New Strat
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sunvalleylaw
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Wow that looks awesome. Nice!
SuperSwede
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Sweet guitar! Whats up with the middle knob?
Jipes
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Looks wonderful :AOK: how does this bridge pickup sounds like, I'm curious about it
stingx
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I wish I could see the picture. Stupid proxy server at work stripped it 
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Nice Todd, how does it sound compared to your other strats? I'm fishing for a good strat myself.
Thanks to everyone for the kind comments.
The middle knob is temporary - it's from Stew-Mac and is an 'ivroid Tele'-type knob. I didn't care for the more golden/yellow/tan ones that came on it stock, but I didn't have a matching set in parchment, etc. I have a set coming.
The Torque humbucker is incredible - it's in Wade's quasi-vintage line (from his site's descriptors), but is a pretty high output unit. Really well ballanced from lows to highs with fat bass tones; round, full mids (but not honky at all); very sweet highs - zero ice-pick, but still with great highs. Very even and full sounding pickup with lots of output - yet, it actually mixes very well with the middle single coil and still has great (not 100%, but darned good) quack in the bridge/middle switch position.
I strongly disliked the stock pickups as well as the tone circuit. I removed the 0.1uF capacitor and replaced it with a 0.01uF cap - much, much less 'conjested' sound (even with the tone on '10', the sound was... cloudy and the output felt restricted). At this time I took the middle pickup out of the tone circuit and moved it to the bridge pickup position - of course it still works fine with the bridge/middle on together. I also installed a DiMarzio 500K-A pot for the volume control (my longtime/all time fave for guitar pots - great quality).
The neck and middle pickups are some non-descript singles that I already had - I'm soon replacing these with Duncan Classic Stack Plus models - I have one of these in the middle postion of my other Strat and really like them - I like them in the neck pos too, but my other Strat has a Lil '59 there. This new axe will be set up a little more like a trad Strat - with faux-Hendrix tones avail from the neck position - which I haven't had for a long time (many yrs).
Robert, this guitar is diff in a few ways from my other - I was attracted to this model as I dig the 60's vibe/look, etc, but was wanting a flatter fingerboard and larger frets. Several yrs ago, I went 'vintage' in this respect and until I got this one, all my gtrs had 7.25" radius'd fingerboards and small, vintage-Fender sized fret wire... which I love, but I just wanted something a little more modern and... I completed forgot how much easier it is to pull off certain things on the neck of a more modernly appointed guitar.
I played Warmoth Strats that I put together for yrs and yrs. In '99 I bought an '83 '62 RI and fell back in love with the 'vintage Fender' thing, playing that style/type only 'til a few weeks ago when I bought this.
Alder body, rosewood fingerboard - my fave combo for Teles and Strats. Funny thing - my '62 RI Strat feels so strange and different to me now, but my Tele (with the same vintage radius and fret size) feels totally normal and I can switch back and forth on stage between the new Strat and my Tele with zero issues - my poor ol' sunburst hasn't been getting any play at all.
The Motor City Pickups aren't cheap - and I'm not normally very extravagant in my gear spending, but they're very high quality, hand made units - I'm very, very happy with mine; plus, I totally dig the worn, Ni cover.
The middle knob is temporary - it's from Stew-Mac and is an 'ivroid Tele'-type knob. I didn't care for the more golden/yellow/tan ones that came on it stock, but I didn't have a matching set in parchment, etc. I have a set coming.
The Torque humbucker is incredible - it's in Wade's quasi-vintage line (from his site's descriptors), but is a pretty high output unit. Really well ballanced from lows to highs with fat bass tones; round, full mids (but not honky at all); very sweet highs - zero ice-pick, but still with great highs. Very even and full sounding pickup with lots of output - yet, it actually mixes very well with the middle single coil and still has great (not 100%, but darned good) quack in the bridge/middle switch position.
I strongly disliked the stock pickups as well as the tone circuit. I removed the 0.1uF capacitor and replaced it with a 0.01uF cap - much, much less 'conjested' sound (even with the tone on '10', the sound was... cloudy and the output felt restricted). At this time I took the middle pickup out of the tone circuit and moved it to the bridge pickup position - of course it still works fine with the bridge/middle on together. I also installed a DiMarzio 500K-A pot for the volume control (my longtime/all time fave for guitar pots - great quality).
The neck and middle pickups are some non-descript singles that I already had - I'm soon replacing these with Duncan Classic Stack Plus models - I have one of these in the middle postion of my other Strat and really like them - I like them in the neck pos too, but my other Strat has a Lil '59 there. This new axe will be set up a little more like a trad Strat - with faux-Hendrix tones avail from the neck position - which I haven't had for a long time (many yrs).
Robert, this guitar is diff in a few ways from my other - I was attracted to this model as I dig the 60's vibe/look, etc, but was wanting a flatter fingerboard and larger frets. Several yrs ago, I went 'vintage' in this respect and until I got this one, all my gtrs had 7.25" radius'd fingerboards and small, vintage-Fender sized fret wire... which I love, but I just wanted something a little more modern and... I completed forgot how much easier it is to pull off certain things on the neck of a more modernly appointed guitar.
I played Warmoth Strats that I put together for yrs and yrs. In '99 I bought an '83 '62 RI and fell back in love with the 'vintage Fender' thing, playing that style/type only 'til a few weeks ago when I bought this.
Alder body, rosewood fingerboard - my fave combo for Teles and Strats. Funny thing - my '62 RI Strat feels so strange and different to me now, but my Tele (with the same vintage radius and fret size) feels totally normal and I can switch back and forth on stage between the new Strat and my Tele with zero issues - my poor ol' sunburst hasn't been getting any play at all.
The Motor City Pickups aren't cheap - and I'm not normally very extravagant in my gear spending, but they're very high quality, hand made units - I'm very, very happy with mine; plus, I totally dig the worn, Ni cover.
stingx
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I can see it! Beautiful guitar and one of my favorite Strat colors! Love the fact it has a humbucker in it to. :AOK: :AOK: :AOK:
Thanks, All.
I'd been telling myself that my next new guitar (before having bought this one) was going to be an archtop... but... this will actually see much more stage time than a 335-type would have. It's typically a few-several yrs between guitar purchases, so I guess a semi-hollow is on the far back burner for me.
I'd been telling myself that my next new guitar (before having bought this one) was going to be an archtop... but... this will actually see much more stage time than a 335-type would have. It's typically a few-several yrs between guitar purchases, so I guess a semi-hollow is on the far back burner for me.
SuperSwede
Custom Deluxe
You gotta let us hear how it sounds! Clips please 
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