by "That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
Published 01/21/2017 at 12:37
by "That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
Published 01/21/2017 at 12:37
Tags: Guitarlopnik
STARS: 3
A couple of weeks ago I started building a guitar I could take to work with me to play during my lunch break. I’m not about to drive around Providence all day with an American Strat in the back seat, so I wanted to keep it cheap. That didn’t happen.
That’s a GFS poplar body with a no-name neck, a Fender MIM pickguard, and a set of GFS pickups/harness. Pretty cheap, right? Totally cheap.
Except then this happened:
And after that, a Mighty Mite MM2902VT neck happened. And a set of really nice Gotoh locking tuners happened. I’m keeping the loaded pickguard though, I like those pickups a lot.
So what was supposed to be a $200 guitar became a $400 guitar, but still one I’ll be okay taking to work with me. I don’t feel too bad about it...Candy Apple Red is far and away my favorite Strat color, I would have bought my MIA in it if it was available.
Gonna be a hell of a guitar when it’s done though.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
01/21/2017 at 12:53, STARS: 0
Which GFS did you go with?
"LOREM IPSUM" (lorem---ipsum)
01/21/2017 at 13:06, STARS: 0
Just think, with all those spare parts laying around you can now build yourself a cheap guitar so others can play along with you.
"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
01/21/2017 at 13:19, STARS: 0
Thats how I always get into trouble. I’ll build a guitar but I buy two necks and instead of sending one back, I wind up building yet another guitar around that neck. I’m not a smart man.
"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
01/21/2017 at 13:21, STARS: 0
Texas wound Boston Blues with the Kwikplug harness, which is awesome...I think I actually got the idea to do that from the last one you were doing. I had a set of the Boston Blues in a MIM Strat and liked them a lot, so that seemed like a pretty safe route to go with it.
"LOREM IPSUM" (lorem---ipsum)
01/21/2017 at 13:24, STARS: 0
There are worse ways to spend your time and money.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
01/21/2017 at 13:33, STARS: 0
Yeah, I did the Kwikplug on the Texas Alnicos I just put in my Strat. Pretty slick. Looks like a fun build.