I fear I have another case of GAS building up. Thinking a strat type guitar this time. Maybe build rather than buy. What's up with the reliced guitars? Why would I want to buy a brand new guitar, or guitar body, that has half the paint missing? A lot of them, it's not even missing in the obvious places, like where your arm might rest, or pick wear, it's just random areas of missing paint. I don't get it. Would it be blasphemy to buy a MJT body, sand it down and refinish it? Or even Fender will sell you a body, I could sand off the poly finish and lacquer it. Or just leave it alone. With my bad ears, I probably can't hear the difference anymore anyway.
For your viewing pleasure, a couple guitars that just sit in their cases today. On the left is a mongrel, Charvel neck on a Jackson or Charvel body, I never knew which it was. Floyd Rose, although the tremolo area isn't really routed for a Floyd Rose, it works. I think it had a Schaller trem originally. I installed a 5 way switch and wired it so that you can coil split the humbucker. The other is a Washburn, again with a Floyd Rose. Pickups are switched on and off with the 3 toggle switches, and you can coil split the humbucker by pulling up on the volume knob.
