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Dude, there's nothing wrong with wanting the same or better gear as your friends. Hell, I'm way over 40 and still find myself getting into that with the other guitar player in my band (he has a lot more/better stuff). But the best "revenge" is always to be a better musician. Not just a better guitar player, a better musician.

I'm done now.

With the Allen head slugs, it sounds a lot like the DiMarzio Evos or something very similar.

http://www.vai.com/Machines/guitarpages/EV...ctrnx_LRG01.jpg

I've seen better pics or them , but I can't remember where.

he bought 6 strats. Gave three away, the other three he mixed and matched to form Blackie. Yes, i know the story. he bought them for about 300-400 each. Well then a Clapton style body. If someone just has the demensions i can get it CNCed.

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Yeah, I know the story too.

Anyway, did you try John Fisher/Tirone's "How to Build ..." thing? He tells about how he got plans and laid them out and everything. Here.

Short of just finding a good used body, that's what I'd do.

But, as always, that's just me.

Exact fender strat. Standard or the Blackie, as in Eric Clapton's Blackie, body is great. I dont mind either one. I just want it to have the same shape. The electronics is all taken care of, from the old members might remeber i asked frequently about Blackie's electronics. I can paint the body too as well as get the headstock set up. I need just the body.

Thanks,

Monkey

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Ok.

Strat body dimensions changed over they years. AFAIK, the main differences are in the belly and forearm cuts (forgetting the cavity rout nightmare). Body thickness has more to do with the cheaper imports than anything else. I think.

I'm sure you know the story: Long about 1970 or so Clapton walked into a joint in Nashvegas and bought a hundred old Strats for about 12 bucks or something. Some he gave away, some he kept. Some he took apart and rebuilt with much more better parts from others.

Seriously, do "Ebay> All Categories > Musical Instruments > Guitar > Parts, Accessories > Bodies > Strat." There's a ton on there. For what you want at the price you want, that's your best bet.

Hi PG,

Well i am looking for just the body of a fender stratocaster. Now, i want the exact body measurments as the fender strats, but i dont know if the squire bodies are the exact same. I tried to find out if they are, but no luck yet. Also i dont care if the body has paint on it or not, becuase im trying to make a Blackie guitar and i have paint to do so. I was wondering if anyone knows a good place to buy an exact copy or right of strat body for about $100 or down. Also, Brian if you read this, is your economical bodies the exact as the Fender's.

Thanks,

Monkey

Please PM if you dont want others to know a site or something that you dont want other people going to.

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Ok, are you making a "Blackie" or a "BLACKIE."

I mean, are you looking for parts to make an "exact" copy of the Clapton original or just something that looks & sounds like it?

There's a big difference, and the answer just might depend on how much money you're looking to spend.

Maybe that's the place to start before any other questions.

But that's just me.

I have one of these

http://www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?A_PROD_NO=DT7

Also this one

http://www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?A_PROD_NO=CA30

I use the CA30 to set intonation and the DT7 on my pedalboard. IMO, they're they best this side of a strobe.

yes i know its got polkadots. but how would i go spraying them on? should i mask off the whole body..then cut out circles from the tape then proceed to spray?or is there an easier way to do it?

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I used the Search function to find this.

If it were me, I think I'd live with it a while and see if it's something I'd just get used to.

But that's just me.

I really don't know how this would affect tone, and propably is a bad ideal, but I became to think that you could drill small holes on the back of the body and filling the holes with some heavy material.

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Kinda like balancing a crankshaft?

Everything you ever wanted in a Strat body and less.

Bodies > Search Results for 'fender'

idch,

Did you say you have a Freud router or was someone else?

Anyway, look here:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...000034?v=glance

Alright, well ive ran into some problems and i have some questions. I went to route out my guitar body and ran into some complications. When i started this project i bought a set of templates for the JEM and the template that i was sent does not match all the demensions of the pdf instructions on on floyd rose home page. The templates are only off a few mm. I thought maybe he was just giving me some room to work with, but thought i asked first cause this is my first time installing a tremolo. So what do i do? Do i take the pdf demensions and use them or the template demensions and use them? Also how big is the heel on the back of a bolt on neck cause i need to route my neck cavity and dont know how far down to route it.

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Just wondering ... Is the template routed for an Ibanez trem? Are you using a 'real' Floyd? Are the dimensions identical between the two?

I'm pretty sure that the different variations of the Floyd-style trems are just that. Different. Of course, as always, I could be wrong.

How about some help from the experienced guys?

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Here's a fun website to explore, and a really good tour.  Click on the shop tour link towards the bottom left of the page.  Check out the jig for rounding the neck...
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Gotta love that Jet carriburst. Too bad the only dealer listed is [i]Ed Roman[/i].

That's why I thought I was going to need a machinist's ruler, because I couldn't find 64ths in a 24" length. THe link posted up there has one for 9.99. Hundredths would be very nice for doing decimal layout (I prefer working with decimals).

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Starrett has them. They ain't cheap, but you'll never have to buy another.

http://catalog.starrett.com/catalog/catalo...210&GrpTab=Spec

No overseas, huh? Kinda limits your market, especially around here.

I was waiting to see what the real builders had to say, but here goes.

IMO, you're on the right track. Mask off the sides of the fretboard for the color, then just the top for the clear. To my thinking, the clear seals off your paint line and lets you have a smooth transition between the painted and "bare" wood.

I did one that way and it worked out pretty well. As a learning experience, if nothing else.

My teacher used this 35 years ago. I've used it myself with a student or two over the years.

Seems like I saw a DIY gold electroplate kit for jewelry a few years back. Or maybe I dreamed it. I don't know.

I've never seen anything published about dimensions for those, but if you don't have your original you could always buy another and measure it.

Powdercoating is good and tough (hotrodders and custom bike builders use it a lot) or you could try epoxy paint, like for appliances.

Sounds like you have your springs between the pickup base and the cover.

Put the pickup in the cover, position it in the pickguard, then slip the spring in between the cover and the guard (wide end up) as you put the screw through the hole in the guard.

Hope that helps.

I saw a Preval sprayer thing at Ace Hardware* the other day in the crafts section.

*US, maybe regional.

That's the great thing about this forum. Everyone here has an opinion about how to get the perfect sound. No one is right, and no one is wrong.

Just do what you need to do to get your perfect sound, and do it with whatever it takes to get there.

As far as a sound clip of that particular pickup, I guess just find a song by someone in that vast stable of artists who gets the sound you like and find out how they do it.

I think you'll find that it's not just the pickups, but the wood and the amp and the effects and the EQ and, most importantly, their fingers.

That's my 2 cents, anyway.

what havent you heard of being content with what you have?

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Sure. Normal people.

The reason I want all the cool stuff is I dont EVER want to buy another acoustic.

Heh. Famous last words.

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whats that suposed to mean

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A guitar player who never wants another guitar?