I "tuxedoed" my Strat

AlanRatcliffe

Just swapped the white pickup covers and switch cap for black, and this is what I ended up with:

I've also got a black Strat style S1 volume knobs on the way - not quite happy with barrel knobs on this guitar. I'll probably keep the switch insert part as chrome though, for an exiting "two-tone" look. ?

Heath

she's pretty ..... *drool* , when are you out of town again , and whats your address

andrewjbryson

shes pretty, which pickups you got there??? ....

and the them saddles? ,

i bought the same color pickgaurd for my Strat (white pearl?)

Riaan

One nice looking guitar! I like the tuxedo look.

LMinnie

Once the knobs are on I think it will look even better ?

CornFlakes

You have some series hardware on that guitar man and it’s beautiful….

AlanRatcliffe

Thanks everyone!

Tailon wrote when are you out of town again , and whats your address

I keel you! ?

andrewjbryson wrote shes pretty, which pickups you got there??? ....

Kinman Blues. I contemplated putting a Woodstock in the bridge, but I don't want to mess up any of the other sounds, which are all perfect.

and the saddles?

Graph Tech Ghost piezo saddles on a Wilkinson VSV400P bridge with holes drilled in the plate for the wires.

i bought the same color pickgaurd for my Strat (white pearl?)

Yeah white pearloid. Classy and interesting without being too over the top. I have to make a new one sometime to get a better fit around the bridge and because of the switch hole I filled between the two volume knobs.

Bob-Dubery

Alan Ratcliffe wrote Just swapped the white pickup covers and switch cap for black, and this is what I ended up with:

Looks like one of those 70s strats. They had some with black plates and white pup covers and vice versa. I heard it was because they didn't always have enough parts of the same colour.

What is NOT 70s is the two-tone sunburst. I always liked that more than the 3-tone that crept in in the late 60s.

andrewjbryson

Cool so youve experienced all the Kinman Set's now.... (blues,trads,woodstocks)

which set did you hear first...

and have u heard the Hank Marvin,

they finally upgraded the Kinman website.... was about time , i recon , yes-sir-eee-bob

deanBailey

Really nice ? it suits the black edges

AlanRatcliffe

Bob Dubery wrote What is NOT 70s is the two-tone sunburst. I always liked that more than the 3-tone that crept in in the late 60s.

? The two-tones were all originally three-tone bursts - the three-tone was the Fender burst. It's just the earlier red dyes they used faded very quickly, leaving them two colour. They later changed to metal oxides for dyes, which were much more durable.

Cool so youve experienced all the Kinman Set's now.... (blues,trads,woodstocks)

Yup. Started with the Woodstocks, which are higher powered and warmer, but still have the Strat snap, "quack" and pop. Haven't tried the Marvins tho.

deanBailey wrote Really nice ? it suits the black edges

Yup. I'm going to do a grain enhanced transparent blue next year, but will still do a black burstover at the edges.

toastyrat

Vera Nice! (french accent)