Hey there fellow guitarfreaks!
To introduce myself, i´m 17 years strong, I live in Denmark, and i've only been playing the strings for ´bout 4 months or so, so im quite a rookie. I've got a single guitar, an acoustic Cort Earth 100-NS, a decent one, without too much fancy stuff.
Thing is, that ive got this ridiculous idea stuck in my head, about building my own Strat...
So far i dont know alot about guitar crafting, but this holiday is gonna be used on reading and reading.
Since i'm only 17, is my budget kinda tight. I'm thinking about 60-70£. I know this is a VERY low amount of cash to use, but thats kind of what i got leftover to spend
So here's my ydea...
Im thinking about buying a cheap used strat copy (found a few at 25£), and use the neck and things affiliated with that (hunting for a bolt-on). Other things than the neck that i'm after from the guitar, is the pickguard, and all the electronics, except for the (probably awful) pickups.
The reason im going for a used guitar to pick apart is, that it can't pay off to buy the parts individually.
If i was going to buy just the neck and pickguard (without tuning heads or anything), would it already be somewhere up near the 100£... And thats simply too expensive for me, even though it may be better quality...
As going for pickups, im thinking about adding 3 single coil pickups by Wilkinson: MWVSM Vintage http://www.jhs.co.uk/wilkinson.html scroll a bit down, the white ones at the left.
They cost 32£ each, but i've a store near me, who sells them for just 7£ each! (legit and factory fresh pickups, used it loads of times), so they are quite cost efficient i guess
When the neck and electronics are fixed, is the main part of my project to build the body myself, with mostly hand tools. Obviously is it going to be strat-shaped, or something near it, as i love to make things unique and my own. Im not really sure about which wood i want to use, but im taking it to my grandad's possibly tomorrow, and his whole cellar is stuffed with different woods
If i ain't getting any luck there, i'll surf around the city's woodstores. The most of the wood he has, is probably Oak/beech, which of what i know ain't the best guitar woods.
I'm mostly doing this for the project itself, and im not expecting to make a perfect guitar that plays like a '67 strat or anything near it, as long as it can play without making my ears bleed am i happy
So, i would just like to hear you folk's toughts about my ideas and stuff, and thanks in advance
Cheers!
Lycking