Walnut Stratocaster Build

skippy76

Hi all,

I had a neck and enough parts from various other projects to undertake a new build, so when a walnut body turned up here on the forums I thought it might be a good opportunity for an easy project.

Anyhow after a couple of light coats of clear nitro it all went together nicely. I tried a few different pick guard options but settled with the aged black look in the end (pickguard from a vintage 76 Strat). CTS pots and handwound 60s inspired stagger pole pickups.

the neck is from a MIM Strat and is slim but comfortable, I rolled the edges a little and recoiled it.

Mixed up the live and ground wires on the jack so it hummed like a mofo when I first plugged it in, quick fix and it sounds awesome now, nicely rounded on the neck pup and twangy on the bridge.

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lovestrat74

Looks cool. Think I prefer it with the white guard tho

skippy76

Cheers @lovestrat74 I like both and suspect I’ll get bored and change it on the weekend

paulnb57

Very nice, I prefer the Blackguard...

Roland

I like the walnut, particularly the way it’s offset by the pale patch under your forearm. I’d go for whichever guard sets off the woodgrain to best effect, which in the the pictures is the white one. It may be different in the flesh

MLten80

Looks sweet mate!

I just finished a walnut one too, was particularly nice to work with imo

 https://imgur.com/a/Ay8pyhi

skippy76

Looks great @MLten80 ;

skippy76

Thinking I may put this up for sale to fund another project (I have a nice old 62 Slab board pre CBS that ticks the Strat box), 

Does £400 sound reasonable? I realise I'd probably get more by splitting it up, but that's a last resort.

MLten80

Thanks man. 400 Seems reasonable. A 2nd hand mim neck would be 100+ for a start

TTony

I really like Walnut as a material for bodies/tops.  Love the grain patterns and colour variation.

skippy76 said:

Does £400 sound reasonable? I realise I'd probably get more by splitting it up, but that's a last resort.

You might get lucky, but  - sadly - Partsocasters typically sell for significantly less than the value of the parts, and that's before you consider the costs of finishing and the time taken ...

skippy76

Cheers @TTony appreciate the feedback. 

I don't mind parting it but seems as shame as it all sits well together and is set up nicely

MLten80

Jokes isn't it?

We couldn't sell my mrs basic dinky js11 for £50
 So I parted it & got over 120

Mad. Result tho seeing as it cost her 20£
 (Monstrosity of a white flying v coming with proceeds)

Ruving

Hey, did you ever shift this?

skippy76

Hi @Ruving ;

It didn't comply with the forum classified rules so I will need to break it up. If you're interested let me know.

Cheers