Fender US 79-82 heavy ash body + American Vintage Reissue 70s 2011 scalloped neck (another project for myself)

* Fender American Stratocaster 79-82 heavy ash body + American Vintage Reissue 70s 2011 scalloped neck (building the project for myself)

 This will be a good one, as only the body weighs 3.1 kg (6lbs 13oz), and currently with only the neck, tuners, a pickguard(not the one in the pics) and the jackplate...it's at 3.9 kg (8lbs 9oz), and this without the future pickups, internals, and the Callaham bridge I plan to put on.
I bought the neck ''as is'' . It was scalloped in France by a luthier and then re-lacquered (a really nice pro job).

I estimate a final 4.4 kg (9lbs 11 oz) beast 🤘

 

 

Yamaha BB200 setup

* The owner didn't want any extended work, but wanted a DAEB tuning, so I used a 5 string set for this one, and adjusted the nut slots to accomodate the thicker gauge.
Plays great with a low action.

Fender Stratocaster Custom Shop (Relic 60's) work

* Finished working on this Fender Stratocaster Custom Shop Relic 60's

Levelling/recrown/final polish + setup.
Worked on the nut a bit and raised some slots + shined the top as it was scratched.
Owner gave me a mint green pickguard to use so I did the swap (made some gutshots as well ). Tried to get as low as possible with the action,with medium rattling when fretting, about 2 mm at the E's on the last fret (quite good for a 7.25", with no big bends choking out).

A great guitar!!

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PRS SE Tremonti overhaul

A PRS SE Tremonti came in and it needed some work:

- the tuners were quite loose and I had to re-tighten them
- the nut was somehow (owner says stock), cut strangely in an angle on the slots( B stock maybe and they didn't say? heh...), but I didn't see this as an issue , and adjusted the current slots as they were, just a bit as needed
- the fretwire had random usage especially in the middle section so I did a general fretwire levelling and recrown + sanding and final polishing
- fretboard was cleaned and hydrated properly
- the switch had some mechanical issues so I re-bended the inner contacts and also cleaned them(will see if they get loose again in the future)
- had a strange trem cavity situation in which the trem base was actually preventing normal trem use because it was resting and snagging on the body side in the trem cavity,so I fixed this by doing a small routing there,works great now
- contact cleaner on the pots
- setup after all the tinkering and whatnot, with a fairly low action, and proper intonation

Plays great!

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