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Post subject: Re: Mary Kaye Stratocaster Build Thread....
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 3:18 pm
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I had a clear pick guard on a past project and it always bugged me that I could see the rout and innards thru the clear plexi.

I wonder did he have it in mind to put a clear guard on the guitar rear routing notwithstanding. :?:

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Post subject: Re: Mary Kaye Stratocaster Build Thread....
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 3:22 pm
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Ouch!! What is this??

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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 3:25 pm
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I suppose, but really the way I play, pick guards are really unnecessary, coming from a classical and/acoustic fingerpicking, I use all my fingers as well as a pick.
I'm not a rhythm player like P. Townshend who just bashes about like Don Quixote ... :wink: :wink: :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Mary Kaye Stratocaster Build Thread....
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 3:27 pm
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53magnatone wrote:
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Ouch!! What is this??


That was part of the Fender Avatar's that you could paste a couple years ago... There was a whole bunch of beautiful photo's of amps and guitars...
Sadly they are currently unavailable for viewing... :cry: :roll: But ...

Here's another.....

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Post subject: Re: Mary Kaye Stratocaster Build Thread....
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 3:42 pm
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Look like examples of a series of Custom Shop Masterbuilt pieces collectively know as 'The Unaffordables' the motto of which was [i[b]]"You'll Never Be Ready!" [/i][/b]:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Mary Kaye Stratocaster Build Thread....
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 5:14 pm
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I just finished a strat build and the rear routed cavities were a big factor in the body I chose. There are very few guitars that I think have a scratchplate that enhances the aesthetic. I'm not a huge fan of the std strat and tele guards, and taking them off the les pauls I've owned was always a first job.


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Post subject: Re: Mary Kaye Stratocaster Build Thread....
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 10:20 am
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Will be ordering a neck, probably sometime next week if not sooner... Not decided on going with E-Bay or straight from Fender...

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Post subject: Re: Mary Kaye Stratocaster Build Thread....
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:53 pm
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53magnatone wrote:
I suppose, but really the way I play, pick guards are really unnecessary, coming from a classical and/acoustic fingerpicking, I use all my fingers as well as a pick.
I'm not a rhythm player like P. Townshend who just bashes about like Don Quixote ... :wink: :wink: :lol:


53Magnatone, you trying to tell us you are a bit "Civilized" :?: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Mary Kaye Stratocaster Build Thread....
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 4:17 pm
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53magnatone wrote:
I'm not a rhythm player like P. Townshend who just bashes about like Don Quixote ... :wink: :wink: :lol:

HEY! I resemble that remark!! :lol:

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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 5:44 pm
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Looks the good magnatone, I remember seeing one at a local store... it beautiful!

Can't wait to see how this turns out :)

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Post subject: Re: Mary Kaye Stratocaster Build Thread....
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 7:33 pm
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T2Stratman wrote:
53magnatone wrote:
I suppose, but really the way I play, pick guards are really unnecessary, coming from a classical and/acoustic fingerpicking, I use all my fingers as well as a pick.
I'm not a rhythm player like P. Townshend who just bashes about like Don Quixote ... :wink: :wink: :lol:


53Magnatone, you trying to tell us you are a bit "Civilized" :?: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Entirely dependent upon which side of the bed I got up from .... :wink:

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Post subject: Re: Mary Kaye Stratocaster Build Thread....
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 7:34 pm
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danagos wrote:
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I'm not a rhythm player like P. Townshend who just bashes about like Don Quixote ... :wink: :wink: :lol:

HEY! I resemble that remark!! :lol:


Was not directed at any one specifically, just emphasizing that a pick guard is not always needed.
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 8:04 pm
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53magnatone wrote:
danagos wrote:
53magnatone wrote:
I'm not a rhythm player like P. Townshend who just bashes about like Don Quixote ... :wink: :wink: :lol:

HEY! I resemble that remark!! :lol:


Was not directed at any one specifically, just emphasizing that a pick guard is not always needed.
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Absolutely, I wrote in jest. Have you decided on a rear route, sans pickguard, or still mulling it over?

Apparently reproducing a Mary Kaye exactly isn't what you have in mind.

What specs would you prefer in a neck? I've been awfully tempted by the range of options on the Warmoth Custom Neck builder.

http://www.warmoth.com/Pages/CustomNeck.aspx?style=1&type=1

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Post subject: Re: Mary Kaye Stratocaster Build Thread....
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 8:13 pm
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Definitely decided on a rear rout.... No.. it won't be an exact Mary Kaye but I never intended it to be carbon copy, for a multitude of reasons, not the least of which is if I ever sell it or it is stolen it could not be fronted as a Mary Kaye.....

As far as neck specs, I had really liked the neck on the 2001 Custom Shop 56 NOS Stratocaster that I had and sold.... ( Thanks goes to the EX for that .... :evil: ) I had posted it but perhaps I'll revive it for those who did not see it....

But I'm not quite sure, I may very well be building 2 Stratocasters at the same time....
That is finishing up the Stratopartster IV which was the figured Maple project as well as doing something with the other body in Ash....

This was it..... :cry:

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2001 Custom Shop 56 NOS Stratocaster... RIP....

Any chance you can get it back? Sell it to a friend?

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