drumrnmuzik Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I have to confess that I have been lured into that thin, high twangy sound that comes from a small single coil next to the bridge of a alder body... yes, I broke down and bought a Blade Guitar, Stat copy. Yes it sounds great, just like I wanted, but, other then the shame of being seen with a generic guitar... it just doesn't fit correctly. My first love, Gibson SG Classic has the strap button way up high around the 23rd fret but a Strat has the strap button on the 11 fret which means that I have to do Kama Sutra type contortions to get up on the 1st string when on the high end of the fret board. It jams my arm into my ribs with the Strat layout. Ok, I'm really sorry to ask, especially when I show up like the prodigal son and all, but does anyone know about a fix? I'm thinking of drilling a hole in the neck joint plate and installing a strap button there. This would center that unmentional body into the right place. If we had 'em over here, I would have gotten an SG raw power and split the pups. Thanks a million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geff Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 take your SG and make a template on paper by tracing around it. Now flip your strat over and place the paper on the back of the strat. Mark out the shape of the SG. Go get your jig-saw and start cutting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert plays a SG? Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 HAhahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahhaa Geff!! Good one!! drumrnmuzik... you got your answer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRom Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Strap button at the 11th fret? I'm having a hard time imaging that, can you put up some pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert plays a SG? Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 He means from way up the neck, starting from the end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumrnmuzik Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 Hot damn and I thought that I'd get some crazy *** answers! I lol'ed so loud that I woke up the guy over at the next desk. I bet that the SG profile would fit in all that extra Strat wood too. Also too, I could tape a bunch of cardboard around it call it a Hummingbird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert plays a SG? Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 drumrnmuzik hahaha That's a fun forum we got here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumrnmuzik Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 Yeah, don't worry though. My other name is thread killer, on the Strat site! ha ha. BTW, how does ZZ Top do that guitar spin trick. You know that one in Back to the Future III? Now that would be way to cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert plays a SG? Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 For that I think you got to install another strap button... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LPC Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 This sad story illustrates the pitfalls of buying a guitar with a strap button in line with the 11th fret. This affects the magnetic flux of the neck pickup which causes a dip around the 1Khz region. I was lucky enough to locate a Strat with the button located in the magic 12th fret zone. Thankfully, this guitar also came with the tone enhancing properties of the single-ply scratchplate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumrnmuzik Posted May 21, 2009 Author Share Posted May 21, 2009 So I can save some jig saw time and just shorten that long ear down 1 fret! OMG!!! It's all so clear now. 80LPC you are so enlightened. If I'm diligent, and pure at heart, do you think that maybe one day I too, can be worthy enough to obtain the magical single-ply scratchplate? PS, I've finished the outline of my SG, so I have the template ready.... so many questions... sigh.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LPC Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Following the template can result in all manner of monstrosities. Here is an example of a job done well. Bear in mind there is the method used by the great Ollie Halsall, who took a wood saw to the upper horn of his Strat, with the intention of 'making it more symmetrical'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumrnmuzik Posted May 22, 2009 Author Share Posted May 22, 2009 I'm getting the idea here that nobody here has ever tried to put a strap button on the neck plate of a Strat.... I guess that you guys wouldn't appreciate my Ford Focus station wagon that I converted into a pick up truck, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LPC Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I would make my own neckplate (or use a steel plate from a copy). Take a steel spacer that you can often find in cars or motorcycles - the kind that stop the overtightening of plastic panels. Tap a thread in this to accept a philips screw. Weld the spacer to the centre of the neck plate, and smooth the weld. Check the plate for distortion caused by the heat, and straighten / smooth on an oilstone as necessary. Fit the plate, fit your strap, then a washer and the screw with a dab of thread locking compound. A larger diameter washer will obviously act as a straplock. I'd be interested to see the Focus pick- up conversion. I was thinking of doing the same to an old VW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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