11-18-2003, 08:05 PM
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Dillema
So I bought me a sweet Fender strat a couple of weeks ago only to get the wrong color. Instead of White, it was Sky Blue. So I get a return, and get one from a different person. The guitar is supposed to be white, but it's aged to a sweet cream. My original intention was to mod it with a Floyd and humbucker, but this new one I just received looks soooo sweet as it is, much better than I expected. If I had to toss it up to playability, I think I would go for the mod, but it's just too pretty to hack. Decisions decisions [img]images/smilies/dunno.gif[/img] Thanks for the vent. |
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11-18-2003, 08:18 PM
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Re: Dillema
Tough call man, I personally don't care what my stuff looks like as long as it plays the way I like LOL. But I see where you are coming from because I know a lot of people the same way. It may also look killer with the Floyd in it too [img]images/smilies/dunno.gif[/img]
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11-18-2003, 08:29 PM
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Re: Dillema
I like the look of butchered and modded guitars lol. I think it makes them look more badassed and functional.
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11-20-2003, 09:31 AM
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Re: Dillema
Buy something cheaper and mod it...Like a Mexi-strat. They can be had for $150 if you look hard enough. Everyone should have an original Strat in their arsenel. They're like an old friend.
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11-20-2003, 09:39 PM
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Re: Dillema
it's just some wood with a litle bit of metal on it!!! [img]images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif[/img]
i say go for it... [img]images/smilies/icon_thumb.gif[/img]
really though, you could always at least put together another loaded pickguard to swap in there, keeping the stock one original, but i don't see the floyd unit as anything but a improvement, unless the old strat is really just some special vintage deal... [img]images/smilies/dunno.gif[/img]
just my opinions, though...
...Dave
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11-21-2003, 05:35 AM
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Re: Dillema
Not vintage or anything at all like that. It reminds me a lot of one of my first guitars mostly. In fact she's a Mexican, so the value is limited, but this just looks so sweet... Fuck it, I pulling out the circular saw next week while my mother-in-law is here and doing it! [img]images/smilies/icon_dance.gif[/img]
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12-05-2003, 08:02 PM
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Re: Dillema
Those damn Japanese...see what happens when they buy an American icon? They're whoring poor Leo's name - it's blasphemy I say!!! *LOL*
RIP Leo...
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12-28-2003, 09:53 PM
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Re: Dillema
Finally finished last week... The tile in the back ground is what has been occupying my time until complete before I was "allowed" to work on anything guitar related. I actually like the floor [img]images/smilies/icon_dance.gif[/img]
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12-28-2003, 09:57 PM
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Re: Dillema
that looks sweet, is the trem floating?
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12-28-2003, 09:59 PM
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Re: Dillema
Not floating. I had a Charvel [img]images/smilies/sssh.gif[/img] that the Floyd was floating, but I wanted to try something different tone wise since I haven't been doing much pullback lately. I just posted how I installed it with complete with pics in a different thread [img]images/smilies/icon_jam.gif[/img]
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