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Perfect Stranger
April 27th, 2011, 05:28 PM
Here are a few pix of my current project. I call it the Hippie Strat for obvious reasons. Nothing special, really.
Just a goofy project to keep my busy. However, it will play and sound great by the time I'm finished with it. ;)

*Update* She's finished! I added a left-handed MIM Fender Strat neck, my homage to the biggest hippie, Jimi Hendrix.
She plays like butter....and sounds pretty good, although I may change the pups later on. Now it just a set of Dragonfire
pups. But they do the job.

http://i54.tinypic.com/2u6cnk3.jpg http://i53.tinypic.com/iozx4m.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/2yv8lmg.jpg http://i55.tinypic.com/2ufvhau.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/2yv2olh.jpg http://i56.tinypic.com/qxkvvs.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/293v8le.jpg http://i55.tinypic.com/243pw03.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/5n0nxt.jpg

BTW, I made the pickguard...in case anyone is wondering.
Better pix when I finish it.....
oldguy
April 27th, 2011, 05:51 PM
Keep us posted......my wife's gonna freak out when I show her these pics, esp. the pickguard. She loves tie-dyed t-shirts. :)
syo
April 27th, 2011, 06:22 PM
Whoa, dude...
That pickguard pic gave me a major flashback.
I love it!
sunvalleylaw
April 27th, 2011, 06:29 PM
That was making my eyes act weird! Cool! Needs some paisley on the body too, or hippy flowers maybe for hippy Barbie style! ;-)
sunvalleylaw
April 27th, 2011, 06:29 PM
OH, and I see a macrame guitar strap in the making!
deeaa
April 28th, 2011, 01:56 AM
Pretty kewl! I'd suggest signal orange, yellow and green pickup covers and knobs too. And some carvings/burned-in art on the body maybe? :-)

That pickguard really fracks with my eyes in the pic...quite cool
guitarhack
April 28th, 2011, 04:21 AM
Awesome pickguard! Can't wait to see the finished product.
Ch0jin
April 29th, 2011, 04:18 AM
That pickguard looks amazing dude, but for the love of all that's holy, FOCUS! :) (yes I'm a photography nerd)
Katastrophe
April 29th, 2011, 06:59 AM
That pickguard looks amazing dude, but for the love of all that's holy, FOCUS! :) (yes I'm a photography nerd)

He did focus, Ch0... It's the awesome psychedelic effect of the pickguard that's distorting your perception of reality (lol).

Great looking PG, PS! Let yo' freak flag fly, man!
scruff
April 29th, 2011, 12:44 PM
WOW! very cool effect. Looking forward to seeing this gitfiddle when it's all put together!
MAXIFUNK
April 29th, 2011, 01:08 PM
I like the pick guard.
tjcurtin1
April 29th, 2011, 07:08 PM
OWWW! MY EYES!!!!! You should put a warning in the thread title!:messedup::poke
Spudman
April 29th, 2011, 07:42 PM
I just had a flashback. Totally rad man.
Tig
April 29th, 2011, 08:33 PM
Yikes!
I gotta back off the juice...
http://czechabsinthe.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/hypnotic1.jpg
http://howhypnotize.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/hypnosis_wheel.jpghttp://howhypnotize.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/hypnosis_wheel.jpg
Spudman
April 29th, 2011, 10:25 PM
http://howhypnotize.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/hypnosis_wheel.jpghttp://howhypnotize.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/hypnosis_wheel.jpg


Stop it! You're freakin me out man.:messedup:
Perfect Stranger
April 30th, 2011, 06:07 PM
Bump for an update! See OP
Tig
April 30th, 2011, 06:20 PM
Groovy!
Nice job, PS. I like the originality your custom pick guard created, even if it makes me seasick.

EDIT:
You can pull up this kaleidoscope to play along to...

http://inoyan.narod.ru/kaleidoskop.swf
Katastrophe
April 30th, 2011, 06:22 PM
Nice! I dig the lefty Strat neck.
oldguy
April 30th, 2011, 07:12 PM
I love it!
Did you put a nitro finish on it?
FrankenFretter
May 1st, 2011, 07:17 AM
Nice one, PS. Well done!
Jimi G
May 10th, 2011, 09:58 PM
PS,

A definite late 60s/early 70s vibe... way cool!

G