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Challenge to anyone: Need to find this guitar!

Post by blfrd » Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:20 pm

What I'm looking for should be very easy to find:

Strat shape guitar body
Single piece maple neck w/ jumbo frets
Standard tuning machines
Classic Fender style bridge + vibrato
Two humbuckers (probably will replace)
Don't care about the electronics.... or toggle switch
Don't care about the paint job

Under a $1000.

Is this so hard to find? THe only one I've found that is even close is a Fender American Strat HH model.

I've considered just buying the Warmoth parts and doing it that way...

Someone help me find a builder that can do this..
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Post by JD » Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:41 pm

Yep, go the parts route and build it yourself. Warmoth, allparts, etc. All of that stuff is readily available and just bolts together.

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Post by blfrd » Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:49 pm

JD wrote:Yep, go the parts route and build it yourself. Warmoth, allparts, etc. All of that stuff is readily available and just bolts together.
I just may do that
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Post by JD » Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:54 pm

I think you can even get the body with a "universal" pickup route that will accomodate humbuckers (even painted), a choice of necks, and every single hardware piece including pickguards for the humbuckers. Check out eBay for some of this stuff also, I see takeoff parts listed way under retail all the time.

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Post by Tone Slinger » Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:05 pm

Yeah, I would buy Warmoth part's. That way you can get closer to what your after soundwise. Big difference in tone between body woods.

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Post by St August » Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:15 pm

Lokk on Ebay there lots of better parts deals on there than payng full retail for your parts.. :D

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Post by jz » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:18 pm

I can builld one for you to spec.-PM me. I have been building guitars independently since 1987. No kit parts (unless specificly requested) I build my own necks and bodies from scratch. A Strat style w/ Duncan or DiMarzio PUs,Gotoh vintage style trem,Gotoh or Shaller tuners (I prefer the locking tuners for tuning stability w/this style trem),maple neck and choice of body wood (usually poplar, basswood , alder , or ash) Mahogany may be used as well. Nitrocellulose or urethane finish. I also have a killer stash of flame maple (think PRS or LP Reissue top) I worked at Koonts/Thurston Guitars in Baltimore(now defunct) in 1985 & PRS in 86 and Gibson for a few yrs here in Nashville. A straightforward build like this should easily fall within your budget. Contact me if interested Thanks, Joe

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Post by stoo » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:54 pm

Building a Warmoth can be fun! but a Lot of work!
http://members.shaw.ca/stewartwright/Guitar.htm
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