Beautiful Strat but I have to say I am mor ompressed with your home made one. Wow when I scrolled down I did not expect to see such a hot looking ax. Did everyone in class have theres come out looking the same or were you allowed to pick your own pick guard and hardware. As Ceri stated already I wish there were teachers cool like that when I went to school.

I got exactly six months of highschool woodwork at the age of 11 before I had to give it up to do something else. In that time I made one very ill-fitting mortice and tenon joint and a small and extremely ugly lamp stand. My mother loyally used it by her bedside for the next few years till I left home - at which point she quietly and rightly threw it in the fire.

BTW: yep, I agree with StrayCat; the homebrew is much the more eyecatching guitar. Kudos.

Cheers - C

Well it IS called a G&T, not a g&ttttt

I agree, bottle of Tanq or Bombay should always be kept in the freezer. Loosen ups the fingers for the fast passages.

Must admit though Ceri, never tried the Plymouth gin myself. Will have to see if I can find some down here in oz (or up in the uk when I'm there next). Bitters in the G&T is good mix up for the middle of the day, especially when it's 38 deg C or more. Cools you down a bit

Dan

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Thanks for the comments guys. Yeah everyones did turn out pretty much the same. that was till the class ended. After that most got a bucket load of stickers plasted on them. Some borders sanded back the oil finish and sprayed em black. I think from the ones I saw, only mine and my mates remained upchanged...

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Oh yeah? You come through sometimes do you? Let us know if you feel like it and we'll hook up and try some of those recipes together. I know some places...

- C

PS Plymouth do a very nice sloe gin for any Joe Bonamassa fans round here...

Hello Impulse7!

Thanks for the reply. The link you posted will come in very handy. Your quite right about the sanding. I'd sanded the body so fine it had a shine that you could almost see your reflection in it! Dispite my efforts with the sanding I believe my piece of Mahogany required a little grain filler to achive the finish I was after.

I must confess that i'd kind of bodged my strat body. I rushed it, and along side work stresses i should have benched it for a few months and given it the time and attention it deserved. I'd rear routed it as my original intentions were to go without a pick guard to show off as much wood as poss, But It didn't look quite right. So I'll along with the re-fin i'll be trying to fill the rear cavity (I still have the off cuts for this) and top route it so a loaded pickguard can be fitted. Worthy of it thread me thinks!

Thanks again

Andy

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