Custom Stratocaster

I used a caliper to measure the neck screws inner diameter and thereby select the appropriate drill diameter, also, marking the depth with ...

For my Fiesta Red Strat, I wanted a vintage look all the way around, so I choose a classic 'F' logo neck plate.

You should use a soft cloth to protect the finish on your body as you install the pickguard. If you have carefully trimmed and routed the w...

I had built this Stratocaster quite a while ago.  At that time, I had purchased a fully loaded pickguard with Fender 69' Custom Shop...

If you want to further distinguish your guitar as a custom guitar, you might add a custome neck plate. You can get them laser etched or st...

Like the smaller holes for the pickguard and output jack, I have filled the neck screw holes prior to painting and now clear them out with ...

Here you see that I am clearing out the filler that I had previously used to keep water out of the holes in the body. This filler nevery h...

I find that SwitchCraft makes the best output jacks. I am very carefull when performing this last soldering step. The last thing you need...

It is important to ground your tremolo to help minimize any unwanted noise your guitar might generate. You can also see the first steps wh...

As always, I am very careful to select the appropriate diameter drill and mark the depth so that I will neither drill to deep or too shallo...

The final product. The guitar looks great, sounds and plays even better. I thought I would sell it, so I left the stickers on, but I love i...