I have a feeling this one might end up back on ebay, or gifted. Actually, its not bad, but I'm thinking the non-standard neck plate is going to make my modification plans difficult.
Might be hard to tell what the wood is - are you going to route it at all?I've had a little peer at the edge of the pickups, and it looks like it /might/ be a swimming pool rout. Anyway, the plan is to keep single coils. I'll throw that Paul Gilbert Injector in the bridge to start with.
Looks great! I have a Hondo II strat that weighs a ton and is made of plywood. I hope yours is ash or something similar.
Looks great! I have a Hondo II strat that weighs a ton and is made of plywood. I hope yours is ash or something similar.
Indeed, my worries were realised and it did turn out to be plywood, no swimming pool rout though. But anyway, it looks nice as people have pointed out, and plays quite well so it will be a good gift.
Looks great! I have a Hondo II strat that weighs a ton and is made of plywood. I hope yours is ash or something similar.
Indeed, my worries were realised and it did turn out to be plywood, no swimming pool rout though. But anyway, it looks nice as people have pointed out, and plays quite well so it will be a good gift.
How's the tone? My Hondo is just so so, though it has been upgraded in the eighties with vintagehot SD-singlecoils. Can't remember which ones.
At a time I had 22 guitars. I brought it back to 7, some acoustics included.
You can make a nice gallery on the wall, but are you gonna play them much? I stopped collecting cause I always come back to two, three guitars that I gig with. At a time I had 22 guitars. I brought it back to 7, some acoustics included. The only thing that gives me gas is a P90 loaded LP and an ES295.
In anycase I like pulling apart guitars and tinkering with them. I might even use this as an excuse to buy a router :twisted:
Can't remember, is that a Squier model or a Mexican one?
Progress:
Some very neat routing work from Feline, and a replacement neck on the way!
The body was pretty ok on the Tom Delonge - was a nice bit of alder
It routed well and it should sound great
Progress:
Some very neat routing work from Feline, and a replacement neck on the way!
I guess it's fun to upgrade, but is this guitar worth the investment?
It's a four piece alder hardtail strat body. Fender USA made worse in the 70s ;)
Nice! But we need to see some pics! :D
Were did you get the neck?
It's a four piece alder hardtail strat body. Fender USA made worse in the 70s ;)
And in the late '90s, just before the American Standard Series became the American Series - if I remember right, they were often using up to five pieces, veneered front and back to hide the joins.
Apparently Jeff Buckley really likes that design(!)
Yeah, I've seen those Teles before. I imagine the Strats are extremely rare. I don't like the saddles on those early '80s Fenders, what were they thinking?Apparently Jeff Buckley really likes that design(!)
Liked, presumably! :? :P
Nice one! I'm kinda surprised that it has the HSS routing. I would take a guess at the swimming pool routing on the cheaper bodies.
The Gilbert pups, are they the hum canceling single coil ones?
Nice one! I'm kinda surprised that it has the HSS routing. I would take a guess at the swimming pool routing on the cheaper bodies.
The Gilbert pups, are they the hum canceling single coil ones?
Almost all the routing you see is actually from Jonathan at Feline. Originally it came with a simple rectangular route for a humbucker and volume pot only. Looks pretty factory now though doesn't it? ;)
The PG Injector is a hum canceling single coil yes.
Yeah, I've seen those Teles before. I imagine the Strats are extremely rare. I don't like the saddles on those early '80s Fenders, what were they thinking?Apparently Jeff Buckley really likes that design(!)
Liked, presumably! :? :P
here we go.. faster than Philly Q ;)