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@@AndrewAHayes There’s definitely some cross pollination! The original Fender Performer dates from 1985 and the Fly was released in 1993.

@@GreenpointRemembers Welcome! Thank you for subscribing!

@@tannermcintosh1071 What did you do to yours? I sold my Tele after banging my hand on the cramped cutaway too many times.

​@@DominicPiscopoFigidiniHill i basically made it into a similar shape to jerry Garcia's tiger guitar with a small hand saw and files coated it with tung oil and added a single Gretch lap steel pickup and it plays great . i really agree that learning how to build guitars or atleast modify them improves your playing .... lmao the top cutaway on the tele feels like a spell of anti ergonomics or something

@@DominicPiscopoFigidiniHill the shape is actually quite performer like

@@tannermcintosh1071 I’ve seen a few Tiger inspired builds that look like the Performer.

@@tannermcintosh1071 Thank you!

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I'm dedicating it to the sacrifices of our family and ancestors and to those who further the knowledge and education of humankind regardless of the risk.

Yes, but it is more like a standard modern Strat rather than a rounded compound curve.

I did that to a small degree when I filled the paint off the inside. A better way in general is a full depth plug but I am using items at hand. That same poplar is being cut into the pick guard backer template.

@@davidmarkham4391 I appreciate your reply. I spent years doing purchasing and logistics so if I’m spending my money with a 3 week project deadline I absolutely care. This one is about the service or lack of service from each retailer and source. Wiring instructions or at minimum a source for them should be expected and of all places Stew Mac failed. Amazon messed up everything. The LMS was cheaper, faster and benefits the musicians working there directly. Don’t worry, now that everything is finally here I can get back to work on what we all came here for.

This is probably the best reaction I’ve ever received! Short story is the pickups have separate outs called Ric-O-Sound. The bridge goes to my guitar set up through a whammy & cocked wah & the neck pickup has another clean path along with the piezo which runs through a TS style pedal. They all go back into the same Voicelive processor with a little mixer…check out my videos on the “EveRig” and my Piezo modification on the 4005XC. It’s a very weird rig built for everything including Vox and a mono out to an amp or PA. Cheers!

Thanks! I do similar mods to strats too.

Literally name your price for just an unfinished diy performer body (with everything added to it so it’s ready to be finished)

@@_metal.militiaI’m prototyping some right now. I hope to have bodies for S, and T guitars and J bass swaps.

@@DominicPiscopoFigidiniHill great!!! Thanks.

@@jamesoniris2647 Glad you enjoyed it! I’m working on even more chaos and fun for the final and full build videos.

@@rockeroller Thanks! I would likely go with HB’s if it were a 24 fret like the original John Page designed performer, but I have another 2 HB guitar build planned. My goal here is to tweak the things that I’m not fond of in a strat including the 5 way, plus changing the orientation and adding a metal plate underneath the bridge pickup to beef it up. The new pickguard will indeed have a performer based shape.

@@thecreepycrawl1413 Thanks! Post it if you do one, it’s been a fun one to attempt. For an instrument I’ve never once seen in person it sure has a lot of fans out there.

@@danrunnoft6642 Great point. It’s also a great option when you can’t splurge on tone MDF.

@@dave7-95 Thanks for watching and the encouragement!

@@1980JPA Thanks for the tip, I had those two switched…explains the taste and the shrunkage.

@@DominicPiscopoFigidiniHill 🤣🤣🤣

@@Valdetron That and a bit of Parker Flycaster.

Good point. Don’t gut, this is about reusing a discarded body. I knew as soon as I posted about a Performer reshape the internet would be immediately suggesting those or a blank instead of this crusty old Strat. There’s more on this deliberate body choice later…

@@robertwayne6537 you and me both! It’s turning out better than I expected. Just need the switch and guard material to arrive.

@@danrunnoft6642 good observation. It’s the little things that count…to ten in this case.

@@1-eye-willy Stay tuned!😉

Not really, he's saved a ton of time rough cutting, making a body template for routing, plus all the sanding, thicknessing ...not to mention routing out the neck pocket and pickup/control cavities front and back .Much easier how hes doing it.

You sound like the guy who says "You should have done 'this', while having no idea, or the intelligence to understand why someone does something other than your way. I say: you should have...

@@mdshack6371It’s cool…they bring up a salient point that I will address later. Can’t elaborate or I’ll spoil it.

@@papasmamas1thanks, it’s been a fun one to tackle and I’m excited to play it completed.

@@TheCornBanana Thank you, it was my Grandpa’s proudest civic achievement. It sets our city apart and it is better for our collective well being to have open vistas.

Glad to help out…9000 is really too much power.

@@aliminjuna3932 Haha! Thank you! The final version will be so 80’s that we’re all gonna sprout shoulder pads.

I can’t help you there. I am powerless against it’s sonic palette, versatility and playability.

@@kenkramer6529 Thank you Ken, I’m glad you enjoyed it! My grandparents really loved San Diego.

Thanks so much! I never got that one trick pony stigma…there’s more attack dynamics and tonal control than people give them credit for. Blend knob is a gem.

Thanks for watching and subscribing! This 350 Liverpool gets to have all of the fun and my RG continues to get case rash.

Damo was one of my favorite voices in music. Fearless spontaneity and truly beyond words. Thanks for checking it out!

THAT guy can play!

Thanks! I was at a swap meet and saw the squashed combo outline hidden in the HM… just by dumb luck a 25” 24 fret neck will line up. They are fun projects to level up the ‘ol woodworking skills. The wood in them is hit and miss as in sometimes it’s more glue and “woodish product matrix” than actual wood. Be prepared to have the collectors market trash you for modding a HM museum piece.

That’s so cool! Thank you for letting me know. TBH I was kind of annoyed and embarrassed when pictures of my own builds started popping up in my own Combo 850 image research I’m like, no google…get me real ones! Good luck with your project. I found a larger Carlo robelli version that I’m turning into a hybrid acoustic guitar for camping. That and the horseshoe rebody are up and will be documented once the studio is done.

Thanks!

All skate! Roll bounce!

Thanks! The Ric helps distract from the questionable dance moves! The Alesis AirFx motion effect controller. My favorite effect and instant dance party since ‘02. Everyone slept on it th-cam.com/video/91RXoRpLelc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-RoDMz57cSjZScRT The board before I re package it for travel. th-cam.com/video/Re2XOyi5DYY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=A7pisGmbYjiqN1On

Thanks. That's a very unique set up!@@DominicPiscopoFigidiniHill

And this version is even dialed back from full psycho. There used to be a whole other MIDI hemisphere of pedals with circuit bent stylophones and mutant music toys tossed in just to make things even more difficult.

@@DominicPiscopoFigidiniHill idk who hurt you, but you’re getting even just fine lol

​@@Earthwormjimm The first time I liked music as a kid was "Valley Girl" by Frank Zappa then on to Spike Jones and his City Slickers. Any normal sense of musical expression never stood a chance.

Yup home of US law too. Your ethics at stake if you want to break it. I found out too late that it was a mistake both in playability and ethics which is partly why I made the video. Every fake Ric I see is pretty much an anemic solid body, they sound nothing like a real chambered Rickenbacker. It’s as effective as a Ferrari kit car built on a 4 cylinder Fiero chassis. It’s not fooling anyone at the race and going to suck out on the track.