well, more exotic than a normal strat, but still not as exotic as some woods...
body: mahogany (one piece, made in UK)
neck: bubinga (warmoth)
fingerboard: ebony
pickups: BKP Sultans
it sounds raunchy as hell, and fat too. the neck pickup is quite mellow for a strat, fluid and rich.. i hope it will still cut live.
i put it together myself, and oiled/waxed the body. unfortunately i was a bit over-eager and put the pickguard on a touch crooked. i'll fix that at some point.
after i fitted the neck, i was a bit disappointed with the warmoth fret dress, so i took it to feline guitars. no surprise there: hes done his usual great job.
i wanted a really hard rocking strat sound, like in tokyo tapes, or the tone paul gilbert gets from his fireman. i chose the neck and body woods with this in mind. i just like the feel of ebony.. so ;) its still early days, so i'm not sure if i will bond with it, or if it will give the tones i'm hoping for. like i say, it sounds very raunchy though, so thats a good start.
