NGD - cheap and cheerful (hardtail) strat (now with completed pictures)

[gwEm]

Its a bit of an ebay bargain. Planning to just use the body, if it turns out to be decent. Made in Korea hardtail strat. Pretty heavy, good setup. Late 80s manufacture probably. Low-end hardware not a good sign though, but then it was a complete gamble. I'll take it apart later and see whats what.


edit:
mmmm... non-standard neck plate dimensions

[Philly Q]

Picture?

[gwEm]

See below.

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.

I'll be interested in your thoughts Philly..

[AndyR]

Looks pretty :)

[Brow]

I really like that. I've always been a sucker for white strats  :lol:

Any idea what wood the body is?

[Kiichi]

I like the looks of it. Is it a Fender or a Squire?
I wonder how good it sounds acousticly.

Gotta keep my eyes out for something like this, have been Gasing for a strat to load with sultans for quite some time favoring the Jimmy Vaughan one which feels amazing.

[gwEm]

Its definitely neither a Fender or a Squier.. although it has neatly a neatly applied Fender decal.

Not sure on the wood, but its fairly heavy(!) - useless comment I know.

Its not complete sh!t thats for sure, but it may ultimately be useless to me. I had planned to put a 22 fret, rosewood, CBS neck on.. which now may be harder than I'd originally thought.

More later when it gets pulled to bits.

[TheyCallMeVolume]

At least it's a cool looking guitar, hope you can make something work.

[Philly Q]

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.

Is it a 3-bolt fixing, or just a non-standard 4-bolt plate?

If it's the latter you should be OK just plugging the existing screw holes in the neck and drilling new ones.

If it's a 3-bolt, I think there's a possibility the truss rod on a "regular" neck may get in the way of the centre bolt.  And it's messy converting a 3-bolt body to a 4-bolt one.


(Incidentally I have, of course, got a white hardtail Strat body somewhere under my bed.....    Great minds think alike.)

[gwEm]

it is a 4 bolt one. so i guess i could plug the holes in the neck and redrill.

it all rests on what the body wood is of course..

[Philly Q]

Might be hard to tell what the wood is - are you going to route it at all?

[gwEm]

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.

It might indeed be hard to know what the wood is, but hopefully I should be able to tell pretty quickly if its plywood, or made of 100 pieces.

[Andrew W]

I do have a terrible weakness for a white Strat so visually that's looking good to me. Hope you can make it work.

[dave_mc]

very nice :)

[Telerocker]

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.