New Guitar Build: The Blackout Stratocaster w/ Bonus 2nd Build!

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

Well...if my guitar thread is taking a short detour to cars...I rebuilt this one myself. Did everything but the paint inside and out! The wife helped
with the interior and my girls were tool keepers! I was the second owner. 1967 Camaro RS which I made into an RS/SS

That came out beautiful

 

[Trident]

That sure did! Nicely done... Small tire pony

 

[Trident]

Small tire takeoff...

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

Sweet

Small tire takeoff...View attachment 26693

 

[Inspector #20]

S550

 

[BFT Gibson]

Sweet, pretty cool..my bridge is here today for my first attempt !! love these type threads...

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

S550

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[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

Sweet, pretty cool..my bridge is here today for my first attempt !! love these type threads...

Which guitar is it going on ? BFT

 

[BFT Gibson]

Which guitar is it going on ? BFT

building a partscaster strat. wanted to see how cheap i could do it. $168 wanted to try out alnico 5 single coils

 

[Trident]

I can just imagine what BFT’s build is going to look like... Nice I am betting:dood:

 

[Inspector #20]

?

S550 is the new Mustang chassis.

S197 was the previous...

 

[Inspector #20]

Well...if my guitar thread is taking a short detour to cars...I rebuilt this one myself. Did everything but the paint inside and out! The wife helped
with the interior and my girls were tool keepers! I was the second owner. 1967 Camaro RS which I made into an RS/SS

I had an 'F' Body once...

 

[Trident]

Some of the formulas were tons faster than the ole TA’s...
Rather have the formula

 

[BFT Gibson]

I can just imagine what BFT’s build is going to look like... Nice I am betting:dood:

BFT is a wannabe..he is a hack lol, Just wish i could see better, soldering, i suck, like is the solder on the wire or why does my brain think things are touching but they are not !!

 

[Sp8ctre]

BFT is a wannabe..he is a hack lol, Just wish i could see better, soldering, i suck, like is the solder on the wire or why does my brain think things are touching but they are not !!

I used to be a master at soldering! I took a two week course on high reliability soldering back in the day. Our work was inspected with a microscope!

Now I'm lucky to get two wires to stick together...I'm not sure why they call getting old the "Golden" years! Everything starts failing and $hit that used
to be easy seems harder to do everyday...but you know what the say "Youth is wasted on the young"

 

[Trident]

Surely a lil trick to it for sure...

 

[Inspector #20]

Hmmm....I think I still have a 1990's vintage HSS pickguard here...

 

[Don O]

We need to start a dragster/hot rod thread.

 

[Don O]

Well...if my guitar thread is taking a short detour to cars...I rebuilt this one myself. Did everything but the paint inside and out! The wife helped
with the interior and my girls were tool keepers! I was the second owner. 1967 Camaro RS which I made into an RS/SS

That turned out great Chris. When did you have? Cragers are my favorite for old hot rods.

 

[Sp8ctre]

That turned out great Chris. When did you have? Cragers are my favorite for old hot rods.

I built that back in 2000 and sold it when I move to California in 2005. It had no A/C which was terrible in Florida and would have been no better here.

Plus I enjoy building them more than driving them...similar to my guitar hobby and many other interests. Once I finish the work I need to move on...