Some of you may have seen my thread about the eightiesafied Tokai Goldstar i picked up cheap. Well after deciding the 80s where unkind to this strat i decided to "Revintagafy" it and save it from a sterile 80s existence.
so after selling of the old top mounting trem, locking nut and EMG pickups i bought the following
-Gotoh vintage style trem
-Tonerider Pure vintage Pickups
-Single ply vintage scratchplate
-3 CTS 250k pots
-0.47 sprague capacitor
-swtichcraft switches and jack
-new screws
i also decided i wanted to put a switch in to allow bridge neck combos like Gilmours strat
so here are the before shots
As you can see once i took the trem off and the locking nut i would be left with a few screwholes but that was no bother to me.
Annnnd after the pics really dont do it justice its very orangey in real life.
Sorry for the crappy pics they really dont do it justice as you can see there is a darker square where the old trem was so the paint has faded nicely with time
it sounds and plays awesomely and is as good and better then many american and jap fenders iv played. The tonerider pickups are fantastic really cheap but made to an amazing quality
so after selling of the old top mounting trem, locking nut and EMG pickups i bought the following
-Gotoh vintage style trem
-Tonerider Pure vintage Pickups
-Single ply vintage scratchplate
-3 CTS 250k pots
-0.47 sprague capacitor
-swtichcraft switches and jack
-new screws
i also decided i wanted to put a switch in to allow bridge neck combos like Gilmours strat
so here are the before shots
As you can see once i took the trem off and the locking nut i would be left with a few screwholes but that was no bother to me.
Annnnd after the pics really dont do it justice its very orangey in real life.
Sorry for the crappy pics they really dont do it justice as you can see there is a darker square where the old trem was so the paint has faded nicely with time
it sounds and plays awesomely and is as good and better then many american and jap fenders iv played. The tonerider pickups are fantastic really cheap but made to an amazing quality