See this guitar here That is my "Nunostrat" - as I call it. It had been about some years before that name stuck which was when I stained the body the colour it is now and due to the hand staining and teak oil finished neck, Strat look and twin humbuckers I thought it a bit like Nuno Bettencourt's (Extreme) famous N4. However it's origins lie in about 1981. I decided building my own guitar better (cheaper?) than buying one. I was young and foolish. Now this was in the days before lots of DIY guitar stuff was available but inspired by Brian May, Stephen Delft (magazine articles in International Musician) and Adrian Legg (Customise your guitar book) I bought a body and a neck from Touchstone Tonewoods and hardware from all over the place. My Dad helped the initial assembly which was good since at the time I'd have probably made a complete hash of it! Why a strat with two humbuckers? Well in 1981 you couldn't buy one like that and A...
