Re: Yikes! Another Fuller$trat!

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Yikes! Another Fuller$trat!

Post by fullerplast » Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:28 am

OK, the reaction to the gold guard $trat I built for my son was lukewarm. But out of Sunday boredom, I decided to go ahead and post some pics of another $trat I built for him. I gave this to him for Christmas 2002.

It's a '65 clone.

This one started as a new Agave Blue MIM body from one of those eBay choppers. The neck is an Allparts CBS neck that I stained with colonial maple and cleared with nitro. The headstock is Pontiac Engine Enamel that is a pretty close match to IBM (as is Agave Blue, IMO). The decal is not great, but was the best I could get at the time. Tuners are Ping Klusons. The nut is TUSQ pre-slotted. The fake neck plate is L5... although a later L8 or 9 (or an F-plate) would have been more realistic. I don't know what I was thinking at the time.

I loaded it with the (then) new Fender "Vintage Noiseless" pickups, which are essentially stacked humbuckers, cloth wire, standard 5 way switch, CTS pots and an orange drop. The bridge is standard MIM with Fender/Fender saddles. I used an aftermarket white guard and hand-filed the little truss rod scoop in it.


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No, I haven't gone $trat crazy. This is the last one I'll post here because I ran out...        ;)
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Re: Yikes! Another Fuller$trat!

Post by Stratelejazzuar » Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:32 am

perdy strat. i wants to pet it. can i?  :D

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Re: Yikes! Another Fuller$trat!

Post by RumorsOFsurF » Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:41 am

:? :? :? :?

I love IBM...I really like that neck, too.

I liked the other Strat too!
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Re: Yikes! Another Fuller$trat!

Post by StevenO » Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:49 am

I love strats! I think they sound great. Well, the neck pickups anyways...

I think that's a beautiful strat. One question, though. What's the back cover doing on there? Have you learned nothing from Hendrix?

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Re: Yikes! Another Fuller$trat!

Post by fullerplast » Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:54 am

Thanks guys!

Edit: I've been thinking of getting one of those high-quality silkscreen '66 logos and putting my spare (real) '66 neckplate on it... just for grins.
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Re: Yikes! Another Fuller$trat!

Post by djetz » Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:47 pm

Very nice.
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Re: Yikes! Another Fuller$trat!

Post by fuzzking » Mon Nov 26, 2007 6:20 am

You got good taste, Doug. Njum njum!
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Re: Yikes! Another Fuller$trat!

Post by Regan » Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:55 am

Nice Doug! I love the color, and I love Stats too!

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Re: Yikes! Another Fuller$trat!

Post by Soochdaddy » Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:13 am

Very nice.

It's okay to love Strats.  Really!

Maybe there should be a Stratocaster's Anonymous thread to help people address their addiction...

"My name is Jason.  I own two Strats.  I play them too, as much as my Jazzmaster.  I love how they sound, feel, and look.  I am not ashamed."
"I want to be able to purchase gin in bulk at Costco on a Sunday. So I totally voted." - chrisrnps

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