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Keven

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Blue strats?
« on: June 10, 2011, 04:33:01 AM »
hey guys.

a happy experiment of mine just went really well. i have a strat. sort of. built out of a peavey neck and a cheapo adler jay turser body.... the thing is, it sounds GREAT

(here's me having fun on the cheap chinese made stock pickups through amplitube(WMV video) )

currently, as it's a cheap guitar, i don't think it's worth investing for BKP. and also it's going to be a working guitar so i'm probably going to use this as an excuse to try the new paul gilbert injectors.

but the thing is, i want to change the pickguard. i'll also put a new overlay on the headstock. the zebra doesn't fit anymore...

i'm thinking of a few schemes.

tortoise shell pickguard. white pickups and knobs
aged pearl pickguard. black pickups and knobs
aged pearl, red pickups and knobs and matching union jack headstock overlay(see my strap)
black pearl pickguard with white pickups and knobs

help? i wasn't expecting this experiment to work so well!
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Re: Blue strats?
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2011, 07:10:08 AM »
nice playing kevin 8)
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Re: Blue strats?
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2011, 08:57:12 AM »
Yeah, nice playing indeed. I like option 1-tortoise 'guard & white pickups and knobs.
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Re: Blue strats?
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2011, 09:42:39 AM »
Cheap strats are so much fun to be had.

Maybe if you think new BKPs are too much money for that guitar, could you find some used ones on ebay or something? I searched the "Seconds out" subforum for you but found nothing recent.

Cheers
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Re: Blue strats?
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2011, 11:14:03 AM »

Sound great.  I go option 1 too....
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Keven

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Re: Blue strats?
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2011, 02:21:25 PM »
I'm on a day off today so i'll do a few mockups. but i've seen alot of pictures with tortoise/white, but gold hardware.

and as this is going to be a guitar i'll teach with, another important point is that i want noiseless pickups.

also thanks!

okay. here are the mockups!







i have no preference currently XD
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Re: Blue strats?
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2011, 03:33:38 PM »
I like the sassy look of the 1st one.
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Re: Blue strats?
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2011, 04:28:10 PM »
3 or 5 for me.
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Re: Blue strats?
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2011, 05:16:18 PM »
2 or 3 for me I think.
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Re: Blue strats?
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2011, 05:16:34 PM »
the first one, tortoise and white, by a long way!  impressive playing too :)
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Re: Blue strats?
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2011, 05:23:49 PM »
3 looks classy as hell. the pickguard will also be aged pearloid.. quite fitting

also thanks for the comments on the playing! i don't like my note choices too much and my phrasing needs alot of work, but the chops are there.

tortoise and white is also such a classic. i mean, if I'm going to go for a cheap strat knockoff, may as well do it with style!

i can also overlay anything on the headstock. i'm thinking black with maybe a clever brand name XD.

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Re: Blue strats?
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2011, 08:21:27 PM »
I like the first one too.
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Re: Blue strats?
« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2011, 01:33:22 PM »
1st or 2nd, pref aged white covers
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Re: Blue strats?
« Reply #13 on: June 11, 2011, 08:25:50 PM »
Number 5 would look killer.
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Re: Blue strats?
« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2011, 08:31:58 PM »
I wasn't sure about tortoise on blue, but it looks good (first one).  I like the third one too.
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