Members als_lespaul Posted December 26, 2005 Members Share Posted December 26, 2005 I'm just curious. What is the advantage of buying parts off ebay and assembling your own strat? Is there a cost savings involved or is it just the fact that you can have the exact pieces that you want? I've been comtemplating buying a strat but I thought this may be a less expensive route...but after seeing some of the completed auctions on USA fender strat parts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IdaCrue Posted December 26, 2005 Members Share Posted December 26, 2005 I put together a Strat from Ebay parts along with some parts from a salvaged guitar. For me it was the fun of searching out the parts, finding the best deal, and then making it all come together. I guess I just did it for the fun of doing it, and I wasn't disappointed. I still have some plans for the guitar, like a better trem, or maybe a Fender neck, but that is the point of it, at least for me anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlackHatHunter Posted December 26, 2005 Members Share Posted December 26, 2005 it's usually more expensive to buy the parts and build a complete new strat. But if you have a good axe w/ a broken neck, then it's acool to be able to buy just a neck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted December 26, 2005 Members Share Posted December 26, 2005 Some folks want to pretend they are Eric Clapton, and build a raging partsocaster that is greater than the sum of its parts (maybe). Also, there is a personal satisfaction element in scraping together disparate, individually selected parts and assembling them into an axe after one's own image, sort of like Johnny Cash's song about the Cadillac, "One Piece at a Time". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members als_lespaul Posted December 26, 2005 Author Members Share Posted December 26, 2005 Interesting stuff...thanks fellas. Another question: Will an american strat neck fit decent in a fender MIM body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IdaCrue Posted December 26, 2005 Members Share Posted December 26, 2005 The USA and MIM strat necks are made in the same factory in Calif. The necks destined for the MIM strats are shipped to Mexice, while the USA necks are retained for further finishing and installed on USA models. I can't see why the USA neck wouldn't fit in the MIM body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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