http://s954.photobucket.com/albums/ae27 ... ary%20MIJ/


Hopefully, the link works. This was my first "rebuild" - I purchased it in a playable condition, but just "wasn't me" as far as the finish goes. I like the natural look, my '79 MIA model is natural, but this body was meant to be painted, and I wanted to do a build that would not take me too long, so here it is.

The "specs"
'85-ish MIJ Fender Contemporary Stratocaster
22-fret, 12 inch radius rosewood fretboard
LSR roller nut
System I or III trem (not sure)
H-S-S pickguard with oddball sized humbucker swapped for S-S-S
loaded with two Carvin TBH60 Twinblade pickups and Semour
Duncan Hotrails pickup, all wired for humbucking or all three split
added script Fender "F" neck plate
Painted in Nitrocellulose based, Orange Metallic and Clear

It plays great and looks great - very satisfied

Very nice! How is the trem on that? I have never played one. Looks similar to the old Washburn Wonderbars, and those are the $@!&!

I like it - it is smooth, and so far, no tuning issues. Unlike Floyd, no cutting string ends, but getting the strings under the retainers is slightly tricky, especially on the lower (thicker) strings.

It's a System lll I play my tutors MIJ Contemp with a System one which has a string through only Awesome Guitars though!

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A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. ~Leopold Stokowski~

Nice work - I love it!

I hope my project comes out as good.

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LOVE the color. NIce job.

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"I like the way he puts Yngwie J. Malmsteen on his album covers. You know,....so you don't confuse him with all the other Yngwie Malmsteens in the business"


2008 Fender MIM Stratocaster
2010 Epiphone Masterbilt
2009 Fender Super Champ XD

Thank you all for the comments and for pointing out the difference in System I vs System III. This was a nice, easy project that I hope to enjoy for years. My only concern would be parts availability (the trem), if ever needed.

Unfortunately they are rare and very far between my suggestion is you find out the sizing and all that and have the arm made by a metal expert.

We have ours made in our local dockyard for about £10 a time
If you see one of these sold on Ebay the chances are that they have come to devon into my tutors social circle as they collect these like crazy

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A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. ~Leopold Stokowski~

nice job i dig it

looks great, i like the color.

cheers