Played a weight relief ed Strat last night

Danny1969

I think the weight relief has gone a bit too far  




Built by a quirky friend of mine .... this body was so heavy originally it now weighs like a normal Strat 

bluechargeboy

He could have scalloped the neck and saved some more grams! And do you really need that middle pickup?

richardhomer

Holey Stratocaster Bat Man 

TheMarlin

It's a bit fugly, but kudos for building it. 

Voxman

Looks like a big pretzel!  I can see the logic of doing that to a heavy guitar but you've got to have a steely eyed skill to do that work...hold on....pretzel logic - your friend's name isn't ...'Steely' Dan ...is it ? 

fretmeister

I actually really like that.

To the point that I might find an old pacifica and give it a try for fun.

crunchman

What does it sound like?

Ravenous

Seriously I like the look of these weird bodies.  I'd also like to know if it sounds reasonable, if you got the chance to plug it in...

jellyroll

Nice table.

olafgarten

I like the Pickguard.

Danny1969

I didn't play plugged in but the maker Derek did, played a few Shadows tunes ... plugged into an AC30 ...sounded like any other Strat to be honest ... pickups are Bare Knuckle Apaches 

It's amazing how much wood you can lose without it sounding that different 

carlos

Danny1969 said:

I didn't play plugged in but the maker Derek did, played a few Shadows tunes ... plugged into an AC30 ...sounded like any other Strat to be honest ... pickups are Bare Knuckle Apaches 

It's amazing how much wood you can lose without it sounding that different 

Not even going to comment on that after the earlier tonewood discussion(s).
It looks ace by the way.

Philly_Q

It's a bit like a more extreme version of Russ Ballard's guitar.  I seem to recall Feline once made something quite similar.

guitarfishbay

The body actually looks pretty cool IMO

ThePrettyDamned

I like that! 

Ravenous

Plenty of storage space for allen keys, picks etc...

I've seen pics of a few high tech looking bodies done like this before, and I do like the look of them.  (Usually those weird aluminium bodies and so on.)

proggy

Reminded me of a Curly Wurly.

Sassafras

I don't like it but I can't help admiring the workmanship that went into it.

MattFGBI

Easy Mute trem arm, nice. 

ICBM

It's nothing that a new body… and neck… and pickguard... won't fix.

gordiji

Looks Great.