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That looks awesome! How did you give it that wood plank look? Reminds me a bit of James Hetfield's guitar that is made of the garage they used to record in.
Thanks! I took a circular saw and set the blade depth really low. Like 1/8". Then I used a nail set and pounded in what looked like nail holes.
Sick, you nailed it
You've betrayed your username!
How does it sound and play?
Sounds pretty grungey, but that's exactly what I want. It shreds, must to my surprise. I thought it would have turned out a wall hanger considering I redid the wiring harness.
I've betrayed Fender years ago. They make sexy looking guitars, but I would argue that at the Player Strat/Tele price point, Yamaha makes better guitars. And Godin is a far superior guitar company comparing price points.
You've got it looking the part too, that worn wood is great
I would definitely like to get myself a Godin one day, they're lovely instruments. Then again, there are a lot of guitars I'd like to get one day
I've never been a huge Fender fan personally, but my dad is and I will say that even they're not my thing I do get it
To me it's a staple. You gotta have ONE.
Love the car plate pickguard!
Thanks! That was a tough one. I tried to use a dremel at first, but tin snips worked the best.
Did you curl the edges or something? Or there's no need for it?
No, I filed and sanded them down.
OP is not, it would seem, without a sense of irony, as this is the least FenderStratocastery guitar I think they could have posted.
Some of us are true gentlemen in the streets, but hide our freak at home.
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If you see the green on the far right, it's a Surf Pearl Player.
Hang ten, my friend.
Hell yeah! That thing looks gnarly!
Hell yeah! That thing looks ~~gnarly~~ Gravy!
ftfy
Lol. I'm surprised you saw that. That's my daughter's nickname. I'm going to put it back on the headstock.
Thanks!
I've been planning my first guitar build, and I've settled on a really rustic looking Tele, probably made out of pallet wood, and using weathered looking hardware, and license plate as a pick guard.
I figure if I make my first one look beat up on purpose, it will cover all the mistakes that I am bound to make on my first go.
PAFs ftw!
PAF?
Oh yeah! The "secret" "third pickup".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.A.F._(pickup)
A P.A.F., or simply PAF ("Patent Applied For"), is an early model of the humbucker guitar pickup invented by Seth Lover in 1955, so named for the "Patent Applied For" decal placed on the baseplate of each pickup.[1] Gibson used the P.A.F. on guitars from late 1956 until late 1962, long after the patent was granted.[1] They were replaced by the Patent Number (Pat No) pickup, essentially a refined version of the P.A.F. These were in turn replaced by "T-Top" humbuckers in 1967, and production ended in 1975. Though it was not the first humbucking pickup ever, it was the first to gain widespread use, as the P.A.F.'s hum-free signal, tonal clarity, and touch sensitivity when paired with overdriven amplifiers made the pickups popular with rock and blues guitarists.[2] The P.A.F. is an essential tonal characteristic of the now-famous 1957–1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard guitars, and pickups of this type have gained a large following.
PAFs are humbuckers. These are P90s.
D’oh you're right! P90’s is what I was trying to say.
Stupid brain, think more better!