This is what it looked like when I picked it up from a garage sale for $60. This is after I sticker bombed it. I liked it, but wasn't feeling the stickers popping off and didn't have the resources to epoxy coat it.
That looks awesome! How did you give it that wood plank look? Reminds me a bit of James Hetfield's guitar that is made of the garage they used to record in.
Sounds pretty grungey, but that's exactly what I want. It shreds, must to my surprise. I thought it would have turned out a wall hanger considering I redid the wiring harness.
I've betrayed Fender years ago. They make sexy looking guitars, but I would argue that at the Player Strat/Tele price point, Yamaha makes better guitars. And Godin is a far superior guitar company comparing price points.
I've been planning my first guitar build, and I've settled on a really rustic looking Tele, probably made out of pallet wood, and using weathered looking hardware, and license plate as a pick guard.
I figure if I make my first one look beat up on purpose, it will cover all the mistakes that I am bound to make on my first go.
A P.A.F., or simply PAF ("Patent Applied For"), is an early model of the humbuckerguitar pickup invented by Seth Lover in 1955, so named for the "Patent Applied For" decal placed on the baseplate of each pickup.[1]Gibson used the P.A.F. on guitars from late 1956 until late 1962, long after the patent was granted.[1] They were replaced by the Patent Number (Pat No) pickup, essentially a refined version of the P.A.F. These were in turn replaced by "T-Top" humbuckers in 1967, and production ended in 1975. Though it was not the first humbucking pickup ever, it was the first to gain widespread use, as the P.A.F.'s hum-free signal, tonal clarity, and touch sensitivity when paired with overdriven amplifiers made the pickups popular with rock and blues guitarists.[2] The P.A.F. is an essential tonal characteristic of the now-famous 1957–1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard guitars, and pickups of this type have gained a large following.
27 Comments
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 287d
This is what it looked like when I picked it up from a garage sale for $60. This is after I sticker bombed it. I liked it, but wasn't feeling the stickers popping off and didn't have the resources to epoxy coat it.
nonagonOrc@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 287d
That looks awesome! How did you give it that wood plank look? Reminds me a bit of James Hetfield's guitar that is made of the garage they used to record in.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 287d
Thanks! I took a circular saw and set the blade depth really low. Like 1/8". Then I used a nail set and pounded in what looked like nail holes.
nonagonOrc@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 286d
Sick, you nailed it
Skua@kbin.earth · 7 pts · 287d
You've betrayed your username!
How does it sound and play?
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 287d
Sounds pretty grungey, but that's exactly what I want. It shreds, must to my surprise. I thought it would have turned out a wall hanger considering I redid the wiring harness.
I've betrayed Fender years ago. They make sexy looking guitars, but I would argue that at the Player Strat/Tele price point, Yamaha makes better guitars. And Godin is a far superior guitar company comparing price points.
Skua@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 286d
You've got it looking the part too, that worn wood is great
I would definitely like to get myself a Godin one day, they're lovely instruments. Then again, there are a lot of guitars I'd like to get one day
I've never been a huge Fender fan personally, but my dad is and I will say that even they're not my thing I do get it
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 286d
To me it's a staple. You gotta have ONE.
pH3ra@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 287d
Love the car plate pickguard!
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 287d
Thanks! That was a tough one. I tried to use a dremel at first, but tin snips worked the best.
pH3ra@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 286d
Did you curl the edges or something? Or there's no need for it?
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 286d
No, I filed and sanded them down.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 287d
OP is not, it would seem, without a sense of irony, as this is the least FenderStratocastery guitar I think they could have posted.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 286d
Some of us are true gentlemen in the streets, but hide our freak at home.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 286d
😎
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 286d
If you see the green on the far right, it's a Surf Pearl Player.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 286d
Hang ten, my friend.
junderwood@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 287d
Hell yeah! That thing looks gnarly!
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 287d
ftfy
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 286d
Lol. I'm surprised you saw that. That's my daughter's nickname. I'm going to put it back on the headstock.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 286d
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 286d
Thanks!
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 245d
I've been planning my first guitar build, and I've settled on a really rustic looking Tele, probably made out of pallet wood, and using weathered looking hardware, and license plate as a pick guard.
I figure if I make my first one look beat up on purpose, it will cover all the mistakes that I am bound to make on my first go.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 287d
PAFs ftw!
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 286d
PAF?
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 286d
Oh yeah! The "secret" "third pickup".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.A.F._(pickup)
A P.A.F., or simply PAF ("Patent Applied For"), is an early model of the humbucker guitar pickup invented by Seth Lover in 1955, so named for the "Patent Applied For" decal placed on the baseplate of each pickup.[1] Gibson used the P.A.F. on guitars from late 1956 until late 1962, long after the patent was granted.[1] They were replaced by the Patent Number (Pat No) pickup, essentially a refined version of the P.A.F. These were in turn replaced by "T-Top" humbuckers in 1967, and production ended in 1975. Though it was not the first humbucking pickup ever, it was the first to gain widespread use, as the P.A.F.'s hum-free signal, tonal clarity, and touch sensitivity when paired with overdriven amplifiers made the pickups popular with rock and blues guitarists.[2] The P.A.F. is an essential tonal characteristic of the now-famous 1957–1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard guitars, and pickups of this type have gained a large following.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 286d
PAFs are humbuckers. These are P90s.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 286d
D’oh you're right! P90’s is what I was trying to say.
Stupid brain, think more better!