My Custom Stratocaster

I love this guitar, but it needs some new guts! Basically its an American Strat made in Corona. The guy that had it before me really fu*ked it up! the bridge was all out of intonation, it doesn't have the original pick-guard so I assume he putzed around with the electronics, when I got it it had a terrible hum, so I checked the trem claw, and sure enough the ground was off. So I've soldered it back on, and set it up, plays beautifully now. He also swapped the neck from Maple to a Mexican Rosewood neck but all the Mim necks are actually made in California, and just sent to Mex for finishing and installation on their guitars so i thought , damn this thing was a great deal so i impulse clicked on the BIN button on ebay.
I plan on putting an LR Braggs bridge on it, and I have some Texas Specials commin in the mail, so next week I'll gut it and put it all back together again, I love messing with stuff ! Can't wait to start tracking with it on the new album.

Thanks for reading this, I wonder if I should document the surgery, and post the pics here in this blog ?? Well maybe.
out,
M
www.martin-richmond.com

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