Fender Strat Pickup hole size?

[SuperSwede]

Very nice! Is that surf green?

[M29]

Hello All,

Thank you for the kind words.

tremoloman, I will look into the Callaham block do you remember how much he charged for one block? Also please ask your father what I might be able to do with a broken 1/16th high speed drill bit. Maybe I can chase it with a cabide drill. Ya know I can't say what to expect changing to a steel block but I can just imagine how it would tighten up some of the sound and give more sustain. At least that is what I hope it will do. I am new to this stuff again after many years so I will have to try it out.
Thanks again for your kind words and help.

tone2thebone, warren0728, SuperSwede, Thank you for the compliments! The color is surf green rattle can from Reranch and is nitro lacquer applied over the original black poly. The black poly was in very good condition so I sanded it down with the intentions of using it as a base and taking as much off as I could before putting the surf green on. The nitro is taking a while to fully set up and my polishing still has some very fine swirls in it so I backed off to let it dry longer before I put a final polish on it. I put Duplicolor clear gloss on this Squier '51 neck for something different then the satin which I really like on my '51. I always wanted a gloss maple neck so I thought I would do that here.

warren0728, I am curious as to what you mean by burn the edges on the decal? Can you explain how that works? I am trying to decide if I want to use the black and white decal or the colored one. The black and white looks more 60's so I will probably go with that.

Here are a couple decal options, what do you think?



Also I am thinking about using mint colored pickup covers to go with the knobs. What do you all think about this will it be too much mint color?

Thanks again for your compliments and help.

M29

[tremoloman***]

tremoloman, I will look into the Callaham block do you remember how much he charged for one block? Also please ask your father what I might be able to do with a broken 1/16th high speed drill bit. Maybe I can chase it with a cabide drill. Ya know I can't say what to expect changing to a steel block but I can just imagine how it would tighten up some of the sound and give more sustain. At least that is what I hope it will do. I am new to this stuff again after many years so I will have to try it out.

Thanks again for your kind words and help.

No problem! That's what we're here for!

Bill charged me the regular price for an American replacement block. I think it was $60 if I'm not mistaken. These things are super high quality and are well worth the price tag they command.

I emailed my father about the block you've been working on. I'll reply back with his response as soon as I hear back from him. I'm guessing he's got a plan that will let you keep the nice block you have built for your Squier.

This is pure specualtion on my part, but have you considered drilling out the broken bit using a smaller drill bit? If you can reduce the amount of mass inside the bit, it may become weak and collapse enough to make removal easier. I could eb completely wrong also, so don't take my idea as gospel.

[warren0728]

I am curious as to what you mean by burn the edges on the decal? Can you explain how that works?

a popular technique in the 70's was to burn the edges of photographs and such for decoupage or other applications. They would use a candle, lighter whatever and set fire to the edges (small areas at a time) and then blow the fire out. The effect was that of a photograph that had been in a fire but only the edges got burned....i'll try and find some examples on the web....

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