[1]

Today needed another thread about my strat, so now you have it! :woohoo:

We can all mourn the loss of the classification sticker for now. It didn't get along with DiMarzio cleaning polish very well. :lol:

So far:

- Swapped the pickups for Lace Sensor golds
- Swapped the shit Fender pots for AT ones from StewMac
- Swapped the shit Fender switch for a 5-way "super switch"
- Swapped the shit Fender jack for a Switchcraft
- Black Sperzels (today)
- Black knobs / switch tip
- Shielded the cavity
- Elixir 11-49s

To do:

- New bridge, blocked.
- Maybe a black jack plate?

Note the missing pickguard screw. It's in my pocket, because I'm headed up to the hardware store to snag some black ones. :yesway:

 

[146]

Black pickups on white pickguard and maple fretboard on a strat. :yesway:

Looking really nice.

 

[Lyle]

Why bother getting a new bridge if you're going to block it? The stock MIM bridge is fine if you're just setting it up as a hardtail.

Regardless, that strat looks awesome. I must have it. Shame about the cliplock :fawk:

 

[jaxadam]

Looks really, really good. I am digging those tuners. This is giving me Strat GAS.

 

[1]

Why bother getting a new bridge if you're going to block it? The stock MIM bridge is fine if you're just setting it up as a hardtail.

Regardless, that strat looks awesome. I must have it. Shame about the cliplock :fawk:

The stock bridge is ugly. :lol:

 

[Lyle]

The stock bridge is ugly. :lol:

A new bridge will be just as ugly. Is it the saddles you don't like the look of?

 

[1]

A new bridge will be just as ugly. Is it the saddles you don't like the look of?

These are sex.

STEWMAC.COM : Pictures of Wilkinson/Gotoh VSVG Vintage Tremolo

 

[Lyle]

These are sex.

STEWMAC.COM : Pictures of Wilkinson/Gotoh VSVG Vintage Tremolo

And they require drillage. No thanks.

 

[GentleHands McCoy]

The stock bridge is ugly. :lol:

Yeah, but all vintage style trems are ugly. The only way to fix that is with a floyd rose :lol:

these are marginally better though
Babicz FCH Tremolo. Chrome - Full Contact Hardware by GPDUSA.COM

I wanted to try their TOM, but its still crazy pricey. You should buy it and let us know what you think of the full contact technology :yesway:

 

[Josh]

That black/white/black look is killer. Keep the chrome bridge and jack plate, and maybe swap the stock saddles for GraphTechs so that the black/chrome theme you have going with the tuners extends to the body.

 

[1]

Yeah, but all vintage style trems are ugly. The only way to fix that is with a floyd rose :lol:

these are marginally better though
Babicz FCH Tremolo. Chrome - Full Contact Hardware by GPDUSA.COM

I wanted to try their TOM, but its still crazy pricey. You should buy it and let us know what you think of the full contact technology :yesway:

I would get that, if it didn't have their logo so ridiculously etched on the front of it.

I may go with just their saddles though.

 

[jacksonplayer]

Lose the string tree--don't Sperzel inline sets come staggered for Strats? At least upgrade it to a better one that won't bind the strings.

 

[1]

Lose the string tree--don't Sperzel inline sets come staggered for Strats? At least upgrade it to a better one that won't bind the strings.

They do, but for one reason or another (and I'm looking at the nut) the high E likes to slip out of the nut without the tree in place.

 

[GentleHands McCoy]

The Gotoh bridge looks like kind of the same concept, sweet that it locks too. I've heard guys rave about the babicaz stuff though, although theres a strong probability its hype.

And yes, the logo is absurd.

 

[Josh]

They do, but for one reason or another (and I'm looking at the nut) the high E likes to slip out of the nut without the tree in place.

Nut's probably not cut for 11s.

 

[Drew]

To do:

- New bridge, blocked.
- Maybe a black jack plate?

1.) Yes
2.) NO. The contrast looks fucking awesome right now. Stick with Chrome for the bridge, too.

And they require drillage. No thanks.

Maybe, maybe not - I suspect it's a direct retrofit for a MIM Fender. I mean, you figure that's sort of the standard, right?

 

[Leon]

Nut's probably not cut for 11s.

If you're swinging an 11, you're definitely going to need the right nut to support it :agreed:

 

[Drew]

Nut's probably not cut for 11s.

Guess who gets to fix that?

:woohoo:

 

[Leon]

Also, I was going to try this on my strat, as well.

 

[GentleHands McCoy]

To do:

-Reflective Single Hum/Single Volume pickguard
-EMG 89
-Floyd Rose

:woohoo:

Just sayin'