Well, I'm going to stay home for another semester now instead of going to a ridicuously overpriced private school (20G) and I'll be using a state-funded $2500 scholarship I received out of high school to pay for one or two community college courses. Here's how it works though...you register for your classes, the state sends the school the money, takes out the amount necessary to pay for the classes, and then writes you a check for the remaining amount. Cold cash...a couple dumb gen eds at a CC is going to cost about $300 bucks, leaving me atleast two-grand once I pay for books, not to mention the amount of money saved by not going to a private school at this point and the fact that I'll be working a fair amount considering I'll only take 6-9 credit hours. So, how am I celebrating this joyous occasion???
***FENDER CUSTOM SHOP STRATOCASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!***
Oh yes, that is exactly what I am going to do. Even my dad who hates me buying so many expensive guitars didn't mind the idea and he'll probably even chip in some himself. So, now I get to design my dream guitar...here is what I'm thinking...
Elliot's Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster
-The Look...
-Candy Apple Red finish
-gold hardware
-white pear pickguard
-standard white volume and tone knobs
-white pickup covers
-The Sound...
-3 single-coil Fender Vintage Noiseless pickups
-25 db active mid-boost circuit
-a 0-25db boost manually controlled
-volume control (top knob)
-master TBX tone control (middle knob)
-active mid-boost control (bottom knob)
-hard-tail bridge
-I think graphite saddles are the new thing...
-set up for .11's...
-5-way pickup selector
-The Neck...
-flamed-maple wood (oh yes...)
-vintage tone finish
-soft-V shape ('60's shape, pleasantly plump...
) -mother of pearl small diamond inlays
-gold vintage style tuning machines
-I'm being told that the graphite nuts are the way to go as well...
-22 vintage style frets...
So yes, as of now, that's what I'm thinking for my Custom Shop Strat...the electronics are based on Clapton's signature model as I have really fallen in love with that wonderful midboost. Thanks to the custom shop, I can get my favorite aspect of the Clapton strat in MY strat!!! As I don't use a tremolo, the hard tail bridge will be great for keeping strings in tune and I'm told that graphite helps the strings in tune as well if you're bending a lot. I've got a talk a bit more about details with the good folks at elderly, but as of now, I'm pretty set on what I want. This is more or less the guitar of my dreams right now...literally. I'm a lot more of an electric player than an acoustic player at this point and I'm a die-hard strat fan. I love the vintage looks of guitars, so the more "yellow" neck will be great with the classy candy-apple red finish and the gold hardware. The flamed maple neck will just be insanely gorgeous as well...wow, I'm so pumped. Certain things may change, but this is something that I think I'll really love...a guitar that I'd be playing til the day I die. I'm tempted to have some special inlay done, but I'm not really sure what yet...any ideas? Let me know what you think!
