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This is my Fender Stratocaster with the butterscotch alder body. I did not like the color so I bought a transparant red swamp ash quilted maple top body and replaced it. Now its a red guitar with red pickguard, and its a fender, and it looks like ketchup, so I now call it Fender Ketchup.
I think im going to build a guitar off of warmoth part and use quilted or flame maple neck and dye it purple then use purple dyed body with white or purple pickguard, then call it deep purple or purple haze....
I've never played the guitar (though I do play the piano) so maybe I don't know what I'm saying, but I just must say that is one cool guitar!
The red colour really suits it.
Awesome dude! Looks like the famous Gibson SG color scheme. I've always thought black and red look the coolest together
Nice Axe! Love the top! I have replaced several Strat bodies, put new pick ups in em, pickguards. Nice to see someone else make a guitar their own! Warmoth bodies are expensive bu everything fits right. I have used Carvin bodie and various others and had to make some routing adjustments. they definitely make GREAT necks! Keep on pickin! Eat A Peach For Peace! RedTail Wolf
watch out with warmouth guitars man...ive been told there quality and prices are a bit suspect
www.edromanguitars.com
or www.edroman.com
has some info on why there dodje
Where can I find the info on why warmoth is suspect? all I found so far is that their scale on PRS and others are all Fender like, but I am just going to build a strat (albeit a customized strat) so it shouldnt be a problem.... however I did once have a warmoth body that has a huge knot inside... and the gripe I have with the neck is that they are all heel adjust (at least on the strats)
A word about Ed, he hates everything that is not in his store! He hates things that aren't top sellers in his store!
He bought Baker guitars from Gene Baker and ruined them. Ed knows plenty about guitars, but he is a master showman and above all a slippery salesman. I know! RedTail Wolf
Yeah, I'm amazed at his ability to stay in business. If you hit any guitar-related forum, they're filled to the brim with commentary on that cat, mostly negative. Beside that, I'm a stickler for clean web design and his page is always SOOOOOOOO sluggish.
-m
Nice. If you have the patience for it, you might consider stripping the original body and re-finishing it in the color of your choice. Check out www.reranch.com for finishing supplies and info. Also, Stewart MacDonald (www.stewmac.com) and Luthier's Mercantile (www.lmii.com).
Warmoth is fine, but there are other ways to go about things.
-m
yea, the problem is I dont have access to aircraft stripper, and reranch doesnt and cant ship their products to Taiwan. An idea I have is sand the body down to its fullerplast coating then try to sunburst using black spray paint and whiping on dyes, however the problem is sanding poly is a royal pain, also since this is a Fender body and this guitar may actually have some collector's value (its a Fender Deluxe with those 50th anniversary neckplate with SCN pickups and all) therefore I really want to keep any modification to the guitar non-perminant.
I can buy clear lacquer for about 5 dollars a quart however I have no idea what kind of lacquer they are, and they also have clear spray lacquers but like I said, no idea how they stack to reranch or whatever...
Good call. I've stripped a couple Ibanez bodies with that poly finish, it is murder. Not real healthy to breathe either. 8^)
I've used cheapo spray can lacquers from auto parts stores, Home Depot and the like, with fairly good results. I've also tried various other types of paints. I've tried other more experimental approaches, like dipping bodies, or wiped on finishes, and I've found that with patience and a little trial and error, just about anything can be made to look good and most reasonable paints will harden fairly well if given time to cure.
But as to the value of the Fender, you're probably wise to leave it intact as you thought.
Though it's off topic, keep us posted on your next build! I for one enjoy seeing what other builders are doing.
-m
