My "Black Cat Strat"

[Superbeast520]

My "Black Cat Strat"

The Details:

Warmoth AAA Flame Maple Neck
  
Vintage Modern
1 5/8"  Nut
Fatback Contour
SS6100 (Stainless) frets
Tuner ream (13/32")
10-16" Compound Radius
GraphTech Black TUSQ XL Nut
GraphTech String Tree
Vintage Tint Gloss finish by Warmoth
Gotoh Antiqued Delta series locking Tuners 21:1 gear ratio


Warmoth One Piece 3lb 7oz Alder Body

Black Gloss finish by Warmoth
Custom made 1/8 thick Black Acrylic pickguard
Callaham Vintage Model Bridge and hardware
Callaham H/SRV pickups and electronics
 
 I aged the guitar parts to look good and be comfortable, rounding the knobs and plastics and sanding off the Gloss on the neck and rolling the edges,
as well as aging the hardware to match the antiqued tuners. It feels like I have owned it for years.

 The Fender Gilmour Guitar goes for 4-5 Grand, I wouldnt trade this one for a Gilmour and I paid less than half that.


 Did I mention how fricken awesome this guitar sounds ...... It sounds awesome!!!  

 Thank you Warmoth  

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You can view my first Warmoth Superstrat here:     http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=50.0

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[kboman]

Oooh, smooth! Very Gilmourish, with some personal touches. I like the bridge pickup angle! But no vibrato arm?

[Superbeast520]

 Yeah I will get it in the next pics...

[jimh]

I like that.... You got some major gloss going on. 

[22frets]

Man that's a nice build.  The gloss is fantastic.  I'd say this fits in the category of "...none more black."   

[nathana]

Don't usually like black guitars. This one is an exception! Somehow, it looks both classy and killer! 

[Marko]

very nice! I like 1 ply black on black so much better than the usual 3 ply!

[Superbeast520]

 Thanks, I wanted this to be a plain but tough looking guitar that would look cool playing metal, rock or blues yet still be a traditional strat, the devil is in the details. 

[CrackedPepper]

Beautiful - what did you polish that with?  I'd like to get that kind of shine on my truck!

[rockskate4x]

how does the rev. angle pickup sound?

[Superbeast520]

Beautiful - what did you polish that with?  I'd like to get that kind of shine on my truck!

 I guess you could give Warmoth a call and see if they would run your truck through their paint dept. 

 The pickups sound Great!!!.... they're Callaham's, Hendrix/Stevie Ray Vaughan Specials .....(cryogenically treated Lindy Fralin Special winds)...as expected the bridge is a bit darker in the high notes than if it were slanted traditional strat style.
 I wouldn't change a thing. 

[exaN]

Siiick Strat!

The reflections on the body are kinda disturbing in the pictures though

[Superbeast520]

Siiick Strat!

The reflections on the body are kinda disturbing in the pictures though

 yeah I know,  I just laid it outside and took some quick pics, it seemed impossible to not get a reflection so I just went with it, thats one thing about Gloss Black its like a mirror, Im gonna try again in a different setting one of these days and switch some or all of these out.

[Superbeast520]

 

[TroubledTreble]

Man that guitar looks like candy. I would be afraid to play it the finish is so perfect. Great concept and execution!

I'm not typically a fan of black on a guitar but this makes me think better about it. I'm glad you didn't put gold hardware on it. If I had a black guitar I would make it just like this one.