The Bitzer Partsocaster!

My new, self-built guitar. Loosely based on what I know about Steve Rothery (from Marillion’s) sunburst Strat. Sunburst alder body, 2 x Wilkinson single coil pickups and 1 Wilkinson humbucker (Strats don't normally have humbuckers. They're more usually found on Gibson Les Pauls and the like.) All gold Wilkinson hardware including roller wheels on the trem arm saddle to ensure the strings move smoothly over them with no friction, they then pass over the solid rock maple neck and black bone nut, under a roller string guide, (again, most guitars do not have rollers. This is to reduce friction and cut down on string breakage) before going into gold Wilkinson locking tuners. Rather than the string just being wound through the hole in the tuner, the tuner itself "locks" down onto the string, eliminating string slippage and keeping it's tuning. I've also included a photo of Rothery with the guitar is based mine on.

I think mine's better... :-)

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