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ildar

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Hollow Poplar, quilt maple top.
I've included pics of it fresh out 'da box, and with the beginnings of a dye job on the top.
 

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Looking good, what electronics are you installing? Details, man, details!!!
 
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ildar

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To ask for detail would be to presume that I have all of this planned out.  :dontknow:
I'm leaning toward EMG single coils, but that's right now, it can and will change. Guess I should also decide on what kind of neck pretty soon, huh?
 
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ildar

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Yes, it was a showcase piece. I've heard the lukewarm opinions about poplar, but a hollow Strat for under $200 was too much temptation for me.
 
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ildar

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hehehe...actually, no, it wasn't.
1st and 3rd washes were royal blue alcohol based dye, using powder I got from a guy on ebay. In between was black industrial pigment cut with lacquer thinner.
I didn't work up the testicular fortitude to use RIT, maybe on a swamp ash body I'm planning on buying after this one.
 

nathan a

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About poplar.. you know what, if it was really terrible, warmoth wouldn't use it. Besides, you can take comfort knowing you're not depleting rainforests in search of tropical woods!
 

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That must be a pretty light body, hollow and all with that pickup route. What weight is it?
 
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ildar

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Well, it was 3lbs. 3oz. before I had them do rhe uni rout. It's probably just a shade under 3 lbs now.
 

bpmorton777

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Poplar aint so bad...it could be agathis or whatever the crappy wood that Fender uses on their squire line.

Brian
 
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ildar

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Didn't Carvin use poplar for a while? Don't know what you guys think about their guitars, but poplar always struck me as a decent, middle-of-the road kind of wood.
 

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bpmorton777 said:
Poplar aint so bad...it could be agathis or whatever the crappy wood that Fender uses on their squire line.

Brian

Poplar is a great tone wood often used for strats. It just doesn't look attractive. Nothing wrong with poplar strats!
 
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ildar

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Here's a shot of the body after about 8-9 coats of lacquer, and before a 320-grit rubdown.
 

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