The Meadowstrat 313 - An Exotic Wood Multitool

[Caelstrom]

The goal of this build was to create a guitar that cosmetically shows off the beauty of the wood it's made from (inspired by the look of Barlow Guitars), and has the tonal flexibility of a PRS 513/Special Semi-Hollow (HSH, 5-way switch, with coil-splitting options). I couldn't be happier with the end result. Shout-out to everyone on the Builds-in-Progress forum who answered my newbie questions and provided insight along the way!










Specifications:

Warmoth Strat® Replacement Body
Construction: Solid
Core Wood: Roasted Swamp Ash
Body Upgrades: Extra Light
Lam Top Wood: Marbled Padouk
Neck Pickup Rout: Humbucker
Middle Pickup Rout: Strat®
Bridge Pickup Rout: Humbucker
Controls: Volume 1, Tone 1, Tone 2, Blade Switch
Bridge Rout: Wilkinson
Body Contours: Forearm Contour, Tummy Cut, Contoured Heel

Warmoth Meadowhawk Guitar Neck
Construction: Tiltback Gibson® Scale Conversion
Shaft Wood: Pau Ferro
Fretboard Wood: Unique Choice Indian Rosewood (Dark)
Nut Width: 1-11/16" (43mm) - Modern Medium
Right / Left Handed: Right-Handed Reverse
Neck Back Profile: Standard Thin
Fretboard Radius: 9.5" - 14" Compound
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size & Material: SS6150 - Wide & Tall (Stainless)
Tuner Hole Size: Gotoh/Grover (13/32" - 11/32")
Inlay Shape: Diamonds
Inlay Material: Gold Pearloid
Side Dots: Mother Of Pearl Side Dots
String Nut: Standard Nut - GraphTech Black TUSQ XL

Hardware:
Gotoh Wilkinson VS100 Tremolo Bridge
Gotoh SG301-07 Magnum Locking Tuners
DR Legend Flatwound Light Strings
Custom Padouk and Ebony Knobs (Bought these years ago off Etsy for my bass, but they matched so perfectly I had to reallocate them)
Custom Stained White Oak Rear cavity covers (Homemade)

Electronics:
Seymour Duncan Saturday Night Special Humbucking Pickup Set
Seymour Duncan Little '59 for Strat Center Pickup
Volume Pot: 500K Audio Taper Push/Push Pot (This came from Warmoth - unknown brand)
Tone Pots: CTS 500K Audio Taper Push/Pull Pots
Switch: Fender 5-Way Super Switch
Output Jack: Pure Tone Muti-Contact 1/4" Mono Jack
Tone Caps: Orange Drop .022 mf
Treble Bleed: SoZo .001 mf Yellow Mustard Cap

 

[aarontunes]

Stellar build!

 

[Caelstrom]

Stellar build!

Thanks! Watched a lot of videos of you in just about every phase of planning, research, and construction.

 

[Don O]

Gorgeous wood project !

 

[fingolfen]

That's awesome - I love the natural wood finish!

 

[ruscio]

Great job, this looks amazing! Is this body from the special run of bacon-casters? I can't remember the actual name, they just looked like bacon to me.

 

[Tretgeraet]

special run of bacon-casters

"Marbled Padouk", but I like your name better

There are still some necks with marbled padouk fretboards in the show case.

 

[Caelstrom]

Great job, this looks amazing! Is this body from the special run of bacon-casters? I can't remember the actual name, they just looked like bacon to me.

Thanks! Yes, it’s from the Marbled Padouk limited run. This body is actually shown on the Deep Cuts page:

https://warmoth.com/deep-cuts-marbled-padouk

8th from the top, or 2nd to last depending on how you look at it.