for the second time. It ended up under a blanket on the couch and someone sat on it and splintered the neck. It began life as a Kramer "Eddie Van Halen" strat copy (that red white and black thing) and I couldn't bear that, so my first step was painting it. Well actually my first step was to take an air-powered sander to it. Looking for less noise, I replaced the original hot pickup with an emg, which I now regret doing.
So anyway, now I have a new Fender neck and nice new volume knob but I want to spend some more time on the finish before choosing the rest of the hardware.