Pics of my completed birthday present

[Badfinger]

I posted in 'just out of the box' this body when I received it, just realized I never posted the completed guitar.  Here it is, my 50th birthday present to myself.  The body is black korina with a quilted (duh!) maple top.  The neck is a maple neck I had on another Strat that I swapped out for this guitar, this neck makes it sound better than the Black Korina one I was going to use.  The pickups are WCR SR, the hardware is Callaham.  Tim Schroeder did a fret job and now it plays amazingly.

 

 

[rockskate4x]

Cool, but it would look better with a black back.

 

[Badfinger]

Cool, but it would look better with a black back.

Thanks for that opinion.  Obviously I disagree ccasion14:

 

[Mor Paul]

Ignore him. Korina/Quilt always looks good  :laughing7:

Especially here.

 

[DocNrock]

I like it a lot.  Nice build and happy belated birthday!  ccasion14:

 

[dbw]

That top is the bomb

 

[muttznmongrelz]

Happy Five Oh! Looks great! Love the flamey blue maple top and the korina. Enjoy!  ccasion14:

 

[Patrick]

nice build!
what does the decal on the headstock say?

 

[m4rk0]

Happy Bday!!

that is a great strat!
I love the binding and especially love the contrast between the top and back!

 

[tfarny]

Gorgeous, very classy.

 

[blue313]

Gorgeous, very classy.

+1. Very nice!  :hello2:

 

[taez555]

Very cool.    From the front, the natural binding gives it an awesome look against the blue, but the korina back is a fantastic and unique twist.  Against the the neck, with the mild touches of flame, it has a very raw, earthy, feel to it.

I like it a lot.

So what's gonna be the 51st birthday present? ;-)

 

[NonsenseTele]

yummy!

 

[Badfinger]

nice build!
what does the decal on the headstock say?

The headstock has a take on my consulting company name (BlueTone Consulting).  BlueTone Guitars is a play on that.

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Very nice  :icon_thumright: