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Body shape comes from the Serus-J but everything else is original.

Descendant trem, since I know yall will ask. Bridge is a generic frame with graph tech saddles. Pickups are custom wound by Absurd Pickups in Bristol, TN. Mahogany body and Pau Ferro neck and fretboard. Rotary pickup selector switch just to be different.

Many thanks to all of you who helped along the way, as always!

And condolences to those who voted for the other pickguard 😉.

I picked up a 2004 American Deluxe Strat in a trade recently. My current Strat is an American Special that I certainly like. I only plan to keep one.

I like the looks of the Deluxe a little better and it’s the “nicer” of the two. It’s my first time having a two point trem, first time with noiseless pickups in a Strat, first time with a contoured heel, first time with a S1 circuit.

I will say I very much dig the tone of the Texas Specials in the other Strat. I’m trying to decide if they feel much different in terms of the neck.

What is the internet’s considered opinion on the Deluxe, generally speaking?

Using rattle cans, was having trouble with runs. Redid it with thinner coats further away and didn’t have any runs but got this dry spray.

Shall I just wet sand it? Should I try to go full smooth or just knock down the high spots and put another heavier coat on top?

Thanks!

I picked up this 65 reissue because the price was too good to pass up. I had read everyone saying it’s too loud for bedroom use. Turns out the volume knob works just fine, and I find the tone at low volume *beautiful*. For comparison my other two guitar amps are a Blues Junior and a Tweed Princeton clone through a 1x12 greenback. I’ve over the years had Vox and Orange amps as well as a few modelers.

If you want a twin reverb, try it at a volume you’d use it at. Don’t fear the internet’s declaration that it’s “too loud.”

Ps - why do Marshall fans get to run 100 watts in their bedroom but Fender fans don’t?

Drove from Knoxville to Nashville to buy this 2003 ES-335 from a blues guitarist who bought it new shortly after he moved to Nashville. It’s been his studio guitar since then. It was built in Memphis, my hometown. It has never left the state of Tennessee.

Fun fact: at the same time Gibson was building this guitar in the downtown Memphis factory, I was busy building my first guitar in my home workshop 6 miles away in midtown Memphis.

What do you think?

2000 MIK Epiphone Limited Edition Les Paul Standard in red candy flake.

Got a plastic tulip button that was broken some time in the past and looks like the owner basically glued it back together onto the shaft. The tuner is fully functional, but I’d like to replace the button. Is it replaceable, or does the whole tuner need to be replaced?

Shout out to Colby Gentry for putting me on trout and reds yesterday.

Also, my first time on a motorized yak, and it was honestly a lot of fun.

This was my first kit from Aion FX. Great docs, great quality components. Will definitely buy from again.

Upgraded with locking tuners and a brass 3-compensated-saddles bridge. Even has all the case candy.

Haven’t done a neck from scratch in a long time, and it shows. Had fun though.

This 3-saddle brass compensated through body short/half bridge came mounted to a 2016 American Professional Telecaster Deluxe Shawbucker. It’s not the original bridge - can you help me identify it? The distinct aspect of it to me is the ground down lip. Most have no lip on the sides at all or have a full lip. This has its sides ground down half height along half their length.

The other clue is the saddles are compensated.

Just curious about it.