For those that might be interested in building their own Frankenstrat guitar I have put together a bit of a help list to assist in that process. This list shows all the things you will need to build one f these guitars yourself as well as links to the videos I made doing the Frankenstrat guitar build.

u FRANKENSTRAT SUPPLY LIST u

 

o STRATOCASTER BODY WITH FLOYD ROSE TREMOLO SURFACE ROUT

o STRATOCASTER NECK WITH FLOYD ROSE NUT MOD

o FRANKENSTEIN PICK-UP (OR SUITABLE ALTERNATE)

o 1 SET SCHALLER 6 IN-LINE TUNERS (NICKEL FINISH)

o 1 FLOYD ROSE TREMOLO SYSTEM (ORIGINAL TYPE)

o 1 FLOYD ROSE LOCKING NUT (R3 OR R4)

o 1 STRATOCASTER 3-WAY PICK-UP SWITCH

o 1 SINGLE COIL PICK-UP WITH RED BOBBIN FIBER

o STRATOCASTER TOP MOUNT JACK PLATE

o ¼” OUTPUT JACK

o 500K POTENTUMETER

o MODIFIED 3-LAYER PICKGUARD (B/W/B)

o NECK PLATE W/ 4 SCREWS

o 2 SCREW-IN EYELETS FOR STRAP

o 2 OVAL REFLECTORS (AMBER)

o 6 ROUND REFLECTORS (4 RED & 2 AMBER)

o SOLDERING IRON W/ 60-40 ELECTRICAL SOLDER

o 1 CAN BLACK LACQUER

o 1 CAN WHITE LACQUER

o 1 CAN RED SCHWINN STING RAY PAINT (KOOLEST KOLORS RED) (https://www.koolestuff.com/store/p63/koolestkolorsaerosolspraypaintcans.html)

o 1 BOTTLE TESTORS SKY BLUE ENAMEL PAINT

o 1 FINE PAINT BRUSH

o 1 ROLL OF ¾” MASKING TAPE

o 1 ROLL OF ½” MASKING TAPE

o 1 ROLL OF ¼” MASKING TAPE

o SINGLE SIDED RAZOR BLADE OR SCRAPER

o 220 & 400 GRIT WET-DRY SANDPAPER

o AND LASTLY, YOU’LL NEED PATIENCE AND GOOD ATTENTION TO DETAIL TO ACHIEVE THE PROPER RESULTS.

THE TAPING AND PAINTING SEQUENCE FOR A FRANKENSTRAT BUILD CAN BE VIEWED IN MY YOU TUBE TUTORIAL VIDEO HERE: