Project Dave Murray-ish Strat PICS

[StukaJU87]

Here are the pics of the Dave Murray style strat I pieced together. On this guitar are parts from FirebirdV, *eleven*, and Charvel750. The guitar has a '91 Fender American Standard body and trem, Warmoth birdseye neck, 2 Dimarzio DP 100's with chrome rings, 2 Volume, 3 way Switchcraft selector, Sperzel lockers. I wired it and (Chris)FirebirdV did the setup. Chris' buddy Jim slotted the nut for me. While not an exact replica of Daves' '57 strat, I feel it kinda captures a bit of the Murray vibe.

[Mr Graphic]

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I like it [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[Venomboy]

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Very nice! I always wanted a Murray Strat.

[StukaJU87]

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oh yeah and a chrome floyd

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">There was no Floyd on the black Strat that he used in the early years. And yeah, I know it is not exact and was not meant to be. [img]graemlins/brow.gif[/img] Thanks for the compliments. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Budman68]

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Good job Scott!! [img]graemlins/toast.gif[/img]

Dave->

[Venomboy]

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I think on the 57 strat he added a Kahler around the Live After Death stuff. He had another black one with a Floyd.

[StukaJU87]

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I was using my 1982 tour program as a "rough" reference. (yes, I am old and saw them on the # of the Beast tour, in NYC) Back then he had a vintage trem on the 57. I saw no advantage, from a players perspective, in changing the 2 post over to 6 screw, since it is not a dead on copy.

[Number Of The Priest]

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That is awesome! Love that birdseye neck. [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] I never understood why Dave had pickup rings on a pickguard. [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[Budman68]

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Originally posted by Number Of The Priest:
That is awesome! Love that birdseye neck. [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] I never understood why Dave had pickup rings on a pickguard. [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Personally, I just think they look better. Humbuckers(IMO) look "lost" without the ring in pickguards. I must admit though, in some applications where the humbucker is directly mounted by itself in the body of a trans-finish guitar, it looks pretty nice.


Dave->

[Firebird V]

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It looks great (in person too [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] !) I gotta say that it sounded really sweet too. If Scott ever wants to sell it I get first dibs!

[StukaJU87]

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Chris:

If Scott ever wants to sell it I get first dibs!

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You got that right, bro!

[InFlamed666]

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looks very good... can you get a good murray esque sound out of it? [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

Theres a guy in the USA whos made a pretty exact copy on eBAY of a dave murray strat circa live after death::

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...category=47070

I had a black strat with floyd rose and dimarzio pickups too, but with a rosewood scallopped neck... it was swart but more shred than maiden [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[Manyaxes]

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Those strats are 200 to 250 all day long! just throw in some humbuckers and try to get 500! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] What a racket!

[StukaJU87]

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C'mon man, it's got a D. Murray pick super glued to the headstock!!! Easily worth the $500. [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Number Of The Priest]

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Hmm, I was under the impression that Dave's black Strat had DiMarzio Super Distortion pickups in both the neck and bridge positions and he left the middle single coil stock... but I could be TOTALLY off.