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I've seen a picture of his guitar you refer to, and it
looks like a converted Strat, with a 25.5" scale. I
think he played a normal Strat when we played with
them. I really liked the Surfcoasters, the whole band
is great, and are real crowd pleasers!
I started this guitar almost three years ago. 22
months ago, I had the second neck's construction begin
because the first neck was a 15" rather than a 7.25"
radius, and the shape was not like my '63 which was
the shape to be copied. The final neck is really nice,
with a very nicely figured rosewood board. Madagascar
rosewood, I think. I didn't want any tint in the paint
on the neck. It's interesting to have the 17th
fret-"A" position, a little easier to get to, and the
extra fret is cool, too. Gotta have for "Slanky",
among others. That trem lock for d-tuning is a must in
my world now. It's got locking Gotoh Vintage keys
which I'm still trying to figure out if they will be
OK with flatwounds.
-dave
--- Brian Neal <> wrote:
> --- In , "stickmandw"
> <stickmandw@y...>
> wrote:
> > I just finished my "Slackercaster" project. Check
> the "Photos"
> > section, Slackercaster folder. It's been a long
> time coming, waiting
> > for the neck to be completed. The guitar is
> Strat-shaped, but has
> > Jaguar {24"} scale neck. It's shape was copied
> from my '63 Jaguar
> > {sunburst}, but, is a little bit wider. The
> tremolo is Jaguar /
> > Jazzmaster style.
>
> Dave, did you know that Shigeo of the Surf Coasters
> has a
> sort-of-similiar guitar? He's got a strat with only
> 2 pickups (neck
> and bridge - strat style I think) and a Jazzmaster
> tremolo....Great
> minds think alike I guess!
>
> What am I thinking...you guys played with them
> earlier this year...and
> I think he had that guitar with them this time
> around...what did you
> think of those guys?
>
> BN
>
>
>
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