White Stratocaster build

[Walther]

When possible I get necks with out the overhang.  Otherwise I gotta take the neck off . Might be a trick I don’t know about.

Yeah, sadly that isn't an option on the short-scale Gibson conversion necks. Then again, tinkering with the electronics shouldn't really be something you do every day, so it's probably going to be fine

Occasional neck removal is a good argument for threaded inserts and machine screws for attachment. Makes short work of it, without deteriorating the screw holes.

I was thinking about threaded inserts earlier. Not sure if I could find them locally or with reasonable shipping costs (Finland), and not sure where I could find a luthier that would be willing to install those (and what it would cost... €€ or €€€).

 

[Cagey]

Too bad you're in Finland. I do that to just about every neck that goes through here for nothing if I'm already doing fretwork/setups (it makes the whole job easier for me), or $25 from scratch including the hardware. The hardware isn't expensive, and the job isn't difficult at all given the right parts/tools. Look around a bit locally. You might be surprised.

 

[Walther]

:bananaguitar:

It sings!

Assembled it today at Helsinki Hacklab. Lovely people around there, who were happy to help

Tiny adjusting and tweaking is still needed, from bridge saddles and string height to neck truss rod adjustment and fret lacquer removal. I also need to revisit my treble bleed mod, considering the volume knob is not functioning right  :laughing7:

 

[rgand]

That does look good. Clean and crisp. :icon_thumright:

 

[Chuckwood]

I really dig the white on white look! Congrats

 

[Rick]

Yeah, that's a classic.

 

[BigSteve22]

I really dig the white on white look! Congrats

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