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Re: NGD - cheap and cheerful (hardtail) strat
« Reply #45 on: December 10, 2012, 06:45:12 PM »
The neck arrived while I was on a short tour. I'll try and whack it on this week if I can.

Feline has given me a few good tips which should make things a bit nicer. Can't recommend him and his business enough.
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you wouldn't use the meat knife on crusty bread but, equally, the serrated knife and straight edge knife aren't going to go through raw meat as quickly

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Re: NGD - cheap and cheerful (hardtail) strat
« Reply #46 on: December 11, 2012, 05:22:35 PM »
here we go.. faster than Philly Q ;)

not quite happy with it yet, but it plays well.

pickup configuration is: injector, mustang pickup cover (just a blanking plate basically), area 67. I've fitted a three way switch.

it looks a bit too friendly and Blackmore-like. I'm thinking about making it look a bit more aggressive. I also wonder about trilogies. Anyway, this was intended to be a cheap beater project, so I'll play it like this for a bit. Sounds good and stratty ;)

the neck is a 70s MIM reissue, and the body as we know is a Squier Delonge with routing by Feline.

The plastics are allparts, and the pickguard is a WD. I've put in a neck plate washer just as I fancied it really. The 2nd tone control is a dummy for now. i also threw on some axesrus steel saddles. the ferrules are still the non-ferrous squier ones, but its probably not worth changing them. BKP/CTS pots, and a paper in oil cap.
« Last Edit: December 11, 2012, 05:28:45 PM by gwEm »
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Re: NGD - cheap and cheerful (hardtail) strat (now with completed pictures)
« Reply #47 on: December 11, 2012, 06:05:39 PM »
That look awesome. I love injectors as well, which makes it even better.
I agree it looks to friendly...
Get a mirror pickguard and put some stickers on it :D
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Re: NGD - cheap and cheerful (hardtail) strat (now with completed pictures)
« Reply #48 on: December 11, 2012, 06:09:06 PM »
I actually like the Blackmore-look and would not change that.
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Re: NGD - cheap and cheerful (hardtail) strat
« Reply #49 on: December 11, 2012, 06:18:40 PM »
Quote from: gwEm on December 11, 2012, 05:22:35 PM
here we go.. faster than Philly Q ;)

Is that even possible?  :o


Looks good, but very Blackmore as you say.  I'd have a tortoise scratchplate or white pearl, but that's just me.... maybe black pearl?
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Re: NGD - cheap and cheerful (hardtail) strat (now with completed pictures)
« Reply #50 on: December 11, 2012, 06:26:05 PM »
That looks great, probably my favourite strat look. The fact it's hardtail makes it even better!
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Re: NGD - cheap and cheerful (hardtail) strat (now with completed pictures)
« Reply #51 on: December 11, 2012, 06:30:43 PM »
the Blackmore look is a cool one, but it is a bit 'fan-boy' :) at first I thought it would be cool to do a Blackmore tribute thing, but now I see it finished its a bit too close. i like blackmore, but not *that* much  :D

myself i wonder about a plain black plate. i have a strat like that already though. a mirror, dark tortie or the other suggestions could definitely work.

i will just enjoy it as it is for now, since it is a perfectly fine guitar. perhaps the sound/character will suggest a look later. or perhaps i will sell it(!) when/if my Yamaha SGV returns.
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Re: NGD - cheap and cheerful (hardtail) strat (now with completed pictures)
« Reply #52 on: December 12, 2012, 11:23:33 AM »
Black pg/pickups looks good on white as well :) same colour as my bass actually, looks suitably cool!
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Re: NGD - cheap and cheerful (hardtail) strat (now with completed pictures)
« Reply #53 on: December 12, 2012, 11:36:01 AM »
I think that Strat looks ace. Can I have a go?

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Re: NGD - cheap and cheerful (hardtail) strat (now with completed pictures)
« Reply #54 on: December 12, 2012, 12:08:47 PM »
Looks mighty fine...

Platform shoes, shiny black shirt/blouse and trousers, a hairy-bald wig, and you'll be away :D
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Re: NGD - cheap and cheerful (hardtail) strat (now with completed pictures)
« Reply #55 on: December 12, 2012, 03:59:41 PM »
that looks really nice :)
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Re: NGD - cheap and cheerful (hardtail) strat (now with completed pictures)
« Reply #56 on: December 13, 2012, 03:26:48 PM »
Yeah, looks great. Bit mad I didn't spot that on ebay myself though, as I'm looking for a cheapo white Strat hardtail body at the moment and had kind of resigned myself to having to block off a trem. Now this has made me want a proper ht again!
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Re: NGD - cheap and cheerful (hardtail) strat (now with completed pictures)
« Reply #57 on: December 14, 2012, 07:16:10 AM »
Turned out really nice, now if it had a maple fretboard this would be absolutely my thing. But then again I'm obsessed with maple boards haha :)
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