Members rusholmeruffian Posted January 5, 2011 Members Share Posted January 5, 2011 Last night I finally finished it: my parts-bin Strat, with a neck and body purchased from eBay and everything else from either my parts bin or my old parts Strat with a busted neck pocket. It took a lot of sanding and Dremeling to make everything fit--in particular, you'll notice that I removed the portion of the pickguard between the neck pickup and the end of the fingerboard--but damn if it wasn't worth the work. Click the pics to enlarge: Specs: A few tweaks to the overall bridge height using the posts, and it plays like a dream. I've never had buzz-free action this low; credit must go to this neck. It's a pretty typical Strat, albeit a bit on the raunchy side thanks to the hot pickups; I suspect it'll be even better once I get the intonation and pickup heights set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members w00dsy Posted January 5, 2011 Members Share Posted January 5, 2011 that looks really good, interesting neck wood. I've never heard of jabota before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rusholmeruffian Posted January 5, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 5, 2011 Jatoba is becoming popular as an alternative to wenge and bubinga in bass construction, since both of those are African hardwoods with uneven supplies. It's much harder than either. Also, since it comes out of central Brazil, which is relatively well-settled, it's a little easier to enforce sustainable logging practices. Jatoba is also an increasingly popular wood for furniture and flooring. A couple of forumites over on HCGJ have jatoba floors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arkansasmatt Posted January 5, 2011 Members Share Posted January 5, 2011 congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members acefreely Posted January 5, 2011 Members Share Posted January 5, 2011 Happy new guitar day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members photon9 Posted January 5, 2011 Members Share Posted January 5, 2011 Looks awesome! Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ExiledCrow Posted January 5, 2011 Members Share Posted January 5, 2011 HNGD! Added bonus of info on a different type of wood too. Cool ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scott944 Posted January 5, 2011 Members Share Posted January 5, 2011 I'm curious about the distance between the end of the neck and the neck pickup. It doesn't look like a 24 fret neck. Is the pic deceiving? Is it a shorter scale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rusholmeruffian Posted January 6, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 6, 2011 22 frets only. The fingerboard overhang is long, and a couple millimeters thicker than usual, so I had to modify the pickguard. The issue might be with the depth of the neck pocket: I have an identically-carved neck from the same builder (albeit in purpleheart with a maple board) that sits just fine on a Tele body with a pickguard. A full 24-fret fingerboard would cover half of the neck pickup cavity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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