by "That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
Published 01/27/2017 at 18:23
by "That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
Published 01/27/2017 at 18:23
Tags: Guitarlopnik
STARS: 1
So I’ve got an American Stratocaster that I don’t like taking no work to play during my lunch, but I DO like playing guitar during my lunch. So I’m just finishing building a Strat to take with me that’s less pricey than my MIA. Problem is I’ve got two bodies, so I’m turning to you guys for help.
First choice, this is a poplar gunmetal gray body from Guitar Fetish. I like the color, but I think the bridge is mounted slightly crooked...I can’t really tell until the neck gets here tomorrow. I dig the color though, it’s a little darker and bluer than the Grigio Gray on the Clapton Strat.
Second choice, good ‘ol Candy Apple Red. This is an alder Fender body off of a Classic Player 60s model...the bridge is totally straight on this one for sure because Fender drilled the holes and not my dumb ass. This is the direction I’m leaning, because I used to have a CAR Telecaster partscaster I built that I wish I would have kept.
What do you guys think? The neck is maple with a gloss vintage tint and chrome Gotoh locking tuners. It’s gonna be a good guitar whichever color I go, but still.
"$kaycog" (skaycog)
01/27/2017 at 18:35, STARS: 4
I was going to say gun metal gray even before I read your choices.
"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
01/27/2017 at 18:56, STARS: 1
I’m going to have to see how they look with the neck tomorrow, if the bridge is straight on the gray one I’ll likely go that route if for no other reason than I can return the red body but I’m stuck with the gray one regardless.
"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
01/27/2017 at 20:32, STARS: 0
I thought you were going to paint one, so I was going to say Ferrari red before I read your choices.
"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
01/27/2017 at 21:11, STARS: 1
Painting hasn’t gone well for me lately. I did a Pelham Blue Strat a year or so ago that came out great, but since then I’ve tried to do a few and just never liked the finish. So I bought pre-painted because I’m lacking confidence, haha.
"Fingfangfoom" (fingfangfoom)
01/27/2017 at 21:27, STARS: 1
Red, always red.
"Monkey B" (monkeyb)
01/28/2017 at 03:12, STARS: 0
red