tudor
Well-known member
I've had some Strat stuff left in my 'conglomeration' box ...
A Fender 06 Dlxe RW neck (60s shape) fully assembled, a Fender 4-bolt neck plate, a Fender 1-ply scratchplate - Vintage style with 8 holes, a Vintage Fender Steel trem ...
I've made my first experiences in building a Franken-Tele several years ago ...
... and I was looking for a new challenge, so ...
... I'd been after a nice body, vintage style, light-weighted, Alder, either in Sonic blue or Daphne blue, because I own a very nice 2p-ash, 2-tone sb Strat with a maple board already ... found one finally at a reasonable price in the US. I didn't want to spend alot of money for that project ...
Exception:
The pups should be the 'best' available - some of you might reckon that I'm very picky when it'll come to pups ... on my way through the Japanese guitar sites I'd been come across always with very expensive VanZandt guitars ... too expensive for me, but I've had the idea to build my own 'VanZandt-Frankenstrat' ... :wink:
So - US company ACME, which I've delt with long ago was my choice to get 'MY' VanZandt Blues pups ... and they've done a wonderful job on the prewired set which I've got recently ... :lol:
Mounted on a plastic template ( impressive looking!) it has got a Blender mod ( Master Vol-Master Tone-Blender) ...
For those of you who want to know more here's the link ...
http://www.acmeguitarworks.com/Strat_Assembly_With_Pickups_P148C132.cfm
... and so it looks like ...
Purchased some vintage knobs, trem cover, switch tip and pup covers additionally ... and here is the complete stuff for my new Strat ...
I hope that I'll get it sorted out on the next weekend if the soldering iron will be hot enough for this job ... I'll keep you in the loop ... :wink:
Roger
A Fender 06 Dlxe RW neck (60s shape) fully assembled, a Fender 4-bolt neck plate, a Fender 1-ply scratchplate - Vintage style with 8 holes, a Vintage Fender Steel trem ...
I've made my first experiences in building a Franken-Tele several years ago ...
... and I was looking for a new challenge, so ...
... I'd been after a nice body, vintage style, light-weighted, Alder, either in Sonic blue or Daphne blue, because I own a very nice 2p-ash, 2-tone sb Strat with a maple board already ... found one finally at a reasonable price in the US. I didn't want to spend alot of money for that project ...
Exception:
The pups should be the 'best' available - some of you might reckon that I'm very picky when it'll come to pups ... on my way through the Japanese guitar sites I'd been come across always with very expensive VanZandt guitars ... too expensive for me, but I've had the idea to build my own 'VanZandt-Frankenstrat' ... :wink:
So - US company ACME, which I've delt with long ago was my choice to get 'MY' VanZandt Blues pups ... and they've done a wonderful job on the prewired set which I've got recently ... :lol:
Mounted on a plastic template ( impressive looking!) it has got a Blender mod ( Master Vol-Master Tone-Blender) ...
The blender is simply a control that allows you to blend (mix) the neck pickup or the bridge pickup into the signal. If the 5-way is in the neck position, it blends in the bridge pickup. If the 5-way is in the bridge position it blends in the neck pickup. Add as much or as little as you want. You can add just a little of the neck pickup to warm up the bridge pickup, for example. And if the 5-way is in either the 2 or 4 position, you can get all three pickups on (which actually is a pretty useful tone too).
For those of you who want to know more here's the link ...
http://www.acmeguitarworks.com/Strat_Assembly_With_Pickups_P148C132.cfm
... and so it looks like ...
Purchased some vintage knobs, trem cover, switch tip and pup covers additionally ... and here is the complete stuff for my new Strat ...
I hope that I'll get it sorted out on the next weekend if the soldering iron will be hot enough for this job ... I'll keep you in the loop ... :wink:
Roger