My Strat got new plastic today

[rockabilly69]

Originally Posted by SalFromChatham

My son ordered a Strat direct from Fender, using the build tool, back two years or so. He has since sold it to me, and I really enjoy it. Hard tail. Locking tuners. Interesting maple neck with rosewood fretboard, mahogany body with red translucent stain, and some special pickups. I’m not sure what they are but it sounds great.

Anyways, I forgot I bought a creme colored almost white guard and plastic for a partscaster I never made.

I love how it looks!

Hey Sal, that looks much better with the new light guard!!! There's something to be said for making a guitar your own!!! Why get stuck with something that bugs you? In your two pictures in your original post, the the picture on the right has the plastics looking a little more creme.

When I was putting my Strat 1956 style parts-caster together I was amazed at how many different types of white/cream variances there were to choose from. I actually bought three sets of plastics until I found the color I liked. And there were more than 3 choices. Regular White, Vintage White, Bone, Cream, ect

This is what I started with...



And this is where I wound up...



What I was trying to do was match a real 1956 Stratocaster like this...

[SalFromChatham]

Rockabilly you have me remembering my Strat I bought in high school with half a year of tip money from waiting tables… gorgeous. I think mine was a black guard? But I didn’t even know about swapping guards then. If I had known, I would have…

This channel bound neck is unique for sure! One thing that crossed my mind is that replacing a fretboard down the line could be a real challenge, and limit who might do the work… but then again, I don’t play seven nights a week ! This will not be an issue for me! I tried to go the Fender site and recreate the option, but I don’t think they offer it anymore. This is the neck though… compound radius too:

https://www.fender.com/en-US/parts/n...990214921.html

I can say I love the way a rosewood fretboard feels.

I’ll also try to get a good picture of the body… it’s mahogany with a translucent red stain. You can really see grain, and I love that my son had this taste! I think the guard and the accessory kit are what Fender calls “Parchment”. I like it a lot.

And Kev… I’m digging fireplace rock.

[Chickee]

Is that you Sal, rockin’ your best Rick Ocasek from The Cars new wave look?
What a great memory shot!

BTW, when your son sold you that built to order Strat, what kind of guitar did he replace it with?

frank d.

[rockabilly69]

Originally Posted by SalFromChatham

Rockabilly you have me remembering my Strat I bought in high school with half a year of tip money from waiting tables… gorgeous. I think mine was a black guard? But I didn’t even know about swapping guards then. If I had known, I would have…

This channel bound neck is unique for sure! One thing that crossed my mind is that replacing a fretboard down the line could be a real challenge, and limit who might do the work… but then again, I don’t play seven nights a week ! This will not be an issue for me! I tried to go the Fender site and recreate the option, but I don’t think they offer it anymore. This is the neck though… compound radius too:

https://www.fender.com/en-US/parts/n...990214921.html

I can say I love the way a rosewood fretboard feels.

I’ll also try to get a good picture of the body… it’s mahogany with a translucent red stain. You can really see grain, and I love that my son had this taste! I think the guard and the accessory kit are what Fender calls “Parchment”. I like it a lot.

And Kev… I’m digging fireplace rock.

I really like the white guard with that translucent red, it looks great with the channel bound fingerboard. I remember parchment being one of my color choices of the whites when I was looking at plastics, As I said there were so many choices.

That black guard Strat looks pretty cool.

[SalFromChatham]

Frank,

My son is ten times the player I am. He replaced it with first, a custom order Kiesel, then another one headless Kiesel, and then a LP Standard Gold Top.

I hope you can make them out; this is a picture he sent me this week.

[Chickee]

Originally Posted by SalFromChatham

Frank,

My son is ten times the player I am. He replaced it with first, a custom order Kiesel, then another one headless Kiesel, and then a LP Standard Gold Top.

I hope you can make them out; this is a picture he sent me this week.

Doesn’t your heart swell with pride when your child excels at something in life that you love? We are charmed men, you and I.

I don’t know a Kiesel from a Schmisel, but you had me at Gold Top! Bahahaha!
That a nice herd your son has corralled.


fd

[davidd]

That's a real looker you have there with very interesting specs. Way better with white guard IMO. I just replaced the black pick guard on my recently acquired Player Strat (Candy Red one in the middle). I also switched out the tuners to split shaft a few days after I took this picture.

[Glennwillow]

That's a great looking Strat, Sal! I, too, love that fingerboard arrangement with the rosewood inset into the maple. And I like the white cream pickguard, too! Very nice addition!

What a great looking Strat!

- Glenn

[SalFromChatham]

Thank you brethren…

Davidd 2nd from the left, be still my heart.

[davidd]

Originally Posted by SalFromChatham

Thank you brethren…

Davidd 2nd from the left, be still my heart.

That was one of my bargain buys (actually they all were...) It's a 2016 MIM Std. I bought in mint condition around 2019, it came with a small Marshall amp for $300. I flipped the amp for $115 , so I have $185 into the Strat.

All five of the Strats pictured cost just under $1k total. I buy stuff I don't need all the time if it's a sweet deal.