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This thing MATTERS.

Here's my choice of body.

It's not too clear on this picture, but in the neck joint cavity is the familiar Fender 'authorised' logo. Again I chose this body partly because of the very high build quality.

The body is constructed with a back of Louisiana Swamp Ash and as you can see a highly figured maple top.

What you cannot see is that this body is in fact hollow. There are numerous chambers routed out of the swamp ash and the maple top caps off the body very nicely.

This allows this body to be very light (3.2 lbs) and also makes this guitar resonate in a way that standard strats cannot.

This is one way that I achieved my sound criteria from the outset - a brilliant sustain quality.

You will notice that the back of the body is finished in simple black and this colour way goes well with the purple figured front of the strat.

The dimensions are classic 62 strat without the weight and the contoured body form as you can see is the real deal.

This is a body that looks like a standard strat with nice figuring, but as you now know, exceeds the specifications in many ways.

Guys often ask how this guitar can sound as good as it does - well now you have an insiders secret - this thing is way past being a strat body, this is the real deal but with all the things you always wanted.

If you're building a strat for your dreams well why not.

This body FYI landed in the UK with shipping & duty for less than £400 (or US$600).

Notice that the body has no predrilled holes of any kind other than the neck joint. I opted for a body with routing for a 62 Fender tremolo, but there were options for Floyd Rose and other choices so there is no need to think you cannot have what you want on your strat - after all, whose guitar is it anyway!

I did actually get warmoth to route the tremolo hole. They did not drill out the tremolo holes etc, because at the time I was toying with a number of other choices of tremolo, but I eventually did go with the 62 Fender tremolo as per my original specification, fancy that!

Lastly, take it from me, that if you cut corners with the body of your strat, then you will pay later, either with a poor sound, poor resonance, extra weight you did not need or even poor sustain qualities. Save up the dough and get a decent body and neck.