Showing posts with label ebay bastards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ebay bastards. Show all posts

Thursday, 31 March 2011

Getting Bits Together


Well in my quest to recreate this guitar (with little or no wood work involved) I have purchased the following things already :-
  • A Black and White Strat (Squire body , Fender neck i reckon from the eBay photo's) ,
  • Mirror pick guard,
  • Chrome telecaster style control knobs
  • A 3 way toggle switch that Tom uses as a kill switch.
So far I have the Knobs and the Kill switch , with everything else still to come .

I know anyone who knows about Tom and his guitars will say " He uses a Floyd Rose!!!" .
Unfortunately my answer to that is Grrrrrrr eBay bastards ...


I was bidding on a Fernandes "The Function" that was near enough perfect for the build, however I was outbid by 2 Pounds with 2 seconds to go , and to reroute my body would cost 200quid at my local music shop or 70 if I sent it to london and that doesn't included postage or the fee's to set up the floyd rose . So because of the fact I'm a working stiff with a wife and kids ,it means I have had to let it go and just try to get everything else as accurate as I can.

Maybe the Gods of eBay will let me have a break next time , by making the pickups suddenly appear in my hands......



*Close's eyes really tight , clicks heals 3 times , and then knocks on wood*

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Grrrrr , eBay bastards...