Need Stratocaster advice...(Updated on page 3)

[Wendigo]

I'm buying a loaded pickguard for my deluxe Strat (2006). The new pickguard is aged white/parchment and is loded with Fat 50's custom shop pickups. I'll be selling the noiseless loaded mint green guard to a friend. Am I right in thinking that this is a simple "drop in and solder the guitar jack" job? I checked and the screws seem to be in the same position as mine...is there only one standard size for strats? Thanks,

Jim

PS: I will also be lighting the guitar's body on fire with lighter fluid and clear-coating it after it's cooled/cleaned up....Pics to follow!

[Neiloler]

Nice on the paint job!

You should be good to go with the screws, should be fairly universal. Screw position might not always line up, but a small hole drilled in the new location of the screw hole and your great.

If it's prewired, it should be a simple solder to the output jack kind of thing.

[Jondog]

and the ground

[niangelo]

Stratocaster advice?

"If you got guitar problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but a strat ain't one."

[Wendigo]

Yeah I know about the ground....ok so this should be fun then! Thanks guys.

[baytamusic]

There are two different hole patterns for strats. 50s style 8 hole and 60s style 11 hole.

[Wendigo]

Yeah it's the 11 hole one...thanks man.

[bclaire]

You should be in pretty good shape- should fit easily I would think... are you going to spark it after you mount the loaded guard? I'd be worried about the pickups still working afterwards.... but looking forward to pix!

[Norrin Radd]

I've swapped a ton of strat guards. You should be fine.

... are you going to spark it after you mount the loaded guard? I'd be worried about the pickups still working afterwards.... but looking forward to pix!

That's an excellent point. I'd take out all the electronics and leave all the plastic in. That's what Steve Vai did when he burned this one:

[brianr0131]

[Wendigo]

I want it to look like this! Is that yours? Tell me how you did it if you would be so kind. Did you leave the pups in or did you just leave the plastic caps in? I planned on doing the pickguard, knobs and plastic caps separately. Next question:

Is my 2006 deluxe strat finished with nitro or poly? I'm thinking poly....

Also I'm starting to think this could go wrong...I've heard stories about bodies cracking in half due to heat....can't imagine a solid piece of ash splitting though due to some surface scorching though....maybe I should use a heat gun? I think that may not be hot enough....

[a.hun]

Is 'carbonised' the new 'relic' fad then? Years of virtual abuse not enough, it should also have met Jimi too?

Just joking. I do find toasting it a bit odd, but don't have a problem with relics. Not having played some of the Fenders...

Not sure how poly would react compared to Nitro finishes. Not well would be my first guess. But then I don't know offhand which is on your guitar.

Anyway have fun!


Andy.

[brianr0131]

I want it to look like this! Is that yours? Tell me how you did it if you would be so kind. Did you leave the pups in or did you just leave the plastic caps in? I planned on doing the pickguard, knobs and plastic caps separately. Next question:

Is my 2006 deluxe strat finished with nitro or poly? I'm thinking poly....

Also I'm starting to think this could go wrong...I've heard stories about bodies cracking in half due to heat....can't imagine a solid piece of ash splitting though due to some surface scorching though....maybe I should use a heat gun? I think that may not be hot enough....

Sorry....it's not mine. I was just looking at some burned ones because of this thread. This one in particular was in a "real" fire I believe. I found it on this thread.....scroll down a little http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showth ... 043&page=4

also try this http://www.google.com/search?source=ig& ... =&aql=&oq=

I think the body was the only thing in the fire and the rest was done separately to "compliment" it.

[Wendigo]

I'm actually thinking now I may just pay a pro to do a badass paintjob on it. Black with some airbrushed shite on it....I dunno....

[Norrin Radd]

Let it Burn!!!!!