Partscaster/DIY guitar Appreciation Thread 2009

[obzervr]

Change the pickguard. Will do wonders to the appearance.

 

[eieio]

For Dark green strat shld go with wad color pickups and hardwares uh? white ugly..
then my pups haywire neck and mid black bridge is white stock. its an squier bullet strat..

how dark is your dark green bullet?
or relic it? bleach until become light green.. hehe

 

[lemonade93]

Wah nice Unique colour

 

[eieio]

lemonade93: u got expensive taste.. that is a fender custom signature eric clapton strat with nitro finish

#CZ******, 8.48 lbs., Candy Green, Custom Ordered "Thin Skin" Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish, Select Alder Body, 1-Piece Maple Soft "V" Shaped Neck, Maple Fingerboard with 9.5" Radius, 22 Vintage Style Frets, 3 Vintage Noiseless Pickups, Master Volume, Master Tone Control, Master Active Mid Boost, 5-Position Blade Switch, "Blocked" American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo, Fender/Gotoh Vintage Style Tuning Machines, Nickel/Chrome Hardware, 1-Ply White Pickguard, 25.5" Scale Length, 1.650" Width at Nut, Eric Clapton's Signature on Headstock, Includes Vintage Tweed Case, Strap, Cable.

 

[lemonade93]

most people do

 

[fgl]

my carved strat -refurbished ...

 

[eieio]

that is a beauty & the beast, where did you get your inspiration from?
reminds me of ray vaughn & charlie.. you're the srv & i am teh charlie.. hehe

 

[fgl]

that is a beauty & the beast, where did you get your inspiration from?
reminds me of ray vaughn & charlie.. you're the srv & i am teh charlie.. hehe

here's the org inspiration:

 

[faekildare]

Thanks Eieio Bro

Well, after getting a better strat body and strat bridge from Eieio bro, My malmsteen strat is now further into completion. This guitar rocks so much now... LOL.

Yes.. Miss Azunyan is there posing with my guitar (^.^)/

 

[eieio]

nice pose, Miss Azunyan...
maybe next can try scallop fender neck..

or, don't have to go for the costly ones..
mighty mite got good all maple neck to work on,
u wont want turn back to calif ones after that.. hehe

: p

 

[taypeng81]

wow wow wow have been away from soft for awhile but looks like my fellow diyers were busy..makes me want to start my next diy too..

 

[obzervr]

Good to hear you're starting... I really need to continue where I left off.

 

[eieio]

welcome back, we miss you too...
anybody got tips on refinishing to black chrome?

 

[dodgethis]

Just spent the better part of two hours of shielding my Strat.

 

[eieio]

dodgethis: i see a signed strat..?

 

[faekildare]

dodgethis: i see a signed strat..?

by yoshiki fukuyama. LOL.

 

[dodgethis]

Indeed, it is signed by my guitar God himself Acquintance in the US offered to trade it for a brand American Deluxe Strat straight up when he saw it ol

Finished wiring up my Strat with brand new electronics from TYMC. Cable ties are a godsend for tidiness.

Turns out that during my tapping test I didn't pay much attention to the tone pots and this is what I found out after I strung her up.

Oh well. And it turns out the Japanese pots from TYMC won't fit the ones that came with this CIJ Strat of mine.

 

[eieio]

nice i like them 62s too.. and you turn down the trade offer?
the stock pick guard cant fit gotoh pots? size too tall or too small or too short?

 

[dodgethis]

Nah, too precious to even think about trading it off. Maybe I would for an ESP e-zuka signature but those are 500k yen MSRP.

I forgot to mention that it's the stock knobs that don't fit. The shafts are too big by 0.2mm when I measured with my calipers. They went in by a bit but even with body weight it refused to go any further.

*Edit: Belay that. The guys just told me how to solve the issue. Thumbs ups to TYMC for their excellent customer service.*

 

[obzervr]

Just me and my (latest project) guitar...

Finally managed to record something to capture the sound of the guitar.

Throughout this crappy recording, the OD channel on the amp was on, all tonal change on guitar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nLNScQBKq4

Specs: Body - Poplar, Neck - Lefty Maple (Eden), Pickups - Mighty Mite w Bone Nut., 3 way switch, Vintage Styled 6 point trem w wood block wedge (fix bridge effect) & Kluson vintage styled tuners.

This guitar will probably be alive for a short while before I dismantle it or sell it off if the price is right. No Bidding hehehe!