Erics STarter build

[EricB]

Over the last couple of months work has had me smashed
@ trips to WA, a trip to NSW and then PNG has seen me have 0 time to work on my axe.

Over the last couple of weekends I've managed to cobble together a small bit of progress...



The clear needs about a week to harden enough to wet sand, then i might go again on another couple of coats of poly.

Neck is finished in a satin with a lemon creme on the fretboard.

Eric

[wazkelly]

Looking good Eric.

[EricB]

Looking good Eric.

Thanks waz!

[DrNomis_44]

Loving the finish on the body of your Strat, she looks cool.


I might have to give one of those Babicz bridges a go one day.

[EricB]

Loving the finish on the body of your Strat, she looks cool.


I might have to give one of those Babicz bridges a go one day.

it was supposed to just be a black strat! when I saw the ash it was too good to pass up!

The Babicz is a nice piece of kit, though the trem block is a bit lighter than i was expecting.
Ill put it together before I go looking for replacements.
On the plus side, the 6 holes are beveled and the screws are notched - a la PRS, this thing should have pretty decent sustain.

[FrankenWashie]

Yeah nicely done, it would have been a real shame to have hidden that grain, you've really brought it out and that red is just magic! Love your work!

[EricB]

Yeah nicely done, it would have been a real shame to have hidden that grain, you've really brought it out and that red is just magic! Love your work!

Cheers Dude!

[DrNomis_44]

it was supposed to just be a black strat! when I saw the ash it was too good to pass up!

The Babicz is a nice piece of kit, though the trem block is a bit lighter than i was expecting.
Ill put it together before I go looking for replacements.
On the plus side, the 6 holes are beveled and the screws are notched - a la PRS, this thing should have pretty decent sustain.

If you ever do end up looking for a replacement, you could consider getting a Supervee Bladerunner Bridge, I had a Chrome one on my old Black Fender Mexican Strat and it did work well, the Sustain Block is made from a light metal that SuperVee call "Sustainium", what makes the Bladerunner Bridge different to most other Strat bridges is that the Bridge pivots on a thin piece of spring-steel rather than a set of 6 screws, there are four screws which are simply used to attach the bridge securely to the body, here's a link to the SuperVee webpage so you can see what the Bladerunner Bridge looks like:

https://www.super-vee.com/products.html

[EricB]

If you ever do end up looking for a replacement, you could consider getting a Supervee Bladerunner Bridge, I had a Chrome one on my old Black Fender Mexican Strat and it did work well, the Sustain Block is made from a light metal that SuperVee call "Sustainium", what makes the Bladerunner Bridge different to most other Strat bridges is that the Bridge pivots on a thin piece of spring-steel rather than a set of 6 screws, there are four screws which are simply used to attach the bridge securely to the body, here's a link to the SuperVee webpage so you can see what the Bladerunner Bridge looks like:

https://www.super-vee.com/products.html

Thanks dude, i really like the design of the babicz, i'd just upgrade the block to something a bit heavier if it needs it

[DrNomis_44]

Thanks dude, i really like the design of the babicz, i'd just upgrade the block to something a bit heavier if it needs it

Maybe something like a Brass Sustain block then?, Brass does tend to be a bit heavier than the standard metal used to make Sustain blocks, so, if you're looking for lots of Sustain Brass is probably the way to go, incidentally, lots of 70's guitars tended to use Brass hardware, Yngwie Malmsteen, a well-known Neo-Classical guitarist from Sweden, uses Brass nuts on his signature Strats.