New winter, new project.
Strat......
but acoustic.
loose the electrics and replace the scratchplate with a solid front and a regular acoustic bridge with a piezo underneath.
still plays like a strat, but sounds like an acoustic.
So start by buying an encore strat. I LOVE encores. I've had one since 1988 and I prefer the neck to anything squier have ever done, so it makes sense to start there.
Vile, isn't it!
well, it won't be pink for long......
A surprise when I dismantled it was the chipboard.
Routing will tell how much of this actually is chipboard as the neck pocket is real wood......
and I was pleasantly surprised to find that the neck was virtually untouched. no fret wear at all. One less job to do later. Yay!
Now, discovering that there is chipboard in the body sets me off on another track. I WAS going to put a spruce top on there, but now..... hardwood. Gibson used maple on their acoustic Les Pauls and I have some maple in the shed.....
This was cut and stashed away with the intention to make mandolins some day in the future, so I'll be using this as the top......
tent and tape to glue the two bookmatched halves together....
LOTS of tape!
so, once the glue dries, the idea is to trim it to approximately this shape and recess it into the top (leaving room for the sloping top corner of course......
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