Strat w/ Birdseye Boatneck

[Laika]

Warmoth Birdseye Maple/Rosewood Neck w/ Boatneck Profile & Tru-Oil Finish
Fender Body
Sperzel Tuners
Earvana Nut
TUSQ Bridge Saddles
Duncan Quarter-Pound Strat Pickups

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[bagman67]

NICE.  Beautiful, simple execution of a classic design.  Approved!

 

[drewfx]

Beautiful!

 

[stratamania]

Well done, birdseye comes up nicely with Tru oil...

 

[Laika]

Well done, birdseye comes up nicely with Tru oil...

I actually took it down a bit from the high-gloss look to more of a matte finish because I thought the feel was a bit tacky.

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[stratamania]

Well done, birdseye comes up nicely with Tru oil...

I actually took it down a bit from the high-gloss look to more of a matte finish because I thought the feel was a bit tacky.

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Yes it's getting a balance between the visual and how it feels.  If you applied quite a lot of Tru oil it can also take a while to completely stop giving off gas.

I find taking an old white cotton T shirt or similar and using that to give a final buffing gives a smooth good to play surface.

 

[Laika]

Finally decided to go with some alnico V strat pickups that I made myself for a more vintage look.

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[bagman67]

They definitely look nice.


What is the disposition of the Duncans you removed?

 

[Verne Bunsen]

Scha-wing! That is one pretty Strat. I'm interested to know about the pickups that you wound. Wire gauge and turn count? How do they sound?

 

[Laika]

They definitely look nice.


What is the disposition of the Duncans you removed?

They were the Quarter-Pound set (all tapped).  I have them listed on Reverb.com.  Offers accepted.

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[Laika]

Scha-wing! That is one pretty Strat. I'm interested to know about the pickups that you wound. Wire gauge and turn count? How do they sound?

They have alnico V magnets, 42 gauge formvar wire.  I think I wound the bridge to about 8K turns and it came in right at 6.01 Kohms.  The neck was at 5.72 and the mid at 5.77.  Don't remember how many turns I put on neck/middle (guess is going to be around 7300 to get approx 5.75 Kohms).  I made them to be a usual alnico V strat set.  Bright and snappy.  The bridge pickup has plenty of twang on the low-end with 10-42 string set.

I have been meaning to do clips, but don't have my setup put together yet.  I moved recently.

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[Laika]

They definitely look nice.


What is the disposition of the Duncans you removed?

If you're asking how they sounded, they were darker than a usual strat pickup but I think they are one of the better uber-high-output pickups for strat in that they are still a true single-coil pickup and the strat tonality is still there.  I didn't run them tapped but I would guess they would be better that way if you were into a more versatile setup.

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[Laika]

I see that I forgot to put on the matching cream knobs.

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