Best 12 bucks ever spent

[captcoolaid]

I went to a used music store today in San Jose. I went in for a nut and a set of bass strings for a repair i did for an old friend and found this.

I paid 5 dollars for the body. Real wood nice and heavy which I believe is ash.

And 7 bucks for the pickgaurd, it came with 500k pots and a 5 way not wired up which is fine.

there were no scratches on the body and the pickgaurd holes match perfectly.
It is a good day in Rayneland.


I have not seen this cavity rout with the notch in it so if someone knows something about it let me know.

[leftyguitarman]

That swimming pool route looks like an aftermarket mod to me; meaning I doubt it came out of the shop like that. But hey, if it works that's all that matters!

[EEF13]

cool

[coldsteal2]

Theere were bodies on Strats back in the 90's were like that for
the Strat Plus and Fat Strats, they have them with
both the newer style tremolo routing or regular tremolo routing
with Universal routing. So that actualy could be a 90's Fender body


http://cgi.ebay.com/1997-American-Fe...item2c512982e0

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[leftyguitarman]

Originally Posted by coldsteal2

So that actualy could be a 90's Fender body

But look at the route on his and the route on the one you posted. The one you posted looks like the real deal while his looks a little different. Either way, for the money, I would've snagged that body too!

[G-Minor]

My ion strat copy looks like that same rote. It has the little dip on the top left into the cavity, it's not straight rectangular like the One coldsteal posted. It's probably a strat copy but looks nice

[captcoolaid]

Yeah it turns out that it is plywood pos. I was told that it was real wood but curiosity got the better of me so I peeled some paint away and there they were the ply's. Oh well 5 bucks now can I turn a lemon into some sweet lemonade. We shall see when I get a neck which the same store put one out this morning for 25 bucks(hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm think it originally is the one that came on it) I am gonna put the UV20 in it and see how she sounds. By the way i believe it is a cheep squire body.

[Jason]

Ahh.. yeah, plywood makes more sense... especially with what seems to be a very thick coat of poly. I've got one that's pretty similar to that, some sort of generic '80s wannabe strat. MAN, is that plywood heavy! I keep meaning to get the parts to get it back together, but other "real" guitar needs seem to keep popping up...

[captain tightpants]

Looks like my sister's late 80's/ early 90's Squier, hers had routes just like that, and they were plywood back then. Having said that, her Squier is actually a pretty nice playing guitar.

[Jason]

Throw some insanely hot pickups in there and you could have a beast.

[captcoolaid]

Great now I am girl with a girl guitar. Just kidding i figure I will use the parts I have lying around and see what happens I will do some clips when she is done but probably will not be for a couple weeks.

[captcoolaid]

Originally Posted by Jason

Throw some insanely hot pickups in there and you could have a beast.

Gonna turn her into this:

UV20 bridge at 22k and a custom wind 5.84 in the neck.
As you may know I recently redid the blue one to this.

and I miss my parts o castor

[Jason]

22k??! Holy piss! Won't that blow the neck pup out of the water?

[captain tightpants]

Originally Posted by captcoolaid

Great now I am girl with a girl guitar. Just kidding i figure I will use the parts I have lying around and see what happens I will do some clips when she is done but probably will not be for a couple weeks.

Ahh, but yer a sexy girl Who knows, it may be a kick-ass little player!

[Jason]

I love the look of that thing though.

[captcoolaid]

Originally Posted by Jason

I love the look of that thing though.

which one.

[Jason]

Oh, I posted before you added that second one. Yeah, I liked the second one too. Great color for strats.

[captcoolaid]

Originally Posted by Jason

22k??! Holy piss! Won't that blow the neck pup out of the water?

No actualy. Great now i gotta go get a neck and build it. The 2 combined gave a great SRV on roids and the neck alone is absolutely my favorite neck ever, no volume diff between the 2 either which was surprising.
By the way the first was my favorite look to.

[captcoolaid]

And as far as leaving it single coiled i have this already

[Jason]

That is surprising. Cool though. You know, I actually thought the "custom shop" stuff Dillion used to do (maybe still does) looked cool.. Yeah, it's really over the top and kind of campy, but I dig it:

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[captcoolaid]

Update.......... A real good friend of mine is sending me a neck tomorrow so ill put her together tomorrow night.

[leftyguitarman]

Be aware, if that body is plywood and made by anyone other than Fender/Squier, putting a Fender licensed neck on it may require some redrilling.

[captcoolaid]

Not sure what the neck is from. LOL but thanks.

[Jason]

Yeah, if it's some oddball body you've got there like mine... you may end up having to plug and re-drill those holes. Luckily mine came with its own shitty neck.

[captcoolaid]

LOL I do not have a issue with doweling and re drilling do I should be cool with it. I think the neck is a Fender fat boy neck. When the neck comes in I will post pics probably start a new thread and do it as a build. Show the parts, and see if I can truly get the tone and playability out of a true pos guitar.

[zontar]

And a local store wants $60 ofr a Strat style body.

[captcoolaid]

I decided to check Egay this am and found several all wood bodies for 10 -25 bucks with no reserve. Some were ash others were plies. I found one that was maple for 22 bucks.

[leftyguitarman]

Originally Posted by captcoolaid

I decided to check Egay this am and found several all wood bodies for 10 -25 bucks with no reserve. Some were ash others were plies. I found one that was maple for 22 bucks.

What brand? If they are the Eden bodies, they won't always fit a licensed Fender neck very well. The neck pocket (so I've heard) is usually a little too wide, and once again, the neck will probably need to be plugged and redrilled. It's not a lot of work to do it, but it's still something to think about.

[captcoolaid]

No it is Pickers parts. all their bodies fit licensed Fender necks.
Stratocaster Solid Custom Alder Body Candy Green - eBay (item 150378141383 end time Oct-12-09 12:30:05 PDT)
That is just one of their bodies. saw a few more for the same price or less.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Stratocaster-Sol...item23033c829b
Here's the maple one for 10 bucks.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-BRAND-ST-UNF...item41499d67d5

[leftyguitarman]

Dang, no lefty bodies. I need one.