Strat Build - Canary / Mahogany Body, Bubinga Neck

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Just arrived...

And booked in with FunkyPhil for assembly and fettling in June [the man's mega busy these days], so I won't get to play this for a while...  :sad:

I have other guitars to play of course though!  :guitaristgif:

In the meantime, some specs and pics:

Body: Showcase purchase, canary on mahogany, contoured heel.
Body Options: Wood mount bridge and neck humbucker rout, American Standard Strat tremolo rout, Tele V/T, 1/2" side jack.

Neck: Modern construction, quartersawn Bubinga, Warhead, Fatback, 21 fret, stainless steel 6100 frets, 1 3/4" nut, white Graphtech Earvana TUSQ XL, Schaller tuner holes, no inlay, white side dots, unique choice Bubinga fingerboard, 10"-16" compund radius.

Hardware: Chrome, Schaller locking, DiMarzio Transitions [chrome covered bridge & neck versions], knurled metal knobs, Jim Dunlop Dual Design Straploks, Hipshot Strat Tremolo with U saddles, Icon Plates stainless steel neck plates, stainless steel neck screws, no trem cavity cover.

All safe in a nice Hiscox hard case!  :icon_biggrin:

Note: Thanks to Brian, Lori and Joyce at Warmoth for their assistance during my order process!  :icon_thumright:

 

[Logrinn]

Looks like another spectacular build. I will enjoy seeing this come together.

 

[bagman67]

Lovely parts!  Looking forward to the completed guitar manifesting itself in due course.

 

[Glimmer]

Very nice choices!

Love the Bubinga.

(Got a Gibson J-100 w/Bubinga back and sides – looks beautiful, sounds great.)

Looking forward to following the build...

 

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Thanks for the kind comments guys! I too am looking forward to it [gotta learn some Big Wreck tunes to play through it when it's ready]!  :icon_thumright:

I have one main decision left before assembly - which Hipshot vibrato to use! I have a Contour one, and a Strat one - both with the 'U' saddles [which I love the look of]. Both units will work perfectly, but not sure which one will look better...  :icon_scratch:

I think I'm veering towards the simpler Strat version, as Mike Lipe uses on his instruments.  :dontknow:

Cosmetics, eh!  :icon_biggrin:

 

[musicispeace]

That looks awesome. And I think you will love that Bubinga neck. I have one also on a strat Cagey put together for me and it is wonderful and sounds great.  arty07:

 

[Fat Pete]

Love that canary top! Looking forward to another of your super-clean builds.

 

[DangerousR6]

very cool..

 

[Verne Bunsen]

Boy, that oughtta be spectacular!

 

[zebra]

Thanks for the kind comments guys! I too am looking forward to it [gotta learn some Big Wreck tunes to play through it when it's ready]!  :icon_thumright:

I have one main decision left before assembly - which Hipshot vibrato to use! I have a Contour one, and a Strat one - both with the 'U' saddles [which I love the look of]. Both units will work perfectly, but not sure which one will look better...  :icon_scratch:

I think I'm veering towards the simpler Strat version, as Mike Lipe uses on his instruments.  :dontknow:

Cosmetics, eh!  :icon_biggrin:

Which Big Wreck song you thinking?  Just any song, or that song.  :headbang:

 

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Which Big Wreck song you thinking?  Just any song, or that song.  :headbang:

There's two now:

Ghosts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uYzg6dgoDU

and of course:

That Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAkpiWigT0E

I'm a Pete Thorn fan, so was subscribed to his channel and obviously Suhr's, then I came across Big Wreck and Ian Thornley and now constantly have their melodies in my head... Why haven't I heard of these guys sooner?  :icon_scratch: Now listening through their other material :icon_thumright:

 

[ByteFrenzy]

Tasty. I'm a big fan of no inlay, and with that fretboard it really works very well. And I'm also a big fan of canary, so this is really my thing.

 

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Tasty. I'm a big fan of no inlay, and with that fretboard it really works very well. And I'm also a big fan of canary, so this is really my thing.

Thanks - 'less is more' in my view, so clean lines are way more appealing than some busy, ornate, dust filling, twirly bits.  :laughing7:

This is my first acquisition of Canary - I thought it was going to be a bit lighter and yellower than it is, but that's no bad thing - I prefer this darker, warmer, almost 'tobacco misty' hue.

As it's a showcase body purchase, I'll use some Tru-Oil to seal the fresh routs for pickups, pots and bridge. Allows plenty of drying time before it goes over to FunkyPhil in June!

 

[Glimmer]

... 'less is more' in my view, so clean lines are way more appealing than some busy, ornate, dust filling, twirly bits.  :laughing7:

Agree with the aesthetic but not the formulation. With all due respect to Mies, less is less. (And that's a good thing!)

 

[rapfohl09]

This is going to be gorgeous! Also, I didn't know you could get tele controls on a strat...huh.

What are you doing for a switch? Or no switch?

 

[Axkoa]

This is going to be gorgeous! Also, I didn't know you could get tele controls on a strat...huh.

What are you doing for a switch? Or no switch?

It could be the hybrid stray body. Though I'm not entirely sure.

 

[ByteFrenzy]

Hybrid strat is normally top routed only. I think it's a custom job that ended up in the showcase for whatever reason.

 

[frown]

The body was a standard rear rout Strat from the Showcase. As I only needed a pair of holes, a combination of two from the standard Strat trio didn't place right for me visually, as well as practically, so when adding my pickup rout / jack options on the builder I left it as 'none', then I added a special note at the payment stage requesting Tele Volume and Tone holes, with no switch slot - 'X-V-T (Tele)' [for an upcharge], which over-rides the earlier default options.

My previous 3 Warmoths have the same control set up - two push/pull volume pots, one for each pickup that blend. They each coil split their respective humbucker. I generally don't use a tone pot on my custom builds and use an EQ pedal if I need to dial back any brightness. This combo of pots allows for 6 options, which is good enough for me!

 

[Axkoa]

Oh wow. That sounds awesome. I will definitely consider getting something like this if I ever build a Soloist guitar. Don't really like the typical strat controls.

 

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Getting excited - guitar is being dropped of with Funky Phil tomorrow morning for him to work his magic on assembling, wiring and setting up my Canary / Bubinga Strat!  :cool01: