a custom waterslide decal made from Rothko and Frost.  Now all I have to do is wait for it to warm up here and I'll be diving in.  Here's the specs on the body and neck:

body:

Model: Vintage Stratocaster®
Orientation: Right handed
F-Holes: None
Scale: 25-1/2"
Wood: Alder
Rout: Top Rout
Pickup Rout: Strat®, Strat®, Strat®
Controls: None
Bridge: Vintage 6-Hole Tremolo
Jack Rout: Strat® Top Jack Rout
Neck Pocket: Strat® Shape
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
Contours: / Tummy Cut / Forearm Contour

neck:

Style: Stratocaster®
Construction: Vintage/Modern Construction
Orientation: Right Handed
Neck Wood: 3A Flame Maple
Fingerboard Wood: 3A Flame Maple
Nut Width: 1-11/16"
Back Shape: Standard thin
Fret Size: 6105
Tuner Ream: Vintage Style (11/32")
Radius: 10-16" Compound
Scale: 25-1/2"
Fret #: 21
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
Pre-Cut Installed String Nut: GraphTech White TUSQ XL - Standard Nut
Inlays: Black Mother Of Pearl Dots
Side Dots: Abalone Side Dots

 

[rgand]

That's a fine array of parts. I look forward to seeing your progress with it.

 

[musicispeace]

Super nice. That should turn out great, keep us posted! I have callaham parts on a couple guitars. My own sort of "'59" is white nitro (MJT did the finish) with a Warmoth flame and roasted neck, black pickguard, and Klein Epic '59 pickups. Love those pickups and I have a couple of different noise gates to choose from and shielded everything to make "the noise" as low as possible.

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

Started a build thread for it:  https://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=31951.0