It’s coming…

[Doctor Jeff]

Ordered these last week. Yes I had been drinking at the time. But I have been thinking about it for quite awhile.

[Doctor Jeff]

By way of background, last year I built a Tele using parts from GFS and sold it at auction for a school fundraiser. The parts cost ~$300, and I sold it for $600.

I was very impressed with the quality of the GFS body and neck. For under $100 each—a steal. The electronics were OK—I would upgrade the pickups if doing again, but nice to have a pre-wired harness with PNP connections.



If you can’t guess, my old high school’s nickname is Big Blue.

I wanted to do a Strat build this time, and would have ordered the body from GFS, but they’re back ordered. I came across these cool Paisley 2-piece alder bodies on Ebay. There was a video of the design process which looked pretty decent, but of course it’s a bit of buying a Chinese pig in a poke. At $169 it was straining the budget, but much less than legit Fender bodies or vintage bodies.

[AllanAllen]

I like paisley guitars. Be sure to post a picture when it’s together.

[DawgBone]

That is a really nice looking strat body.

Mato Nanji of Indigenous used to play those F-hole strats into Matchless amps all the time in the late 90s. Had a great sound with that arrangement even though he blew up his amps all the time, lol. A little more air than a solid body. Good luck putting it together.

[Doctor Jeff]

Well got most of the parts from GFS the other day. There are still a few items I had to order piecemeal off Amazon, cause they were backordered at GFS like a neck plate, back plate, etc.

Once again I am chuffed at the quality of the GFS stuff. The necks and bodies are top notch.

The only thing one might not like is the poly coating. You can buy the necks and bodies unfinished though if that’s your preference.



Dry fit together—the neck fits into the pocket like a hand in a glove.

[Hammertone]

I like your style. That guitar will annoy a bunch of folks. Here's my most recent effort. As my pal Jay said, it has something to piss off everbody.

[AllanAllen]

If you really want to piss people off, but the output jack on inside out. Bubbling up.

[supersoul]

If you really want to piss people off, but the output jack on inside out. Bubbling up.

whoa, conceptual

[Doctor Jeff]

I like your style. That guitar will annoy a bunch of folks. Here's my most recent effort. As my pal Jay said, it has something to piss off everbody.

A left-handed neck? Any particular reason for that?

[Doctor Jeff]

It’s here!

Took about 2.5 hours to assemble. I had to solder the wiring to the jack, otherwise the rig was already wired.

Sounded great when I plugged it in. I need to adjust the tremolo though. Right now it dives down, but need to be adjusted to pull up—springs too tight.

Anyway, always fun to put these things together.

[dconeill]

... nice to have a pre-wired harness with PNP connections. ...

"PNP connections"? Like a transistor? That's probably not what you mean. What is a "PNP connection"?

[AllanAllen]

A left-handed neck? Any particular reason for that?

Makes it look like a Hendrix strat without all the controls and tremolo stuff being in the way.

[Hammertone]

A left-handed neck? Any particular reason for that?

No. I got it in a trade, because I like big necks. This one is from Warmoth. It has a 1/34" nut, boatneck profile, jumbo frets, an extra-thick rosewood slab board, and Warmoth''s standard 10"-16" radius. The reverse headstock was incidental.