SSS Strat Partscaster build diary

I love a tort pickguard! :heart_eyes:

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That looks really good!

I love it when a plan come to order.

:star_struck:

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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 :guitar:

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Oh Wow!!!
Sweeeeeet!!!
That is a really good lookinā€™ stratā€¦ the rosewood fingerboard is a beautiful contrast to the bodyā€™s color & really ā€œpopsā€ā€¦ 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! :slight_smile:

Gorgeous flame neck

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Well funny you say that because I have two telecasters. I love teles and I wasnā€™t 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, Iā€™m now thinking of building a tele, but with a single coil bridge and a P90 in the neck. :grinning:

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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 :wink:

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Maybe a Thinline with a P90?

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Is that a kit or just a nice picture of a custom guitar? That is something Iā€™d 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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Thatā€™s 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. Itā€™s a Micheal Kelly 59 Thinline.

https://reverb.com/item/63310328-micheal-kelly59-thinline-electric-guitar-with-spalted-maple-finish-includes-p90-pickups-and-f-holes

EDIT: spalted maple top kits are a thing, so it shouldnā€™t be too hard to find one to your liking.

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pretty good price, but the pictures of the goods donā€™t render for me. I need to go to an evil browser i guess.

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Huh, thatā€™s not tort. I just clicked through on the pic and itā€™s rosettes, I really like that too!

Sorry about that

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Itā€™s not a tortoise shell pickguard. Itā€™s called tiger brown, but itā€™s a sort of small leopard skin pattern but in brown, black and pearl gold flecks; hence the strap. Itā€™s quite unusual. I did originally intend tortoise shell then saw this one.

Iā€™ll post some decent photos with good lighting once Iā€™ve finished off the last couple of things.

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Your pictures are fine, save your time for your guitar. Iā€™ve switched from a phone to my laptop and cleaned my glasses.

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Congrats. Iā€™ve just been through the same process. Mineā€™s simpler, but I have a cunning plan to do another! I want to make a Steampunk version.

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Thatā€™s 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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Itā€™s 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 ? :thinking:

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