diplomat strat body of doom

sgt mukuzi · Post by **sgt mukuzi** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:24 pm

here
bad wood work here

sgt mukuzi · Post by **sgt mukuzi** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:33 pm

ok guys I know I have been wearing out the diplomat strat, one day its for sale, next day even cheaper, then the next day its gone up again... well on the week end I decided to photograph the neck and body, bridge etc
I found the bridge to be made from one piece of steel, the body made from two pieces of wood and the pickups to have real pole pieces instead of a cheep magnet stuck underneath the pole pieces like on many new improved designs sitting on the guitar shop wall. I have photographed the whole guitar, cleaned and dusted thirty or so years of grime from it. I have bonded with it, I found a loose wire from the tone control and after fixing it the guitar sounds like a strat again, I simply couldnâ€™t believe the tremolo bridge to be milled from one piece of steel, when did fender stop doing that?
I guess all this post really says is the quality is really there when it comes to these old Japanese guitars well thatâ€™s the good oil anywayâ€¦ the bad news is some of the wood working, the routing for the bridge looks like it was done with a blunt chisel the overall routing inside the pick up cavity is a little rough in places but over all not too bad, see pic.
So in the neck cavity you can see a H and an S
Any ideas??

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:35 pm

Jeez, I'm way too old to see anything that small. That's why I haven't had sex in 20 years....

machina · Post by **machina** » Mon May 07, 2007 10:09 pm

Well, I guess that's one way to kill a thread.

Terexgeek · Post by **Terexgeek** » Mon May 07, 2007 10:47 pm

C'mon, penis jokes are the START of great threads

machina · Post by **machina** » Mon May 07, 2007 11:28 pm

sgt mukuzi · Post by **sgt mukuzi** » Thu May 17, 2007 9:38 am

any ideas about the H on the neck pocket?

sgt mukuzi · Post by **sgt mukuzi** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:44 am

this reminds me of my very old prs sig i had many years ago, i used to use tuning forks and electric toothbrushes thru delay and distortion, then the actives started making and strange hum
guitar sold

Some Bozo · Post by **Some Bozo** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:54 am

Basket Case wrote:Pointing a remote (tv/stereo etc) at the pickups can create some sci-fi sounds too.

Anything with an electric motor you can rev up and down for the WIN !

philbit · Post by **philbit** » Thu May 15, 2008 11:57 am

Basket Case wrote:Pointing a remote (tv/stereo etc) at the pickups can create some sci-fi sounds too.

I point the tv remote at the misses,yup she makes a funny noise alright..bloody fembots.

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