My New Guitar Project !!

[ELVIS]

Check this out!


I've kinda had this idea for a long time and it seemed to just come together today...

The body is a 2006 SRV that has the left hand whammy bar and I always thought this would be the perfect way to play a Stratocaster upside down...

I won this body today for $228...AWESOME!!!

I've seen these go for nearly $600 !!

Not a scratch on it...




The neck is a 1997 1st generation small headstock, scalloped rosewood fretboard Yngwie Malmsteen neck!!!

And although I prefer large headstock Strats, I like the small headstock on the early Yngwie Strats. The large headstock on the Yngwie model is too busy with decals, and the wrong trussrod for a large headstock (apperance wise)...

I won this neck for $299...again...AWESOME!!!

I've seen these necks go for well over $600 !!



The neck has one tiny flaw where someone added an additional string tree...but since I play upside down I'm gonna add another tree mainly to cover the hole...




Gold Anodized Pickguard should set it off nicely...


Also, the same guy who I won the body from has this Fender USA Malmsteen wired pickup assembly that consists of a Dimarzio HS-3 in the bridge position and two Dimarzio YJM pickups in the neck and middle positions...







I cant wait !!

[ELVIS]

Maybe I should put a Jimi Hendrix pickguard assembly on it...

Then I would have a SRV YJM JMH Stratocaster...

[ELVIS]

Here's another SRV body on ebay for $449

It's not nearly as colorful as the one I'm purchasing...

Sometimes they're really bright yellow and red and sometimes they are kinda like a dull orange with not much color separation...



I won the body for a lot less than most of the Mexican bodies go for on ebay...

[Panamark]

Originally posted by ELVIS
Maybe I should put a Jimi Hendrix pickguard assembly on it...

Then I would have a SRV YJM JMH Stratocaster...

You would be able to ply that SRV cover of Hendrix then !!

ORRRRRRRRRRIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT !!

So will this be "The Strat" Mr E ??

[jhale667]

Nice score, E!

[hillbillyhell]

Washburn Guitar Body Cherry RED Floyd Rose Routed LOOK Winning bid: US $22.50 Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo Bridge (Chrome) Winning bid: US $20.01 MAPLE GUITAR NECK UNFINISHED FOR STRAT GUITAR NEW Winning bid 1 $ New Seymour SH-8b Invader Humbucker Black $ 28.00 Vintage BLACK Tuning Machines fits Gotoh Strat E16 $15.99 2 Chrome Metal Humbucker PICK UP RINGS for guitar parts price: US $13.00 Ernie Ball Super Slinky Electric Guitar Strings $8.99 NEW~MINT~NECK PLATE~CHROME Sold for: US $1.95 = $ 111.44

[ELVIS]

Ya'll agree with an eight hole gold anodized pickguard with aged plastic parts, or something else ??

And i'm gonna try to go with gold hardware if it's not too expensive...

[ELVIS]

Originally posted by hillbillyhell
Ernie Ball Super Slinky Electric Guitar Strings $8.99

Dude, you got ripped on the strings...

I get 10 sets of GHS Fatties for $20...


And what the hell were you trying to do with all those messed up HTML tags ??

LMAO!

[MAX]

Looks sweet Mr. E!!!

When are you going to post pics of your collection?

Also, have you done anything more on that old Strat you were going to paint metallic?

[ELVIS]

The body is finished...

It's a hard tail '55

I'm going to send the neck out to be finished in a period correct Nitrocellulose lacquer with a new decal as well...

[hillbillyhell]

Originally posted by ELVIS
Dude, you got ripped on the strings...

I get 10 sets of GHS Fatties for $20...


And what the hell were you trying to do with all those messed up HTML tags ??

LMAO!

Where at ?? I have to go to this shitty store '' guitar plus '' to get strings .. And the tags are just something to do ...

[Panamark]

Elvis, gold scratch plate fer sure fer sure !
Aged plastic parts too..

Or

Maybe polished brass knobs ?

[hillbillyhell]

And what the hell were you trying to do with all those messed up HTML tags ??

LMAO!

You like my new one ??

[ELVIS]

Ages plastic parts...

[Cato]

good to see Elvis has no negative feedback on eBay.