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Robert
September 12th, 2014, 03:07 PM
What's this then?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dqDBP-lTWQ

tjcurtin1
September 12th, 2014, 06:50 PM
Has a Jeff Beck sound.... or maybe that was the groove you were in? Quite a difference between the pick-up positions. Nice playing as always, and just the right look to the camera at the end! Thanks, Robert - suited the end of the Friday for me very well. I look forward to hearing the answer to the mystery...

duhvoodooman
September 13th, 2014, 10:53 AM
Is the headstock stained, or is that a dark wood neck (mahogany, pau ferro, walnut)?

Tig
September 13th, 2014, 05:42 PM
Been shopping, Robert? :)
In the hands of a master, it sounds like magic. :AOK

marnold
September 13th, 2014, 08:50 PM
Is it an optical illusion or is that a short scale neck?

tjcurtin1
September 19th, 2014, 07:45 PM
OK, Robert - so what IS the story with this fabulous sounding strat?!?!

Robert
September 19th, 2014, 10:22 PM
The pickups are Porter Pickups - http://www.porterpickups.com/products/strat-pickups/1950s.php

The neck is a Warmoth neck - indian rosewood with a king wood fingerboard, 6105 stainless steel frets, 10-16 compound radius, boat neck shape (56 strat shape) and a Corian nut. No short scale.

Fender bridge with upgraded steel block (Callaham I think).

Mojotone Strat wiring kid, Blender mod.

The body is Squier from the 1990s, so only the body and the pickguard is left from the Squier... I think I'll try a different body too, just for the heck of it. Might as well bastardize 100%!

Thanks for all the nice comments!