Hi all, this the the first thread I've started. I've been reading here for a while.
I'm 'building' a Stratolike from various bits I've bought- Have to say I had no idea the variety of other suppliers around so perhaps depending on how this goes together I may swap/upgrade. It's the first guitar I've built so it's a learning curve.
I'm going for Olympic white nitro with a maple neck with the skunk stripe, I've got the following:
Neck: Allparts SMO-FAT
Body: Guitarbuild Alder SSS 60's strat
Bridge: Fender classic style tremolo with the bent saddles
Tuners: Gotoh Nickel Classic style slotted
Pickups: Tonerider Surfari
The usual CTS/CRL/Orange Drop/Cloth wire electronic stuff. I'm doing neck inserts and all metal hardware is Nickel rather than chrome.
I've completed the Electrics:
https://i.imgur.com/STKYVYH.jpg?1The black ground wires were combined and heat shrink applied (hardly vintage I know, but I wanted to leave them standard length in case I ever sell/reuse the pickups)
The body has been sprayed with the nitro (just awaiting gloss finish, curing and buffing)
The neck was originally sprayed (by me) in vintage/honey amber nitro, but I stupidly put a fender logo on, in removing it the nozzle of the rattle can wasn't clean so when I went to re-finish the head it came out looking terrible, so it's all been stripped for 'take 2'
Sorry for the long rambling start!
Thanks for reading.
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Just waiting for the body to cure now so I can get it sanded, buffed and built. I've got the perfect size transfer punch to get the neck holes aligned right. Hopefully get the neck finished and decal applied this weekend.
Thanks a lot! Yeah I listened to lots of samples and they sounded like what I wanted to achieve and also good value. I've heard really good things about Oil City and want to use them in another guitar. (I'm planning an OTM Tele shaped object at some stage)
Thanks for the kind words.
The difference with the Allparts FAT and other chunky necks is that they don’t reduce the thickness along the necks profile so the centreline at the back describes a straight line between the back of the Headstock and the heel.
That would make much more sense with a diagram.....
Got it mostly sanded and buffed. It's not bad for a first go with rattle cans, definitely a useful learning experience.
Scratch plate and electronics just placed in as a mock up. Cavities are all shielded now, and I've soldered a wire between the jack cavity and the main.
Also got the head-stock decal on.
Fixed Leo's mistake because it's not a tremolo. Will get a few coats of gloss on this weekend when I'm back from working away.
Thanks for reading
Some pics of the final item:
https://i.imgur.com/jN5lIqr.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/a55Oi9X.jpg?1
Width of the SMO-FAT neck against my SRV Signature Strat
https://imgur.com/Q3vJ5VR
EDIT: OK so every time I try to post images it seems to need a totally random combination of which link I use in Imgur, and which method (insert picture or link) I need to use.