tribal girl
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OK, so I wasn't sure whether I should post this here, or over in SO. So feel free to move it on over if you like.
Last year I begrudgingly paid quite a hefty amount of cash getting someone to fix up my Fender Jaguar. I would have been more inclined to do it myself, only what with the amount of wiring, and given the cost of the guitar itself, I was understandably quite reluctant to do so. Not to mention a bit worried about messing it up.
Anyway, fast forward a few months and I recently decided to do a bit of modifying myself. I've had this cheapo Strat copy for over ten years now, and it's never been quite right. So instead of selling it for next to nothing, I've decided to take the plunge and fix it up a bit myself.
Here it is:
So far I've taken all the hardware off and separated the neck (which I'll be keeping) from the body. My dad's gonna strip the paint and respray the body and headstock all white using this method: http://www.shredaholic.com/painting.html
I'll be adding some brand new machine heads, a new jack socket, and I've ripped out the old tremolo bridge and I'll be replacing it with a hard tail one instead:
Also, I've got myself a loaded scratchplate on the way with a humbucker in the bridge position:
It seems there's only two wires which need to be soldered (one to the jack, the other to a piece behind the backplate), so it all seems relatively straightforward.
But I guess the main reason for starting this thread was to see whether anyone else has experience in this field. Have you built a guitar from scratch, given your guitar a complete makeover etc. If so, what tips can you offer a technophobe such as myself who's eager to add their own personal touch?.
Last year I begrudgingly paid quite a hefty amount of cash getting someone to fix up my Fender Jaguar. I would have been more inclined to do it myself, only what with the amount of wiring, and given the cost of the guitar itself, I was understandably quite reluctant to do so. Not to mention a bit worried about messing it up.
Anyway, fast forward a few months and I recently decided to do a bit of modifying myself. I've had this cheapo Strat copy for over ten years now, and it's never been quite right. So instead of selling it for next to nothing, I've decided to take the plunge and fix it up a bit myself.
Here it is:

So far I've taken all the hardware off and separated the neck (which I'll be keeping) from the body. My dad's gonna strip the paint and respray the body and headstock all white using this method: http://www.shredaholic.com/painting.html
I'll be adding some brand new machine heads, a new jack socket, and I've ripped out the old tremolo bridge and I'll be replacing it with a hard tail one instead:

Also, I've got myself a loaded scratchplate on the way with a humbucker in the bridge position:

It seems there's only two wires which need to be soldered (one to the jack, the other to a piece behind the backplate), so it all seems relatively straightforward.
But I guess the main reason for starting this thread was to see whether anyone else has experience in this field. Have you built a guitar from scratch, given your guitar a complete makeover etc. If so, what tips can you offer a technophobe such as myself who's eager to add their own personal touch?.