Obviously even $681 isn't a trivial sum, but looking at the $1140 is sobering. While this guitar may be finished when the new neck is on, I could see myself fiddling further, for example
- Replace body with another GFS Paulownia. This could require a new bridge.
- Replace body with a chambered Warmoth body. Would almost definitely lead me to buy a Wilkinson bridge from Warmoth so they could installed the ferrules
- Regardless of which body I buy, I might try the new Boogie Rail.
- Bill Lawrence pickups
Anyway, it's quite easy to see that I could get to $2K on this project, and for that price I could have had Ron Kirn build me a truly wonderful guitar. I don't think anyone would give me $681 for this guitar, but it doesn't feel like too much of a stretch to say it's worth that much. But the real point is that I've been working on this project for 8 months. I've had lot of fun, learned a lot, and I've basically been able to deal with everything fairly well (the trem installation is an exception, but not a total failure). It's been very satisfying to work with something physical - to draw diagrams, measure things, cut things, make little adjustments, and to ask (and occasionally answer) questions on strat-talk. So I really have no regrets at all. In fact, once I decide to consider this one done, I may do another. I am also toying with the idea of having one built too, depending on what my year-end bonus looks like.
What Next
If I do another, I might do one of Warmoth's 7/8 size strats, with a chambered body . This would be very light too. I might do it with two humbuckers, volume, tone, and maybe use push/pull pots to do a coil tap. So I'd have two knobs plus a 3 position pickup selector, which would be a Les Paul type, not a Strat blade style (seems bulky for 3 positions).
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