johnn_h

i didnt expect to come so nice. im very interested on doing relicing too , how did you age the plastic parts , lacquered ? john

black beauty , it came out very clean and elegant.

I bought strat and tele templates from ronny and i noticed some difference between the 2 neck joints , the tele neck fits tighter than the strat is that a problem ? ( considering that the centre line cant be followed by placing the neck on the body of the 2 templates )

Hi guys , this is my first attempt posting ( since i got in to guitarbuilding i was wondering if i could be first posting at " finished work / in progress work " , but somethings are not the way we want ;D ) Im intending to be at guitarbuilding for now on , i built myself a telecaster , and im building an acoustic guitar and a jazz bass model. Those first tries did show me that it wasnt as simple as i used to think. But here comes my problem : A friend of mine , who is a huge pearljam fan , want me to build a stratocaster with the same details contained in the picture below: http://www.mikelull.com/Stars%20Guitars/stone.htm Is it possible to make the finish similar to that? ( as for the chips and marks ) Does fender sells that hardtail bridge ? I live in Brazil , Sao Paulo city , and as for the price , one used am. standard strat is about 1100 US$ , one new is about 2,500US$ , due to taxes and stuff . What about the price of making one similat to that could u guys suggest? I already have some pieces of ash , maple and rosewood for the neck. thank you