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FernandoDuarte

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Re: Strat bodies - how light is too light?
« Reply #45 on: September 17, 2008, 04:08:06 PM »
I think that natural one would be amazing with an rosewood/rosewood neck... or Wenge + Macassar Ebony with matching veneer on headstock  8)




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Re: Strat bodies - how light is too light?
« Reply #46 on: September 17, 2008, 04:11:24 PM »
I think that natural one would be amazing with an rosewood/rosewood neck... or Wenge + Macassar Ebony with matching veneer on headstock  8)

(sorry...  :lol:)

Nah, that's not going to tempt me.... as far as I'm concerned a Strat neck is maple.  With a maple or rosewood fingerboard (maybe ebony at a pinch).  Anything else looks funny to me.
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Re: Strat bodies - how light is too light?
« Reply #47 on: September 17, 2008, 04:23:38 PM »
:evil:

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Re: Strat bodies - how light is too light?
« Reply #48 on: September 17, 2008, 10:35:24 PM »
Looks like I got what I deserved by styr you up :lol:
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Re: Strat bodies - how light is too light?
« Reply #49 on: September 17, 2008, 11:08:59 PM »
Looks like I got what I deserved by styr you up :lol:
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You going to build that one, Fernando?  :D
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Re: Strat bodies - how light is too light?
« Reply #50 on: September 17, 2008, 11:25:15 PM »
Don't know... I have one nice Swamp Ash blank here (with many more interesting woods), that could do the trick very fine... by now I've found a way to work the woods, after about one year and a half trying to find a place, let's see, the excuses are getting quite a few :lol: I'm now having a internal discussion, because I never play...  same as building guitar... And I can't understand completely because I think in guitars 24h a day, even when I got and emergency at work (in a petroleum refinary, so like the real shite) trying to bend myself to do it properly... Perhaps I will do it, but with a route that I can sell it under the pickguard (sss/hsh/etc)...

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Re: Strat bodies - how light is too light?
« Reply #51 on: September 17, 2008, 11:51:38 PM »
No excuses, just do it!  :P
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Re: Strat bodies - how light is too light?
« Reply #52 on: September 18, 2008, 02:33:36 PM »
No excuses, just do it!  :P
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Philly Q

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Re: Strat bodies - how light is too light?
« Reply #53 on: September 18, 2008, 03:10:08 PM »
No excuses, just do it!  :P
Physician, heal thyself! PDT_008

Have you made up your own mind yet?


 :D See previous page, Ben:

C'mon Phill, resistence is futile... You know you want and will do both of them... :D
(hope I'm not putting you into bank troubles :lol:)

You knew it, didn't you?!  I bought 'em both....  :oops: :oops: :oops:
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Re: Strat bodies - how light is too light?
« Reply #54 on: September 27, 2008, 02:13:00 PM »
Update:

Got my two Warmoth bodies this morning.  They are so ridiculously nice, I actually started laughing out loud when I opened the box.

I just tried the Highway 1 neck on the purple body and it's a perfect, tight fit, the holes line up exactly.  Really looking forward to getting these guitars put together! :D
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Re: Strat bodies - how light is too light? (Update!)
« Reply #55 on: September 27, 2008, 03:16:47 PM »
Bloke, pics or it doesn't exist :lol:

Congrats, I'm having trouble with UPS right now, their emails with the duty bill are not coming in my mail box... :(

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Re: Strat bodies - how light is too light? (Update!)
« Reply #56 on: September 27, 2008, 03:23:55 PM »
Bloke, pics or it doesn't exist :lol:

Congrats, I'm having trouble with UPS right now, their emails with the duty bill are not coming in my mail box... :(

They phoned me up at work so I could pay the duty, never had that happen before! 

Anyway, here are some very quick, very bad, pics.  The purple one will look like this (I haven't got a bridge yet):



Not sure about the natural one, I'm experimenting with different looks:

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Re: Strat bodies - how light is too light? (Update!)
« Reply #57 on: September 27, 2008, 03:28:53 PM »
The natural I'm sure that SHALL be N°2 with SSS pickups :twisted:

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Re: Strat bodies - how light is too light? (Update!)
« Reply #58 on: September 27, 2008, 03:38:30 PM »
The natural I'm sure that SHALL be N°2 with SSS pickups :twisted:

The rosewood?  Yeah, I'm leaning that way, it looks a bit too "pale" with the maple - although it does look quite '70s.

SSS is a possibility, altough I have two SSS Strats already.
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Re: Strat bodies - how light is too light? (Update!)
« Reply #59 on: September 27, 2008, 04:06:18 PM »
rosewood, yes!
So go HSH :D