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First round of mods complete.
Next up: Solderless Eric Johnson Wiring Harness with CTS pots. I did my first song play through on my YouTube Channel. The Darkness "Love is a Feeling" with the Strat. Man do I love this guitar. Link below.
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Quick review of the mods so far on the Fender MIM Stratocaster HSS.
1. Fender Roller String Tree 2. Fender "F" Logo Chrome Neck Plate 3. TusqXL Nut Replacement (stock nut is plastic) 4. Fender "F" Logo Chrome Locking Tuners 5. Copper Shielding in Cavity 6. Obsidian Solderless Wiring Harness (latest mod, see video) Unboxing the Obsidian Harness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvfMnSXyPvA Installing the Obsidian Harness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L59Oz0MkfNU Next round of Modifications: Suhr "Pete Thorn" Thornbucker Plus Bridge Humbucker What mods are remaining: Suhr Thornbucker Plus Humbucker Suhr Michael Landau Neck Pickup Suhr Michael Landau Middle Pickup Gotoh 510 2-Point Tremolo system Then the guitar is complete. I wanted to turn this project into an Suhr / American Strat and still on track.
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Any thoughts on changing the trem block?
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Basically I wanted an artic white HSS Suhr but it was $3K so I'm building this MIM Strat to the Suhr spec. The guitar is great as is but I'm doing this project for my small YouTube Channel. I post a video of each mod done.
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UPDATE 9/14/16
The Strat is just about complete. The Suhr pickups installed are the Pete Thorn "Thornbucker Plus" and V60LP in the neck. The V60LP middle was on backorder because I needed it in white but I finally ordered today. If you haven't followed along with the built, I'm turning this MIM Strat into a Suhr / Pete Thorn Clone. I have $811 total in this project which is now finally complete. In my signature you can follow along with the YouTube videos. Here is the latest pics, the color of that middle pickup will change in a few days. Oh, I want to try and install the middle pickup in under 7 minutes so that video should be out by Monday. You can here the guitar with the Suhr pickups here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcjC42ASEuA Getting the Suhr pickups installed. Screenshot_20160906-145528 by , on Flickr Completion of the installing the pickups. Suhr Strat Pickups by , on Flickr
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That's one great looking guitar!
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