A week or two ago I was looking for a Robert Cray Strat as I fancied a hardtail with a decent handfull of a neck and that pretty was much the only Strat available in that style......, however they are very nearly a grand for a MIM Strat albeit with custom shop pickups that seem to have a good rep....I nearly pressed pay now online, but something held me back.....(ended up buying an Original 50's Strat).....
Anyroadup I decided to build my own Hardtail fat neck Strat
This not intended to be like the RC model...
I have two nice Vee profile necks littering the place up looking for a body and some hardware, so I bought a Hardtail Strat body from Guitarbuild in Korina, why Korina? cos it was £100 mailed and it was one of the lightest on offer........
It arrived a few days ago and in between Hospital visits it has been getting a daily coat of clear rattlecan lacquer, its done now and I'm well chuffed with the result......I had a single ply black scratchplate in the parts store and three 250k CTS solid shaft pots, so they got used, I'm a fan of Jazz Bass knobs and I sourced four on cream, from the USA paying load of postage for the privelege.
A set of Mojo 60’s pickups copmpletes the scratchplate along with a new switch, now ai have a dilemma, I have two Vee necks A Strat with a Maple board and a Tele with a Rosewood board (The Tele heel has been reprofiled to Strat shape) which to use, over to you guys!
Tele
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Stranger from another planet welcome to our hole - Just strap on your guitar and we'll play some rock 'n' roll
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I have to say, I prefer the Tele neck.
All the best with it and I like the idea of Jazz Bass knobs.
I bet it will ring like a bell though either way.
cheers
andy k
i like both necks btw
I did make a set neck hardtail strat in limba, i really like it even though it's not traditional, i was trying out limba at the time and it still had strat tones but warmer
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How do you like the sound of it
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