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NGD - Finally Built My Dream Guitar

Guitar4Him

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This guitar has been living in my head for about 20 years.  I had always wanted a Seafoam Green Strat.  I had just never found one I liked or attempted to build one.  Well, a couple of months ago, a friend texted me that a Seafoam Green Strat body was on Craigslist in a town about an hour away.  I ended up buying the body and the "project" began. This guitar represents the culmination of everything I've wanted in a Strat-type guitar. 

Here's the specs...
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Body - Hosco  – Alder, Seafoam Green

Neck - Warmoth

Neck build specifications:

Style: Stratocaster®
Construction: Vintage Modern Construction
Orientation: Right Handed
Neck Wood: 3A Birdseye Maple
Fingerboard Wood: 3A Birdseye Maple
Nut Width: 1-11/16"
Back Shape: Standard thin
Fret Size: 6150
Tuner Ream: Sperzel  (25/64")
Radius: 10-16" Compound
Scale: 25-1/2"
Fret #: 22
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
Pre-Cut Installed String Nut: GraphTech White TUSQ XL - Standard Nut
Inlays: Black Mother Of Pearl Dots
Side Dots: Black Side Dots
Finish: Vint Tint Satin Nitro

Bridge - Wilkinson/Gotoh VSVG Vintage Tremolo

Tuners - Grover Mini Locking Rotomatics

Pickups - Kinman Traditional Mk-III Set – Zero Hum with cream covers

Pickguard and Tremolo Cover – Warmoth Vintage Pearl

Electronics

- Standard 5-Way switch
- Volume Control with treble bleed circuit
- Push-Push Tone pot (switch gives additional options of Neck & Bridge, Neck & Middle & Bridge)

Additional notes:

All cavities shielded with copper foil.
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Here's some pics.  BTW...the radios in the background are a 1939 RCA (bottom) and a 1937 Wards Airline (top).  Restoring those is another one of my hobbies.

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Very nice indeed , the neck wood is gorgeous , and it's nice to carry the pearl out back ... good work! :hello2:
 
Nice job and tasteful.

I went for Kinman Woodstock plus in mine. The Kinmans are really nice and noise free.
 
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