Update:

I checked the postal tracking on my latest order from Realtone Music, and going by what I have read, I should be getting it in the post tomorrow, feeling pretty excited about it because once I have all the new bits and pieces installed, and the HotRod Strat is strung-up and tuned, I'll be able to call the HotRod Strat project officially completed.

I haven't clear-coated the body of the guitar yet, I may do that later on next year, but for now, I am really liking the raw finish on the body, hopefully on Friday I can get a demo track sorted out for you guys, I might use my Squire P-Bass, and the white Ibanez RG350DXZ to record the demo, plus some of my pedals, I'm still thinking about how I could do the demo though, might see if I can use Ableton Live 9 Standard to record it, since I can just record riffs as loops, we'll see....stay tuned.