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[Withdraw] GSPBasses parts home made strat

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lysanderlysander Frets: 574
edited October 2020 in Guitars £
Alright, you may remember my thread about this guitar back from october.
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/165639/ngd-my-perfect-strat

Unfortunately I've now come to the conclusion I just don't like strat ergonomics anymore : the volume pot position really annoys me  and body feels a bit 'wrong' and I'm just much more at home with more modern takes on the concept ( a la Ibanez and Charvel DK24 ).
The guitar plays and sounds great but is a little bit personal so I will list a few things that worth mentioning, or are not typical, or small issues :

-43mm nut
- medium jumbo frets
-12 inch radius
- Modern C ( but fairly chunky ) neck profile
- Fender hot noiseless pickups: they're actually not hot at all but are indeed very low noise.
IMO they sound great - slightly more hifi than traditional pickups, but together with the PTB wiring there is a lot of tone shaping available
- PTB wiring : one volume, one treble cut, one bass cut. Goes really well with the pickups IMO
- The PTB wiring requires some unconventional pots that I couldn't find with spline shaft, as a result I had to enlarge the inside of the knobs and use PTFE tape inside to friction fit them. It works well but a bit fiddly to put back if you remove them
- Truss rod adjust is at the heel and requires taking the neck off. But because the neck is 3 piece I've only had to do it twice since I built it.
- The finish is not perfect - the blue is a bit scuffed off in a couple of places, and there is a small indent on the back of the left horn. However it does nicely show the grain.

Not for sale any more
Preferably picked up in SE23 but I will now post at buyer's cost.



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  • lysanderlysander Frets: 574
    Couple more close ups, happy to show more if requested:


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  • lysanderlysander Frets: 574
    Tuesday bump
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  • lysanderlysander Frets: 574
    Bump and price drop 
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  • lysanderlysander Frets: 574
    Bump and price drop again, total bargain at this price  
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  • dazzajldazzajl Frets: 5654
    I believe no one has even commented to say what a fabulous guitar it looks. Alas, that’s also all I can do. 

    Hope someone grabs this from you soon. 
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  • lysanderlysander Frets: 574
    Thanks man.
    Bumping this, I will now post it.
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  • bump
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  • lysanderlysander Frets: 574
    surely someone needs a great strat
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