A bit of Ash Overload!

lovestrat74

I do love a bit of grain, but I need to work out what I am going to do with the Thinline (poly stripped off) and the HH ...

Wonky

Not being a fender guy this is obviously gonna be a stupid question, but what is the metal disk in the neck pocket of the one in the middle and the outline of the same on the one on the right?

skullfunkerry

Very nice!

...but I did think this post was going to be about @OilCityPickups

OilCityPickups

skullfunkerry said:

Very nice!

...but I did think this post was going to be about @OilCityPickups

You can never have too much ash .... except if you are my wife sometimes :-)

lovestrat74

Wonky said:

Not being a fender guy this is obviously gonna be a stupid question, but what is the metal disk in the neck pocket of the one in the middle and the outline of the same on the one on the right?

It's for the micro tilt mechanism so you can adjust the neck once it has been bolted on

Funkfingers

lovestrat74 said:

Wonky said:

what is the metal disk in the neck pocket of the one in the middle?

It's for the micro tilt mechanism so you can adjust the neck once it has been bolted on

An adjustable shim, if you will.

simonhpieman

Nice grain on the thinline. If that's a genuine Fender one, some of the grain on those is awful. Whenever I found one for a decent price the grain was kind of faded... Blurry... The sharp ones like that seem quite few and far between.

Anyway, I'm going on. It looks great!

Fez

Blonde wudtone on the Humbucker one. They all look great.

lovestrat74

simonhpieman said:

Nice grain on the thinline. If that's a genuine Fender one, some of the grain on those is awful. Whenever I found one for a decent price the grain was kind of faded... Blurry... The sharp ones like that seem quite few and far between.

Anyway, I'm going on. It looks great!

Cheers, yes it "authentic" 

2006 model

lovestrat74

Fez said:

Blonde wudtone on the Humbucker one. They all look great.

Distinct possibility

normula1

You could do worse than send it to @GoldenEraGuitars ;

Here's the Strat body he's just done for me. The pictures really don't do it justice.

Fez

@normula1 ; That is really nice.

Kittyfrisk

normula1 said:

You could do worse than send it to @GoldenEraGuitars ;

Here's the Strat body he's just done for me. The pictures really don't do it justice.

Going to have to find a new way to describe a deep, liquid finish. Lovely.

skullfunkerry

@normula1 that is *stunning*, mate. Bravo @GoldenEraGuitars!

GoldenEraGuitars

Thank you @normula1 and everyone for your kind words. 

Jeff was a joy to work with and I had a lot of fun on this one. I love these two tone bursts and the grain on the @GSPBASSES body worked beautifully for this. 

ThePrettyDamned

For the HH I'd definitely go for a purple, blue or green dye. Non traditional, but would look great with that grain. You could even burst from a darker shade. 

LuttiS

You could start by changing your name to @lovetele74

lovestrat74

LuttiS said:

You could start by changing your name to @lovetele74

Yeah I know, the pendulum has definitely swung 

Philly_Q

I love ash.  To me it looks better than any maple top.

Mark1960

I have just varnished a strat body cut 50/50 with white spirit, using satin varnish - 7 coats. It really brings out the colour and grain, without affecting the feel - It still feels like wood.