Strato-Master

Ok I think im gonna go with maple.

Ok. I thought the denser the wood the more sustain was a general rule? or is it just the denser the builder? EDIT: Here is a pic of the guitar laying on top of my squier to show the size differance. I'll post more pics of it once I have it sanded down to the wood.

First I need apoligize the guitar is a 25.5 scale length the body is just a lot shorter then my squier so it made the neck seem smaller to me so next time I will pull out the taper measure b4 I say something stupid again Second the bio of the origanal guitar Ok basicly this guitar is FUBAR (for you non military buffs out there that means Fouled up beyond recognition) Its an import guitar The brand is a gremlin beyond that I have no more info on what she is. My dad bought the guitar for me 10 years ago when I was 7 thinking he could teach me to play guitar. Well long story short it didn't work he could keep my interest long enough but he did love that guitar he played the crap out of it. Now he has moved out of state for a job and I prolly wont see him for a few years so when I see him again I want to give him this "New" guitar with all the soul of the old one but more too it that next step like you said. So anyways. It's body is cracked and has been repainted a few to many times but it is a very heavy guitar body for its size infact the body alone weighs almost as much as my entire Fender Squier. the electronics consist of one bucker pup, one tone, and one volume. The neck has a twist thats starts at about the 5th fret and goes to the nut. It's hardware is all wore out except I think the tremolo bridge might have some life left in it. So you could say that the guitar is in rough shape. Because the guitar was very heavy but smaller bodied ( About 14 inches long and 11 inches wide ) had great sustain and I have no idea what wood they used in it. I plan to use oak for the new body. It is in great abundance here in minnesota. So as for your New project based on the old guitar but a step further idea. basicly thats what I am trying to do. I want to take this guitar and try to enhance the features my dad loved when he had the original. Like it's sustain, fast smooth neck and higher brighter tone which thanks to the search function and a couple hours I figured out how to place my pups to still get that sound but with a lil more kick because I do remember him saying he wanted a bit more SRV like sound out of it. I will post a pic as soon as my mother surenders my digi cam back to me.

Thanks and no man I didn't know i would have to move the bridge thanks for telling me. Like the title says i feel as a box rocks on some stuff.

Ok Thanks but how do I figure out where to route the new pup cavities?

Hi Im trying to Build a guitar from an old one's design its just some old import that my dad was in love with. It was a smaller (But HEAVY) body strat knock off with one bucker and a shorter neck. I want to recreate it using the old body to make a basic outline template. Then i'm going to put a longer 6o's Fender neck on it and change the pup configuration to a H/S/H or a S/S/H. SO how do I determine the location for the new pup routing? Also will this change the sound too much? Cause my dad loved it's bright highs and great sustain. He said it would sing forever and played like a dream. I want to resurect this guitar for the ashes so to speak and hand him a guitar that has the same soul in a new shiny package. EDIT P.S Sry if I should have put this else where i just ment to ask about the pups and then i got kinda carried away

I plan to repair an old guitar that I have its just some import guitar but I think it has potenial. The body is cracking and i plan to just out line the old one and recreate it. Learning the wook working stuff will be no problem as I have a grandpa who does a lot of wood working so I can learn from the "Master"

Hey man I just had the same problem but all I had to do was takes a screw driver and make the inside of the new knob a lil bigger then it went on still needed some forcing but everything still works.

Hello Y'all Im a beginer to guitar playing and building I have a red Squier Stratocaster with blk/wht/blk pick guard and fixed bridge. It is a decent lil guitar in my own oppion. It had the wht/blk/wht pick guard but I removed that and shielded the new one. Well idk what else to put so i guess i'll start posting on another section.