Supersonic/Telecaster/Strat hybrid build.

NathanStang75

Ok so its not me but a mate of mine, (my supersonics previous owner) , and he's building his own guitar.

Its going to be a long process due mainly to financial reasons but i promise everybody on this forum that it won't take longer than that damn tele bass soldering/photographing project!

Any hoo, i digress.

Basically this is the plan....

He's already got a liscensed Strat neck and the body he's going to have made will be a supersonic shape, (a templete of which shall be taken from one of his own), routed out to accomodate telecaster controls and through body bridge. A humbucker route at the neck and, i'm guessing, standard tele esque bridge single coil.

Any ideas, advice, input would be greatly appreciated as i shall pass info on. Pics and demo shall be posted as and when guitar is finished.

All i ask is patience. I'm gonna help him as much as i can.

Cheers guys.

Edit* p/u and colour scheme suggestions welcome too. 😉

foxyloxy

Sounds Freaking Epic!

I vote for black with red tort pg.

NathanStang75

Good man!

He's having to sell stuff to fund each stage.

foxyloxy

NathanStang75 said: Good man!
He's having to sell stuff to fund each stage.

well it sounds worth it.

NathanStang75

Hopefully it will be.

Gonna try and get some photo's off him.

wadeaminute

My dream custom would be a Fiesta Red Supersonic / Esquire. If I only had an extra neck I'd make it happen.

And I really need to get around to posting my four Supersonics...

NathanStang75

Yes you do indeed!

NathanStang75

ok a little mock up.

the plan is to have a humbucker in the neck pos and he's still not sure about the control panel.

i.e. volume/tone (tele) or volume/volume (supersonic).

foxyloxy

My god i can't wait for this thing to be finished.

paltic

wow...this really sound epic. im intrgued 😛 i vote for the vintage colors - seafoam green or fiesta red!!!...hmmm maybe a competition stripe to put a mustang vibe(but maybe its too much already) 😆

NathanStang75

Calm down chaps!

Patience. 😉

Mustang-Pete

I like it! I think you should go for something more crazy colour wise... Bright orange or something. I honestly think it would suit it! 😀

NathanStang75

Well i'll be seeing him tonight so i'll pass on the ideas.

wadeaminute

I would vote against fiesta red, as that would make it perfect, and then I'd have nothing to live for.

Neck will be reverse headstock?

I think that it would be cool as an Esquire. No neck pickup, and a stacked humbucker (BG1400) in the bridge position.

As for the control panel, if keeping two pickups, I would get a blank one and have only two controls put in: a five way switch, and a kill / stutter button.

One of my SuperSonics has a stacked YJM humbucker, no neck pickup, and a three way with, HB, SC, and off.

Is it going to be a 25.5," or a 24"?

btw - there is a Silver Sparkle SS on Ebay for five more hours.

Wade

NathanStang75

Well, its going to be 24" scale, normal, not reverse headstock, and the colour will be yellow it seems.

paltic

wadeaminute said: I would vote against fiesta red, as that would make it perfect, and then I'd have nothing to live for.

hahahahaha!!!! 😆

NathanStang75

Ok so this is the neck thats going on and it would seem the guitar will be 25.5 scale.

wadeaminute

I've owed pictures for a while, and now I've posted this in four places.

SeriousCat

Holy ####!!!!!!!!

Major GAS attack here........ 😲

gilmourish

wadeaminute said:
I've owed pictures for a while, and now I've posted this in four places.

sorry, but this post really doesn't belong in this thread...