I love a tort pickguard! 
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That looks really good!
I love it when a plan come to order.
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Well done Ian, and now is the best time, you get to play it and it looks like you have made a very nice job of her so relax now and enjoy mate. Again well done cheers Hec happy new guitar 
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Oh Wow!!!
Sweeeeeet!!!
That is a really good lookinā stratā¦ the rosewood fingerboard is a beautiful contrast to the bodyās color & really āpopsāā¦ love the pickguard with complementing strap!!!
Nice job Ian!
Have fun playing her now!
Tod
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For a strat it looks ok! 
Gorgeous flame neck
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Well funny you say that because I have two telecasters. I love teles and I wasnāt that interested in getting a Strat. But I thought it would be fun to build a guitar, and decided a 3rd tele would be a bit too much.
However, after this experience, which has been really positive, Iām now thinking of building a tele, but with a single coil bridge and a P90 in the neck. 
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That sounds good! If you already have a SS tele why not a p90? They sound different enough and IMo are a much nicer looking guitar than most strats 
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Is that a kit or just a nice picture of a custom guitar? That is something Iād be interested in.
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pretty sure warmoth do a tele body like that
thinline tele with spalted maple top and binding
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Thatās a great idea. Beautiful guitar.
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I just posted a random pic of a P90 thinline from a Google image search.
Looking up where it came from points to this Reverb listing. Itās a Micheal Kelly 59 Thinline.
EDIT: spalted maple top kits are a thing, so it shouldnāt be too hard to find one to your liking.
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pretty good price, but the pictures of the goods donāt render for me. I need to go to an evil browser i guess.
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Huh, thatās not tort. I just clicked through on the pic and itās rosettes, I really like that too!
Sorry about that
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Itās not a tortoise shell pickguard. Itās called tiger brown, but itās a sort of small leopard skin pattern but in brown, black and pearl gold flecks; hence the strap. Itās quite unusual. I did originally intend tortoise shell then saw this one.
Iāll post some decent photos with good lighting once Iāve finished off the last couple of things.
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Your pictures are fine, save your time for your guitar. Iāve switched from a phone to my laptop and cleaned my glasses.
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Congrats. Iāve just been through the same process. Mineās simpler, but I have a cunning plan to do another! I want to make a Steampunk version.
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Thatās a beautiful Strat. I like the colour of the wood. What sort of wood is that?
Fretboard looks really nice too!
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Itās Paulowina. I used a grain filler with a tiny hint of dark oak dye, then finished with Tru-Oil. The feet board is Blackwood on Maple. I added Musicily inline locking tuners but should have spent more time shaping the headstock!
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Assume its pretty light weight then ? I have 7 growing in my large field, so a potential future project ? 
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