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    '63 L Series Tribute

    Finally completed my first relic project this day.Thiis is my tribute to a L series Custom color '63 Stratocaster. The great Butnut,a Fender Forum member ( haven't seen him in awhile) who lives in Hawaii ( lucky bastid) is to thank for the amazing relic poly job.
    Takes skill to relic a poly finish. Its a Jimmy Vaughan Strat body.
    The neck is a USACG neck. I reliced all the Hardware myself ( whoop -ti-do). The Bridge is an American Standard Fender with Callaham block.
    This is just an amateur job. Guitar plays and sounds great.
    Bridge and neck pickups are vintage style Duncans, with the middle being reverse wound/ reverse polarity . The neck pickup is an American Standard Fender pickup.
    Cavity is copper tape shielded, and all wiring is vintage cloth with a Sprague .22 orange drop tone cap and all pots are CTS.
    I couldn't ever figure out how to get the bottom tone control working, so there is no tone control there.
    I'm either going to put creamier pickup covers or less creamy control knobs to match each other. Not sure which, probably the latter.
    I couldn't get any good pictures really, it was overcast here today. I ordered the Mint green guard from Guitar Fetish, and its a very subtle green , which is good cause this guitar is more of a 'closet classic' style relic.
    Yeah, you might have seen these parts before, even recently, but this is definitely going to stay as-is forever.
    I'll try and post a good artificial light picture of the entire guitar to catch the Creamy body color and the minty green guard colors, and the great looking aged hardware color tones.

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    Re: '63 L Series Tribute

    I like that it's not as overdone as most home relics. To get picky, I don't usually see that kind of wear down by the middle tone knob, and I might have put a small chip or two by the cutaway where a ring might hit it. Maybe scuff the pickguard a bit in normal picking positions, and a bit of belt bucking on the back

    Not that I'm a relic guy or anything.
    Several guitars in different colors
    Things to make them fuzzy
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    Re: '63 L Series Tribute

    Quote Originally Posted by Kap'n View Post
    I like that it's not as overdone as most home relics. To get picky, I don't usually see that kind of wear down by the middle tone knob, and I might have put a small chip or two by the cutaway where a ring might hit it. Maybe scuff the pickguard a bit in normal picking positions, and a bit of belt bucking on the back

    Not that I'm a relic guy or anything.
    Thanks Kap'n. By the way, people aren't clamoring to see this, I've got proabaly most of the 12 hits so far just editing spelling .

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    Re: '63 L Series Tribute

    I've got proabaly most of the 12 hits so far just editing spelling
    Been there, done that.
    Several guitars in different colors
    Things to make them fuzzy
    Things to make them louder
    orange picks

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    Re: '63 L Series Tribute

    Whuzzup wid dat bridge pickup?

    The relic job seems restrained and tasteful.

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    Re: '63 L Series Tribute

    I like the look, Jer -- nicely done.
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    Re: '63 L Series Tribute

    too many frets!

    looks cool.

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    Re: '63 L Series Tribute

    that neck is yummy

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    Re: '63 L Series Tribute

    Nice looking!
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