ahhh another which strat thread
If you have the bucks look between 54 and 64 but beware of all those genuine fakes out there
if that comment made no sense its never going too.
If you buy an original try and buy it from an owner who doesnt think that their guitar is worth more then it really is essp if its modified.
A touchy subject indeed whats worth a million to one is worthless to another sure some of those guitars were nice but do you also know how many duds were made on days when certain woods were not available?
Yeah and im sure i,ll get shot down for saying so but ive seen a good swag of them on benches apart and it seemed aparant that alder or ash was not always what was found.
Ive also owned my share of good ones before the prices went stupid but i guess thats supply and demand nothing anyone can do while people are willing to pay stupid prices for these guitars
If you dont have hangups on a decal id still buy a precision made copy from the swag of great custom makers out there and then you can have all the exotic woods you want have it even painted in your fav custom colour nice nitro paintjob etc
if you want to really do yourself a favour get some old staggered polepiece pickups that are blown anything from a sxxxxxxxxxxr from day dot up untill 1973 have these rewound by a real vintage pickup rewinder then you can decide how you want the pickups to sound how tight or loose their wound be how thick or thin the coil is wound or the type of wire you want your pickups wound in
next order yourself a roll of clothwire and then get yourself a steel gotoh vintage reissue bridge make sure you get the gotoh their steel not cast like some other ones around the traps
order a white plastic parts set from yours trully which includes pickup covers back plate vol and tone knobs believe me its heaps cheaper this way then buying them seperate you also will need a yours trully three ply vintage reissue scratch plate get the us ones make sure their us as well not sure if you get the tinfoil plate rear backing or not but if so be sure to rip a small piece of crepe tape and for example if your guitar is to be vintage cream just write mvc in pencil on the tape dont be to neat theynever were
and place it behind the plate tinfoil nice talking point for people of the future who eventually end up with your creation.
a fourbolt neckplate and screwkit with nice ummm low digit numbers will also look the part
ahhhh what else gxxxh vintage klusson reissues, string tree, nut, vintage strapbuttons, and a nos switch try if you can and buy stock of nos fxxxxr pots rather then the new chinese ones that we have been forced to use now.
also next time you look at your 62 yours trully reissue take a closer look at the saddles on the bridge notice how they all say fxxxxr fxxxxr and not fxxxxr pat pend well if your creative and you know what im implying here without saying very much the reissue saddles which are blank with a lil effort and someones steady hand can also look the part
hey i know thats not nice but hey everyone is too dam serious these days have a lil fun what the heck
if you know where to look you can still obtain clay dot markers i know i have them myself
also a brazillian rosewood slabboard can still be made up to spec
now as long as the person making your guitar knows the the more intimate details of building one of these sort after lil treasures iam sure the main guitar you seek with a decal intact will look a sorry second compared to what you just had built.
dont get me wrong here i was a big fan once upon a time but i know the corners that have been cut in certain production a good example have a look at dot markers which dont line up correctly now tell me you you still want what your seeking
If you must have this beast with decals intact look to Japan essp the earlier production models they made them so well that someone in your country pulled the plug so it seems o well i guess thats what happens when you make guitars the way they use to make em
or you become good at doing so.......i,ll leave the rest up to those who have better to do then reply this post with negative comment
hey smile it wasnt meant to make ya feel down
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. Tom.
