nuge67 Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 I've got too many guitar projects going on as it is, but here goes another. I decided to build a strat after playing litterally dozens of them over the last few weeks. After playing all those guitars I reallized my homebrew guitars are just superior to anything I can afford to buy. Not bragging of being elitist, I'm just really picky. A freind let me play his Ibanez, not sure of the model but it was $1200 used. He played my main homemade axe. He told me my action was better and my guitar played easier. And his guitar played really nice. Mine was just better. The body is made up of alder, spalted maple and a few strips of spalted elm, spalted ash and cherry for color. Now to glue up some neck stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 I am impressed. I would never think putting lots of strips of wood together would look that good. Good luck with building that and make sure to put it on guitar of the month (GOTM) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuge67 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 in hindsite I put this in the wrong forum. It should be in the projects forum. I roughed out the pickguard today. Scraps of spalted and wormy maple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim37 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Pickgaurd looks great i love wood pickgaurds they add a lot to an otherwise boring part of a guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuge67 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 I'm not sure of the pickup configuration yet. Leaning towards 2 humbuckers in this one. I already have a guitar that doesn't look like a strat, but sounds like one. There is a fine line between spalt and rot. I have never had the need to stabilize spalt. If it is too soft to work with it's rot, and firewood. Here is how this project actually started, on a morning like this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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