Danish Pete builds a Strat...

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... using a body commissioned from me a few months ago. 

https://i.imgur.com/zkxEyLu.jpg

It won’t be to everyone’s taste but hey, the customer is happy so I’m happy! Lightweight ash body finished in aged lake placid blue over a 3 tone burst heavy relic madness. It was an honour to do this and it’s been a lot of fun too. Very much looking forward to seeing the end result.

Ive been speaking to some really cool people since this post was done on social media this morning. It’s always nice to get a reminder why I run my own business

markslade07

This. Is. Stonking. I shall follow the progress with real interest.

P.S....did he nick my idea?!

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markslade07 said:

This. Is. Stonking. I shall follow the progress with real interest.

P.S....did he nick my idea?!

Haha no but it was loosely based on a Dale Wilson sorta vibe

Philly_Q

lonestar said:

markslade07 said:

This. Is. Stonking. I shall follow the progress with real interest.

P.S....did he nick my idea?!

Haha no but it was loosely based on a Dale Wilson sorta vibe

I read that as Dale Winton.  RIP.

richardhomer

Philly_Q said:

lonestar said:
Haha no but it was loosely based on a Dale Wilson sorta vibe

I read that as Dale Winton.  RIP.

Presumably that would have been orange?

mgaw

more Essex Tan surely

DrBob

“Honour to do”
i see what you did there ! ;-)

Th4fonz

looking forward to this video

maw4neu

Id like that :-) cant wait to see / hear the guitar on completion . . . Quality Project

mudslide73

That body looks fabulous @lonestar . 

Does anyone have any experience of the Emerson harness? It's interesting Pete hasn't gone for a Callaham wang bar also. As a serial partscaster assembler I will follow with much interest. 

GoldenEraGuitars

AFAIK there are certain reasons some of the hardware has been used. It’ll be a really good build. That body is only about 3lb 4oz

MikeS

Tasteless question, but I have ideas of something I'd like done, and would love to know the total cost of putting something like this together.?

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MikeS said:

Tasteless question, but I have ideas of something I'd like done, and would love to know the total cost of putting something like this together.?

If you shoot me a pm mate I can run you through some of it. There’s a lot to detail tbh

stickyfiddle

lonestar said:

AFAIK there are certain reasons some of the hardware has been used. It’ll be a really good build. That body is only about 3lb 4oz

I'm guessing it's "stuff Andertons have dealership agreements with"? 

Does this mean we'll start seeing SC-via-Andertons orders? I suspect your order book is going to get even fatter, either way

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Philly_Q said:

lonestar said:

markslade07 said:

This. Is. Stonking. I shall follow the progress with real interest.

P.S....did he nick my idea?!

Haha no but it was loosely based on a Dale Wilson sorta vibe

I read that as Dale Winton.  RIP.

You sound like a man with fake tan and grocery shopping on the brain

thegummy

Dale Winton was a legend

Philly_Q

lonestar said:

Philly_Q said:

lonestar said:

markslade07 said:

This. Is. Stonking. I shall follow the progress with real interest.

P.S....did he nick my idea?!

Haha no but it was loosely based on a Dale Wilson sorta vibe

I read that as Dale Winton.  RIP.

You sound like a man with fake tan and grocery shopping on the brain

Far from it really.  Grocery shopping is a necessity of course, but I've never in my life had a real tan, let alone a fake one.

I tried to illustrate my post with a picture of Dale Winton holding a guitar.  No luck, but if you put "Dale Winton guitar" into Google images and scroll down you do eventually get some pictures of Dale Wilson and his guitars.

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stickyfiddle said:

lonestar said:

AFAIK there are certain reasons some of the hardware has been used. It’ll be a really good build. That body is only about 3lb 4oz

I'm guessing it's "stuff Andertons have dealership agreements with"? 

Does this mean we'll start seeing SC-via-Andertons orders? I suspect your order book is going to get even fatter, either way

That’s pretty much it mate. There had to be a few concessions.

Im not sure, I’m just letting things develop naturally. The order book is already beyond breaking point so some extra hands will be utilised I think.

stickyfiddle

Excellent! Glad it’s going so well. 

At some point I have a Strat body that needs your help...

Danielsguitars

It's great you're busy, not my thing tbh, i prefer lightly aged one colour 

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customkits said:

It's great you're busy, not my thing tbh, i prefer lightly aged one colour 

It is busy. Very busy. I’m still mastering the art of balancing life and self employment but getting there slowly. 

I can appreciate that, I wasn’t sure how the body would be received by the public but as usual with what I do it’s down to the buyer. Annoyingly there was a rather nice burst under the blue lol