Members mutant_guitar Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 Here's the story, about 3ish years ago, my mom found a guitar at a garage sale for $2. It was missing the PG, electronics, jack plate, and the high E tuner and saddle. The previous owner did a horrible frankenstrat paint job on it. This past year I decided to finally do something with it. I stripped the old finish and finished it using reranch daphne blue and minwax clear nitro. I replaced the unplayable neck with a Warmoth pro construction neck. I got it before the 20% off sale, but I still got a good deal on it. It was in the screamin deals section for $145 (I'm guessing because of the knot on the headstock). I got SS6105 frets and a graphtec nut. The neck is finished with tru-oil over stewmac vintage amber. The rest of the hardware and electronics came from GFS and were bday/xmas presents. It plays and sounds great. There's about $300 worth of parts in this and maybe 2 months worth of work. It was worth every bit of effort, and I'm proud of my work. The only thing I'm not happy about is the body. It wasn't quite as standard as I had thought. The lower horn is shaped differently, the PG screws were all off, and the neck pocket was too narrow for the Warmoth neck. clip: http://www.myspace.com/ealloftheabove I FOUND THE ORIGINAL!!!! Before it all started: Stripped: Hiding in its case (rondo tweed st case) TA-DA! You can see the old neck behind the amp SHINY! Look at that sexy flame. Moar flame! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fistacuffs Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 great work that neck alone looks like 300!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burningleaves Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 Congrats on a job well done. Looks great:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mutant_guitar Posted December 27, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 thanks guys! i might be able to get some sound clips of it up, but I'm afraid I wouldn't do it justice. The neck was easily the most expensive part. With the SS frets, nut, and shipping, it came out to about $210. I was GASing for a warmoth neck and this project was the perfect excuse to buy one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PunkKitty Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 Great work! HNGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rocknhard Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 Very very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rocknhard Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 Oh, and I have his sister! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mutant_guitar Posted December 28, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 i has clips! http://www.myspace.com/ealloftheabove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blackhell Posted December 28, 2009 Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 Got any before pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mutant_guitar Posted December 28, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 i never took pictures before I stripped the frankenstrat finish, but here it is naked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blackhell Posted December 28, 2009 Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 If that frankenstein paintjob was as bad as you say, then you did an amazing job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theManfromAlabam Posted December 28, 2009 Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 Great job....Nice playing as well. Love the color choice. Here is my partsocaster...a little more than $300 invested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Larry the Dog Posted December 28, 2009 Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 Congrats dood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GRAF Posted December 28, 2009 Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 Going large! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mutant_guitar Posted December 28, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 If that frankenstein paintjob was as bad as you say, then you did an amazing job. it was so bad it made the original look good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members w00dsy Posted December 28, 2009 Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 that looks freakin terrific, great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikesr1963 Posted December 28, 2009 Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 :thu::thu::thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mutant_guitar Posted December 31, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 31, 2009 I managed to find a pic of the original finish. OP updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted December 31, 2009 Members Share Posted December 31, 2009 Great job Mutant and the playing was cool too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted December 31, 2009 Members Share Posted December 31, 2009 Well done. Very nice indeed. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bro Blue Posted December 31, 2009 Members Share Posted December 31, 2009 You did an awesome job, man. It's beautiful - even more so after seeing what it looked like before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Woody_in_MN Posted December 31, 2009 Members Share Posted December 31, 2009 Really nice color. Good job. Lamb Chop my white german shepard gives 4 paws up. - w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted December 31, 2009 Members Share Posted December 31, 2009 Don't take this the wrong way or anything, but if I was at your place and we were jammin, and you went to get a beer, I'd lick that neck like there was no tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members paulskirocks Posted December 31, 2009 Members Share Posted December 31, 2009 Nice job! I like your description of yourself on Myspace and the worlds worse virtuoso! Well, if you're playing YYZ and other Rush tunes, you get my Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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