|
Update of sorts.... The original stratocaster that I bought in 1988, the one I took to get repaired... That started this whole interest for me....
Is fucked.
The neck is not fixable. Not by any means Pete is willing to attempt, anyway. I may someday revisit it. I'm keeping the neck, but we've decided to make a new neck for it.
I've got that beautiful piece of flamed Maple I showed you in this thread. Last night I went over to Pete's and he designed it with a 3D design program. We've tweaked a couple things. Like the nut width and one of the curves on the head stock.
The cool thing is... We're going to cut this neck on his C&C machine, truss rod slot and all. So I can give him designs for the inlay on the head stock, and the C&C will cut it out precisely. All I'll have to do is fill it with dust and glue and sand it flat.
I'm going to use Bubinga for the fret board, and he can slot and radius that to spec as well.
Should be interesting
__________________
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality
Embrace this moment, remember
We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan
|