Custom HotRod Strat Build.

[DrNomis_44]

Hi Guys,


Thought I would start a new thread about a Custom Superstrat build project I will be starting this year, about last month I got Adam to order in a Strat body that was routed to accept a Floyd Rose Double-Locking Trem system, it arrived in the post today and I picked it up from the Winnellie Post Office about an hour ago, the Trem System I am planning on using is a Chrome Schaller Lockmeister, I am also planning on finishing the body in a solid Metallic Blue finish, it is going to have a white pearloid scratchplate, a 5-way pickup switch, the usual Strat tone and volume controls, and the pickups are going to be the ones I got with the Headless Guitar kit I bought online a few years ago, they look a bit like EMGs but are High Impedance passive types, there's a Bridge Humbucker, a Middle Single-Coil, and a Neck Single-Coil, the neck I'm going to be using is a 22-Fret Mighty Mite with a Rosewood Fretboard and a traditional Strat Headstock.

The Mighty Mite neck fits the neck pocket on the body, but it's a bit of a tight fit, I'll have to dowel the original mounting screw holes in the neck and re-drill them though.


I'll see if I can post some pics for you to check out.


Oh yeah, the Chrome Schaller Lockmeister Bridge fits the routing perfectly, so there are no issues there.


All in all, this should be a fun project.

[wokkaboy]

awesome Doc sounds like an uber cool project. Can't wait to see pics of the mock build. Sounds like you got most of the hardware and body/neck sorted.
Metallic blue is one of my all time fave colours, should look fully sick

EDIT I can see this thread reaching 100 pages, tip from the 2nd post !

[stan]

sounds like a really cool axe in the making, enjoy

[Andy40]

Dayum Doc....you go all the way when you pull the trigger!

[DrNomis_44]

awesome Doc sounds like an uber cool project. Can't wait to see pics of the mock build. Sounds like you got most of the hardware and body/neck sorted.
Metallic blue is one of my all time fave colours, should look fully sick

EDIT I can see this thread reaching 100 pages, tip from the 2nd post !

I reckon so, I want the Hotrod Strat to look as if it was made in the 80's, since I grew up in that decade (I was in my teens), yeah I'm thinking that this thread is going to be another epic one...lol.

[DrNomis_44]

Dayum Doc....you go all the way when you pull the trigger!

Yep, I had this vision of a guitar that one of the guys in Iron Maiden would play...lol.

[DrNomis_44]

Okay, here are the pics as promised:


Here's the body with the neck, bridge, and pickups I'm planning on using, the tuners are going to be a set of six Chrome Non-Locking Grover Mini Rotomatics:




And here's a pic of the three pickups I'm planning on using for my HotRod Strat build:




The pickups look a bit like EMGs but they are High Impedance Passive types, although I could consider upgrading them to a set of EMGs later on.

[Dedman]

I'm liking the looks of this already

[DrNomis_44]

Since the pickups are black in colour, I'm going to go with a set of three black Strat knobs, and a black Pickup-Selector Switch tip.

[wokkaboy]

looks great Doc, so are you mixing gold tuners with chrome bridge ?