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by **JouniL** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 7:25 pm

Mysmolnet: is that a no-name standard strat tremolo? I'm looking for something more high-end like a Wilkinson or Gotoh trem. You got anymore info on your trem?

by **JouniL** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:57 am

Ok, mysmolnet, I will buy it, give me price and I will show you the money :-)

I didn't see a trem arm? Is the trem block the kind that you screw on the trem arm or is it the push-in type?

by **JouniL** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:28 am

Oh man! You gotta love this guy (Rolijen)! He's made a full youtube tutorial on how to build your own custom fender strat, it's excellent stuff!

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=rolijen&view=videos

This is how I will install Mysmolnets trem :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WirA6gI7jgQ

And don't miss the old geezers evaluation of the Fender Super Champ XD from his kitchen :-)

Amazing Red Hot Chili Pepper sound, why doesn't my Pod or Amplitude sound like this (they are not even close to touching this)???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S98RccQUvKc&feature=channel_page

by **cwight** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:00 am

Yeah just can't beat the real thing. I'm wondering though Jouni, are you now beginning to answer the question you posed a few months ago...'what's so special about fenders'

Welcome to the club....

by **JouniL** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:21 am

Might be, might be, or I'm just in a retro phase, next month I will wake up with a red twisted beard and playing Dimebag riffs on the Dean guitar from hell, who knows :-)

by **JouniL** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:08 pm

I just won this strat copy neck on eBay:

It's from china, totally nonamer, 21 frets, standard in every aspect, and I got it for ... $9.99! But with shipping and shipping insurance it ended at $45 which still is about 4 times cheaper than buying a chinese nonamer here in sweden ...

by **JouniL** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:24 pm

by **strat** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:16 pm

........05 body,stripped and painted..06 neck,12" f.board radius,hand rolled edges..Sperzell lock.tuners..Stainless steel bridge and saddles..S.Duncan Alinco Pros..no tone knob...1 volume and mini off/on toggle for each p.up..hand painted v.knobs and p.up covers to match the p.guard.Dunlop strap locks..all gold h.ware..I love pimping geetars....I got another Fender body and neck and loads of fender parts[p.ups/p.gaurds/trems]...im gonna trick out when time allows...

by **JouniL** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:00 am

Oh my, really nice! You did all the work yourself, paintjob and all?

by **strat** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:21 pm

Yep..i sure did...paint/wiring..everything...the paint job was alot of work..the rest was easy...peace..

by **Les** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:41 pm

Nice job Strat!I really dig your garden too!

by **ThrobbyRobby** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:22 pm

Damn! I was so impressed and focused on the guitar, I didn't notice his herb garden!

by **Wedgebill** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:49 am

Been there, sampled that :lol:

by **beauzeau** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:55 pm

I guess I got it on the brain or something. The leaves were the first thing I noticed! Now those are the leaves that get long and slender correct? We never see that around these parts.

by **JouniL** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:39 pm

I bought a standard fender trem bridge from Mysmolnet and installed it. Seems to fit perfectly.

I expect the neck and the locking tuners I bought on eBay to arrive during this week. After that I will mount everything just to see how it works and to make sure to do all the necessary drilling and routing before I paint the guitar.

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