First True "Frankenstrat" Build

[Old Music Guy]

This is my latest. Birthed at 10pm last night.

I've done some mods on other guitars, but this is my first built from parts. It certainly presented some issues, but it also allowed me to test out some theories.   

The body is a Fender MIM Squire. It's soft white pine.

The neck is a MIM solid maple, with maple fret board. 

Installed is a Fender Micro Tilt adjustment. 

The pickups are Duncan SSLs (SSL3 neck, SSL5 RwRp middle, SSL1 bridge).

250k linear pots with an .022uF Mylar. 

Hard tail, top loaded, 6 saddle bridge. 

.09 NYXL strings

Since I've heard so much about "tonewoods" as body materials I was interested in the tone when coupling a soft body, and a hardwood neck. I can attest that is DOES impact tone. Not negatively, but there is a distinct difference. The pine body tends to attenuate high frequencies. Mids are chimey, but it's bass dominant.

THEN, I ran it through a Keeley 4 knob compressor, and a Tube Screamer into a Fender Blues Deluxe Reissue (volume 3, T/M/B/ flat, some verb) With the comp at 50% and the TS set light, this guitar came to like like I've never heard. 

Anyway, here is a pic. I would be grateful for feedback. 

 

 

[desertbluesman]

Looks good nicely done.

[Larryz]

It looks very nice and I'm sure it sounds great from your "like like" comment. It's great fun when a project comes to fruition and pleases you. I like the stop tail bridge concept too.  Hope it sounds great clean without the tube screamer kicked in as well?  Love the maple neck too...😎👍