Verne Bunsen
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As I see it, a genuine "F" neck deserves genuine "F" tuners. By Schaller. I've used these tuners in the past and really like them.
Sometimes it's a project to retrofit these tuners, but on this American neck they were a drop-in replacement. Which hurt my feelings not at all.
The neck pocket on this Strat body was remarkably clean, most of what you can see here is "in" the wood as opposed to "on" the wood.
Just a little touchup around the front lip and the back wall and corners.
Attaching the trem claw ground.
I was all ready to get into drilling those awful trem claw screw holes when I saw that Warmoth had taken care of that for me. I was most pleased.
Installed using genuine Callaham screws. Everybody knows that's the secret to creamy Strat tone.
A healthy countersink to clear the finish from around the bridge screw holes. Another set of holes that I am most pleased to have Warmoth take care of. I've done them by hand and it's stressful; if they aren't perfect the trem will never work right.
As I was installing the first screw, I could feel it bottoming out against the bottom of the existing pilot hole. To avoid any unpleasantness, I went ahead and drilled them out clear through to the trem cavity. Good thing, 'cause they used all of that and then some. The Callaham screws must be a little longer to hold the extra tone. The little chip is unfortunate, but if it had to happen anywhere, inside the trem cavity under the springs is about as good a place as could be had!
Looks good to me!
Looking very guitar-like! And I like it indeed.
The pickguard she's modeling is a plastic one that I have lying around, still waiting on the black anodized aluminum one from Tone Guard. I won't drill the pickguard holes till I have it. I actually sent this picture to Wayne at Tone Guard, saying, "Sure would be awesome to have my pickguard right about now!"
Sometimes it's a project to retrofit these tuners, but on this American neck they were a drop-in replacement. Which hurt my feelings not at all.
The neck pocket on this Strat body was remarkably clean, most of what you can see here is "in" the wood as opposed to "on" the wood.
Just a little touchup around the front lip and the back wall and corners.
Attaching the trem claw ground.
I was all ready to get into drilling those awful trem claw screw holes when I saw that Warmoth had taken care of that for me. I was most pleased.
Installed using genuine Callaham screws. Everybody knows that's the secret to creamy Strat tone.
A healthy countersink to clear the finish from around the bridge screw holes. Another set of holes that I am most pleased to have Warmoth take care of. I've done them by hand and it's stressful; if they aren't perfect the trem will never work right.
As I was installing the first screw, I could feel it bottoming out against the bottom of the existing pilot hole. To avoid any unpleasantness, I went ahead and drilled them out clear through to the trem cavity. Good thing, 'cause they used all of that and then some. The Callaham screws must be a little longer to hold the extra tone. The little chip is unfortunate, but if it had to happen anywhere, inside the trem cavity under the springs is about as good a place as could be had!
Looks good to me!
Looking very guitar-like! And I like it indeed.
The pickguard she's modeling is a plastic one that I have lying around, still waiting on the black anodized aluminum one from Tone Guard. I won't drill the pickguard holes till I have it. I actually sent this picture to Wayne at Tone Guard, saying, "Sure would be awesome to have my pickguard right about now!"
