New guitar - the bagpipecaster @!

[bagpipe]

Been putting this one together for a while now. Just installed the new Copperhead pickups and spent some time messing around with the action. Its now playing really nice, although I'm still fine tuning the height if the vintage style pickups. The colour is Burgundy Mist Metallic although it really changes depending on the light.

Here are the specs:
- MIJ body
- Warmoth 59 Roundback neck
- Copperhead 59 pickups
- Wilkinson vintage bridge
- Allparts mint green pickguard with Fender aged pickups covers and pots

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a76/bagpipe200/Strat%20MIJ%20build/MijStratJuly2008001.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a76/bagpipe200/Strat%20MIJ%20build/MijStratJuly2008005.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a76/bagpipe200/Strat%20MIJ%20build/BostonJuly2008242.jpg

[Stratin2traynor]

Very nice. I'm a huge strat fan. What did it cost altogether?

[Canadian Charlie]

I love the colour of your Strat

[Ripper]

Nice guitar, but with a name like bagpipcaster I was expecting tartan.

[Stratin2traynor]

Good one. lol! I wonder if you have to blow into it first??

[Hired Goon]

Beautiful guitar, I love it.

Where did you get the paint job done?

[devnulljp]

Nice guitar, but with a name like bagpipcaster I was expecting tartan.
I was expecting this:

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/5024/bagpipesguitaryx3.th.jpg (http://img58.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bagpipesguitaryx3.jpg)

I like yours better :)

(OK, looks like there's a future for me in the the Iranian news agency (http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/07/iran-missile-ph.html))

[Rick31797]

A really nice guitar, the color rocks>> nice choice>> Nice Job

Rick

[Tarl]

Another vote for that colour.....nice job.

[Ripper]

I was expecting this:

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/5024/bagpipesguitaryx3.th.jpg (http://img58.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bagpipesguitaryx3.jpg)

I like yours better :)

(OK, looks like there's a future for me in the the Iranian news agency (http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/07/iran-missile-ph.html))

Holycrap,that looks like something out of a sci fi movie.

I do like the colour of that guitar though,very sweet.

[RIFF WRATH]

beautiful.........very detailed, interesting colour.

[bagpipe]

Thanks for the nice comments so far. Regarding price, I think I'm at somewhere around $800:


body - $165
neck - $300
pickups - $165
everything else - $170 (trem, pickguard, wiring kit, aged accessory kit, odds and ends - all from Guitar Parts Reource).

I could probably have saved a bit on some of the parts (Wilkinson trem, wiring kit). So far I'm really liking the guitar although I'm still dialing in the vintage style pickups - they're way lower output than the ones on my Tele.

The other unusual thing with this guitar is the colour. You can see in the picture below that it looks totally different when taken with a flash. The 1st picture below is from the seller. The 2nd is indoors without flash.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a76/bagpipe200/Strat%20MIJ%20build/MIJb-mist1.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a76/bagpipe200/Strat%20MIJ%20build/BostonJuly2008246.jpg

[fraser]

thats beautiful bagpipe- nice choice in parts too-
how do you like that neck?

[Budda]

cast another vote for the finish!

is it bad i want that on a tele? lol