Spitfire Strat Finished!
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Spitfire Strat Finished!
Mark was selling this guard on instagram. I saw the first post where he was selling it and had the urge to buy, but held off.... when I saw him post a second time it was for sale still I didn't have as much strength resisting. It is a HSS guard with heavy relic and warping. Really nice color and mixing. I was visiting my dad when I got it and asked him what color body would look best with it. He thought black, so I picked up a US Fender strat body. Both came in today and look awesome together!
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- wooderson
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Re: Spitfire Strat
Nice, I wish tort would look good with either of my JMs (both Firemist Silver), makes me want to find a deal on an Olympic white JM.
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Re: Spitfire Strat
Did some aging on the plastic pieces. Should look nice with the guard.
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Re: Spitfire Strat
Got the single coil pickups in. They are ceramic ones that I liked from an Indonesian Strat. Got pots and switch mounted. Still need to solder.
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Re: Spitfire Strat
Going to use a neck from another build. I also used the bridge pickup from it. They look good together!
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Re: Spitfire Strat
Lovely project overall Chris, but damn, that guard is gorgeous!!! I would've had a hard time resisting as well
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Re: Spitfire Strat
I did resist it the first time I saw it. That counts for something right??
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Re: Spitfire Strat
You tried! Hahaha. I only try SO hard, before giving in to something I want. Unless the money is ridiculous or something.
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Re: Spitfire Strat
Wiring is all done. Neck is attached with one screw. Once I have strings, I can make sure it is lined up straight before I drill the other three holes. ALMOST DONE!!
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Re: Spitfire Strat
You need to start a band and get these axes on a stage.
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Re: Spitfire Strat
This one turned out really well. Plays great, sounds great, and looks great! The Wilkinson bridge with the push in arm is really nice. The pickups sound great. I am really happy with this build. Really happy.
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