I was given an old beat up Strat by one of my friends about 2 weeks ago and at the time it was pretty much useless. Over the past week and a half I have restored as best as I possibly could.
When I recieved the guitar it had no pickguard or plastics at all so I fitted an old Van Zandt assembley from the late 80's/early 90's that I have had lying around for a years, which sounds awesome I just didn't have the right guitar to put it on. I also fitted a 5 way pickup selector as the Van Zandt assembley only had a 3 way. The body also had a route for where a 9v battery was fitted (yup this guitar was EMG'd at some poiint) which I had filled in. There was no nut so I fitted an old one that I had.
I also didn't really like the vintage style tuners so I replaced them with locking tuners, thanks to Philly for recommending them!
I checked out the serial number and the date stamped on the neck and inside the tremelo cavity and it is a 1982 57 reissue made at the Fullerton Factory. After reading up about these guitars it seems that they are regarded as one of the best vintage reissues that Fender made.
After playing this I can honestly say this is the best Strat that I have ever played. I own a few and this beats them all. It really has that 'one of a kind' feel to it. I love it!
Anyways, enough of me rambling on. Here's some pics!
