New Guy

[keletcaster]

Hello all. I am happy to join this fun group. I have been playing for a long time. My dad was a honky tonk pedal steel player & got my brother & I started when we were very young. I played in bands for years but the last few there is not a lot of time for that. I spend a lot of time with my young son. I have got into guitar repair's mod's & Partscaster building the last couple years. I look forward to hanging out & learning from you members & hopefully have some things of my own to offer this fine forum. Once I figure out how to post pictures on here I have a lot to show you guitar nuts. :beer:

[Tig]

Welcome to The Fret, keletcaster! Plenty of Canucks here, so you should feel at home. :canada:
This is a layed back, no trolling kind of place, which is rare in the forum world.

Go here to get some photo posting help:
http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php/15420-how-can-I-put-photos-on-this-site?highlight=photo+how+to+post

Also, be sure to use the "What's New" or "New Posts" links near the top to seethe latest activity.

[mrmudcat]

welcome fo-sho

[Spudman]

Howdy and welcome. I've spent some time in B.C. myself in my younger days playing music. B.C. has some awesome geology.

[keletcaster]

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[keletcaster]

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[keletcaster]

Thanks for the welcome I posted a couple photos of my latest build it says it needs approval 1st. When they come through I'l explain more.

[NWBasser]

Welcome to the Fret Keletcaster.

My family and I spend most of our vacations in BC and really love the place. Are you around the Lower Mainland or interior?

I too, spend a lot of time with my young son. There's really not much more rewarding than being a dad.

That is an extremely cool-looking guitar!:AOK

[Tig]

Wow, that's a cool partscaster! I like how you made it your own.
What pickups did you use, and tell us more about the wiring and the 2 pots. Those saddles look like graphtech's.

[marnold]

Very cool! Yeah, I want to hear about what you think about the Graphtec saddles too. They're one of the options I was looking at for my Squier '51.

[keletcaster]

Thanks guys it plays & sounds as good as it looks. This is my 4th one. Every one they get a little better. It's got a 300k vol & a 250k tone with a PIO 047 tone cap & a 1% treb bld with no resistor. I went with the 2 control because one of the only things I dont like about Strats is I the vol by the bridge pickup always seems to get in my way. The pickups are Reilander texas wound's I had him rw/rp the mid so it would hum cancel in the 2nd & 4th switch position. The paint & pin striping was all done at my brothers body shop. The color is 2008 Dodge Viper Green. Its a true candy with a silver base & a lot of pearl. The tuners are late 70's Schallers . As far as the Graph Tech saddles go I swear by them & the nuts as well. I use them as much as I can. I got a Telecaster Deluxe Plus with them that has been running strong since 1994. I do live in the lower mainland & being a dad is the best Thank you for the warm welcome guys!




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[keletcaster]

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