Mutt done

[Travis]

Mexican Strat alder body, Mighty Mite birdseye maple/maple neck, black hardware, A5 59/Custom hybrid. All that's left is swapping the gold tuners for black. So far, it plays extremely well and sounds f'n sweet.

[Surgeon]

I'm not a strat man but that looks simple and sweet...congrats!

[Travis]

It's pretty much a one trick pony right now. But so far, it does that one trick extremely well. Perhaps some day I'll add a DPDT switch to it so I can split the pickup and get a couple different sounds from it. But I'm in no hurry right now.

[ArtieToo]

Thats gorgeous. I disagree with Surgeon.

Its a TraviStrat. You "need" to add the coil split switch. Tastefully. Somehow.

Artie

[Surgeon]

Thats gorgeous. I disagree with Surgeon.

Its a TraviStrat. You "need" to add the coil split switch. Tastefully. Somehow.

Artie

Wait a minute... I said it looked sweet even tho I'm not a strat-man...

[Pierre]

Perfect. No other words.



Ah wait... Floyd?




Hehehehe sorry dude someone HAD to say it right? I had plans to do this to a MIM for a bit actually, transform a bog nornal black MIM Strat into a superstrat. I like how yours turned up a lot.

[ratherdashing]

Very cool! You should definitely put in a push-pull knob for a coil split as per Artie's suggestion ... unless supreme simplicity is your goal.

Where's the pickguard from?

[ArtieToo]

Wait a minute... I said it looked sweet even tho I'm not a strat-man...

My mistake. I agree completely with Surgeon.

It's Wednesday . . . .

Artie

[Travis]

The pickguard is from Warmoth. I was going to go with black pearl. But a couple of minutes before I went to the website to order it, I found the white pearl, single hum guard for less than half price. So, in the name of frugality, I went with it instead.

Artie, how big of a hole does the DPDT switch require? I could always move the volume knob up a touch and use the existing hole for the switch. I just want to make sure the knob is out of the way of my picking hand. The only complaint I have with my Charvels is that the volume knob is so close to where I position my right hand.

[kramer]

Great looking axe!, the fretboard looks like it has some nice figure too. Single hum superstrats are the new black.

[Travis]

Perfect. No other words.



Ah wait... Floyd?




Hehehehe sorry dude someone HAD to say it right? I had plans to do this to a MIM for a bit actually, transform a bog nornal black MIM Strat into a superstrat. I like how yours turned up a lot.

I thought about a Floyd. I actually have a spare chrome Schaller just sitting around not being used. But, for the purpose of simplicity this time around, I went with the traditional trem. I just don't use a Floyd all that often, so I didn't see the need right now.

Be prepared for my next project. I'm going to do an oiled mahogany H/H Tele with a strat style fixed bridge, STB. I'll keep updates coming on that one.

[JeffB]

That is one sweet KISS strat!

[Rocker35]

Looks great. Hows the figuring on the MM neck? Was thinking about getting one for my Squier.

[JacksonMIA]

Lookin' good, man. With black tuners it will be perfect.

[joelap]

I'd like to see a close-up on that neck as well, if you have a chance. And could you compare the mighty mites quality to the quality of a Mexican Fender or Warmoth? How does the neck feel and play?

Looks killer BTW.

[ErikH]

Doesn't get any simpler than that. Nice.

[Gamera]

A5 59/Custom hybrid

Interesting. That sounds like it would be a pretty good fit for an alder SuperStrat.

[yeti]

How about a push/pull on your volume for the coil split? That way you don't have to add any holes. I'd leave the gold tuners, adds a little sparkle to the mix. The ladies will find it sexy .

[Mr Wolf]

I really wanna make a project so bad. Though just not sure if i could handle to costs to get it all completely done. Sometime one day

[Travis]

Here's a closeup of the neck. The Mighty Mite neck actually feels really good. It's the second MM neck I've used, and the first one was reworked quite a bit before I got it (refret, re-radius, etc). This one had some good fret work done on it before I got it, also. I've not used a Warmoth neck before and the MIM neck that was on it had vintage frets which I do not like. So I didn't spend a lot of time with it.