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Just ordered all the parts and will hopefully get all of them in the next week or so. Will upload pics later.

Body: Strat
Neck: Telecaster
Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan 59
Neck Pickup: Dimarzio HS-3
Bridge: http://store.guitarfetish.com/wistsatrfial.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (this just came in today)

Have you used those Wilkinson trems before?
I am getting ready to do a strat build and I think I am going with a vintage 6-screw type but am keeping an open mind.

ray s. wrote:Just ordered all the parts and will hopefully get all of them in the next week or so. Will upload pics later.

Body: Strat
Neck: Telecaster

Im just curious... are you going to modify the body or neck at all to get a closer fit at the neck heel? Tele's have a square neck heel and Strats are semi-rounded.
I think Strat bodies can accommodate a Tele neck better than a Tele can accommodate a Strat neck, so if you leave it as is Im sure it will be ok anyway.

TONGA wrote:Have you used those Wilkinson trems before?
I am getting ready to do a strat build and I think I am going with a vintage 6-screw type but am keeping an open mind.

I haven't used them before but have had a lot of recommendations for them. Good luck with your build.

fillmore nyc wrote:

ray s. wrote:Just ordered all the parts and will hopefully get all of them in the next week or so. Will upload pics later.

Body: Strat
Neck: Telecaster

Im just curious... are you going to modify the body or neck at all to get a closer fit at the neck heel? Tele's have a square neck heel and Strats are semi-rounded.
I think Strat bodies can accommodate a Tele neck better than a Tele can accommodate a Strat neck, so if you leave it as is Im sure it will be ok anyway.

If I have to modify it I will, but like you said I'm sure it will be fine. Never seen a Strat Neck being put onto a Tele.

ray s. wrote:Never seen a Strat Neck being put onto a Tele.

Either way, it just takes a little mod to the body or the neck, but it can be done pretty easily.

fillmore nyc wrote:

ray s. wrote:Never seen a Strat Neck being put onto a Tele.

Either way, it just takes a little mod to the body or the neck, but it can be done pretty easily.

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Dude that strat is NIICE! When you put together the strat did it require any modifications?

ray s. wrote:Dude that strat is NIICE! When you put together the strat did it require any modifications?

Sorry, bro... not mine!! I pulled those pics off a Google search!!!


This guitar is mine though, and I did the same basic thing to it. The factory neck heel was rounded like a Strat. I decided to round off the heel of the Tele neck thats on it now instead of modding the body, in case I ever want to refit the stock neck back on.

fillmore nyc wrote:

ray s. wrote:Dude that strat is NIICE! When you put together the strat did it require any modifications?

Sorry, bro... not mine!! I pulled those pics off a Google search!!!


This guitar is mine though, and I did the same basic thing to it. The factory neck heel was rounded like a Strat. I decided to round off the heel of the Tele neck thats on it now instead of modding the body, in case I ever want to refit the stock neck back on.

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I'm liking that guitar...looked like it needed lots of custom parts lol.

TONGA wrote:Have you used those Wilkinson trems before?
I am getting ready to do a strat build and I think I am going with a vintage 6-screw type but am keeping an open mind.

Go with the Vintage, the modern versions saddles are actually kinda cheap and you need a special set screw(incl) to adjust them. Look and sound great otherwise.