But then a combination of my impatience, and my desire to finish this in some way kicked in. I decided to finish it with parts I had at home, and I'd spend $50 to get the last few pieces I needed.
Parts:
It's got a Squier VM hardtail body + Squier VM trad neck (that's how i'm telling them apart) with a Brauskoh decal I had at home.
The neck pickup is a Duncan Designed, and the bridge is a ceramic Tele pickup from an MIM Standard Tele hotglued to the inside of the JM pickup cover. It was the only pickup I could get on a short notice where the polepieces sort of matched the holes in the cover since my DD Bridge pickup was dead.
The pickguard is an AVRI tort guard I've had for a while, the Bigsby is a B50, and the bridge is a schaller roller that were both part of the original build Idea.
The 3 way switch came from an old LP copy I had a while back.
The pots are dime size 500k pots from a Vista Jagmaster, and the switch on the upper horn is the original bright/dark switch from my Excelsior.
The knobs came from an old amp orject, , and the output jack came from an old strat jack I had at home.
Basically, the only money I ended up spending was on a set of Fender Klusons, a neckplate and a set of strings at the local music store, which were the $50 I spent.
Anyway, she's a BRIIIIIIGHT sounding guitar, but sounds AMAZING with some dirt. The pickups blend together quite well, and the tuning stability is rock solid. The switch on the upper horn is wired right now as a kill switch, but I might change that later. Also, since I had no foam, I actually put some springs under the pickups, which are actually working quite well. I cut a piece of tort to go over the strat jack, but I think I'm going to swing by a surf/skate shop tomorrow and I'll just put a sticker on it.
Here's pics of the guitar, and the build:
Build:
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