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Hey peeps. Just picked this neck up yesterday from guitar center, and noticed after installing it that it started to check at the 19th fret. After setting it up and adjusting the trust rod another new one came up at the 7th fret. I then wake up this morning, and then find 2 new ones on both sides of the 4th fret. I’m assuming it’s fret sprout, but I wasn’t expecting to see this in less than 24 hours.

My 2008 52 reissue Telecaster has this flaking/cracking look around just about all of the frets. Seems like maybe it’s the fretboard lacquer getting old? It’s rough to the touch if u run a fingernail along it, but it is not loose or falling off.

I normally do all my own maintenance for my electrics, but should I bring this to a luthier?

£70 diy kit, £23 tuners, £13 saddles, Roller, shielding tape,

pickups used classic vibe alnico £40

Used some old squire pickguard and knobs

So £150 all in, it plays perfectly, straight neck, low action, the issue is it’s a leave alone one time to set up, the wood is very soft and light not for unscrewing and screwing more than 1 or 2 times, plus a little neck dive but for sitting down its comes to just under 2.5kg just under 5.5lbs,

Lightly Rolled Edges, sorted the frets and gave the neck some TLC

My shielding was done in a hurry and the fretboard wood is nothing major, for a beginner or hobby it has been great, and the frets are more shiny than my mexican tele now, to scared to touch the frets on my MiM,

Comparing to my mexican tele it just brings out that extra quality in the mexican when playing side by side, I guess once you have quality you feel the difference, sound wise it can get real close and more subjective imo,

The real question is what do I do with my diy guitar now?

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Hey! Recently picked up a Player II Modified in Sunshine Yellow - love the guitar, it plays so smooth.

Question about the fretboard inlays though - I've never had a guitar with such uneven inlay edges. All the dot inlays have ragged/uneven edges, not a single one is a clean circle. I get that rosewood can be tricky to drill cleanly, but none of my previous rosewood-board guitars had this issue.

Has anyone else run into this? Curious if it's just normal manufacturing variation or something worth asking Fender about.

Which one of these is obviously wrong? Notice the dot inlays matching the headstock.

my dad and i built this, we ordered the body, the neck to vintage specifications, bought the rest of the pieces, which were seymour duncan hot rails, gotoh bridge, graph tech ratio tuners, 10-46 seymour duncan strings, used a lot of copper tape, vintage cloth wires, threaded inserts, bourns push pulls *2., 3 way switch, we bought all the parts needed for it to work.

it has a full mahogany body with maple top and maple neck, weights 4.3kg, has no weight reductions and has 10 tones and a kill switch, its wired in series/parallel and in and out of phase, ive played so far songs by sabrina carpenter, rolling stones, etc.

oh and the hot rails by seymour duncan are really beautiful, they sound really raw, gritty, and are able to take the amp on a clean channel into dirty areas with just the 3rd position of the switch (bridge humbucker on series), the guitar sounds like in the middle between a SG and a les paul, and the out of phase makes it sound like a telecaster, (i thought the twang would be gone).

i post this so others may find hope in creating their own guitars and so others may see that the seymour duncan hot rails are perfect for teles, i originally did not like the tele sound, but the out of phase has made me love it, since the tele original essence (alder) gives it the classic twang, but in here since its mahogany, it still retains the twang in the out of phase tones, yet, it sounds fuller than other guitars in the out of phase section.

will the new ceo pay me a visit if my dad and i created this new beauty without paying the new fender CEO a dime?

Got this nice player ii Strat locally with hard shell case and wah for $400, too good to pass up! I’m going to turn it into an HSS. After I sell the case and wah that I don’t need I’ll probably be into it for $200.

Any humbucker recommendations to pair well with the player ii single coils (assuming they stay). I’m thinking a 59’.

Just had this upgraded with some new pots and shielding
Little confused what year it is with one website saying 93/94 and another saying late 90s

Serial number is: P071147

I recently picked up this beautiful 2013 Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster - 60th Anniversary Edition, in immaculate condition for $1,100 CAD

She plays like a dream!

AVRI 61 Stratocaster in Olympic White
MIJ “Daybreak” 60s Telecaster in double bound Olympic White w/ matching headstock
MIJ Heritage 60s Jazzmaster in White Blonde
Johnny Marr Jaguar in Olympic White

Not pictured: MIM Classic Vibe 60s Stratocaster in Canary Diamond Yellow

Migrated from my Line 6 Spider MKII V30 to the Fender Tone Master FR-12. 🎸
Looks like I have to dial in all my Zoom G5n patches again. The Spider was colouring my tones, and now the FR-12 reveals them very differently.
Is this normal every time you switch to a new amp or FRFR? Do you guys usually re-dial all your patches too?

Found this in a pawn shop and wondering if I should scoop it up.

Looks good to me, what's your opinion?

Just finished my dream guitar build using a Fender Vintera II Road Worn MIM Strat along with an Overdrive Custom Guitar Works pickguard assembly. I’ve been dreaming of owning a black Strat since I was a teenager and that day has finally arrived.

Pickguard is loaded with the Fender Custom Shop Fat ‘50 in the neck, Fender Custom Shop Custom ‘69 in the middle, and Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Hand Scatter Wound SSL-1C DG in the bridge (done my MJ herself). I opted for the SSL-1C to be RW/RP and tone 1 for the neck/middle while tone 2 for the bridge. Not strictly David’s tone wiring but I talked to Craig at Overdrive and he recommended the setup. I also copper foil shielded the main cavity and output cavity as well as had the pickguard fully shielded.

The pickguard was not cheap but I think it was worth every penny. The sound is amazing and Craig’s attention to detail with the custom 1 ply acrylic pickguard is flawless. The pickups are so quiet with the shielding and the RW/RP bridge pickup. Craig was great to deal with over the phone and answered all my questions. It also arrived well under the stated 30 day turnaround time.

For anyone considering building a black Strat of their own I would 100% go with Overdrive’s pickguard assembly. There are cheaper versions available but none compare in the sound and quality of this setup. This one is a keeper.

Thanks for letting a middle age guy rant a little about finally making a dream come true.

I highly doubt it is but is this a real fender? The guy I traded it from told me he got it from Japan. Could it be one of those Japanese lawsuit guitars? Its got a bound headstock and a set neck. Doesn't have a serial number anywhere. Closest thing I could find on the internet was a Firefly archtop tele.

Take the AVII deluxe. The headstock is so dark. To my eye it stands out like a dirty sock. Is there a basis for this in the original years’ models?