So yea im 27 and guitar gear gets me going like im a 10 years old...just got a callaham trem block, bridge plate screws and saddles that are on the way and am pretty pumped about those...

i needed to keep some ideas for the wifey though so i decided on some CS Fat 50's pickups for xmas...i might be waking up at 5am for those...cant wait!

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Fender Highway 1 Strat, Fender Lonestar Stratocaster 25th Anniversary, Orange Rockerverb 50 w/ PPC212, Crate Vintage Club 30 Tube Amp, Digitech GNX3, Line6 pedals, Ibanez Tube Screamer (my fav), Crybaby Wah

Well... I just finished installing the new dishwasher, so perhaps that new rosewood neck with abalone dots for this winter's strat project

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"C'est parti mon Kiki "

Righteous choice !

Let us know if Santa is good to you

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

You going with a warmoth?

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Fender Highway 1 Strat, Fender Lonestar Stratocaster 25th Anniversary, Orange Rockerverb 50 w/ PPC212, Crate Vintage Club 30 Tube Amp, Digitech GNX3, Line6 pedals, Ibanez Tube Screamer (my fav), Crybaby Wah

Hey Stratdude83...

No I'm going to www.partsisparts.com
Warmoth has really nice necks but pricey. As far as finish I will do all that myself.
The body is a standard with SSS routing, came with vintage trem, 2 pups, tortoise pickguard, jackplate for $130. The previous owner had stripped it and urethane'd over a dark brown stain.
I just stripped it, awaiting for it to dry before sanding and painting (black).
My old MIM Deluxe pups will go in, with SI volume switch and TBX tone pots.
Neck will have Gotoh mini delta (18 to 1) and possibly a bridge change to a Wilkinson.

In the photo, the J.B. Player neck is just for layout ideas.

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"C'est parti mon Kiki "

man diggin the 2 tone with the maple neck and gold hardware...nice

that stained strat is a different take

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Fender Highway 1 Strat, Fender Lonestar Stratocaster 25th Anniversary, Orange Rockerverb 50 w/ PPC212, Crate Vintage Club 30 Tube Amp, Digitech GNX3, Line6 pedals, Ibanez Tube Screamer (my fav), Crybaby Wah

The 2 tone is a 2001 Custom Shop 56 NOS, it is "THE" vintage sound played thru a 61 Magnatone.

ON the stained I think the previous owner of that body was dissapointed when he stripped the paint, only to find a 3 piece mismatched grain, was never meant to be anything but painted Black

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"C'est parti mon Kiki "

you can ship that custom shop strat to me if you like...just to borrow though of course......................................

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Fender Highway 1 Strat, Fender Lonestar Stratocaster 25th Anniversary, Orange Rockerverb 50 w/ PPC212, Crate Vintage Club 30 Tube Amp, Digitech GNX3, Line6 pedals, Ibanez Tube Screamer (my fav), Crybaby Wah

Ha...Ha... Only if it plays Cobo Hall...jesting only!!!

That guitar is special, it is a bit unusual as it was ordered with gold hardware by the previous owner who happened to be a Fender Rep in the New England Region. I traded a 96 Larrivee O5 and a 04 Am. Standard black strat with D'imarzio's.
It was a showpiece for dealers, did not have a single nick or scratch when I got it last year. It does have a tiny ding now but it has been in a club twice as it is a guitar, not a museum piece. The tweed case is not the original, it came with a plain black case.

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"C'est parti mon Kiki "

nice trade! ive always wanted a black strat with parchment pickguard and pickup covers...also a rosewood neck that'd be killer!

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Fender Highway 1 Strat, Fender Lonestar Stratocaster 25th Anniversary, Orange Rockerverb 50 w/ PPC212, Crate Vintage Club 30 Tube Amp, Digitech GNX3, Line6 pedals, Ibanez Tube Screamer (my fav), Crybaby Wah