 Here she is: The DG-07. This is an upgrade from its previous life as the DG-77. I assembled vintage-reissue parts to resemble David Gilmour's guitar of choice, a tuxedo black, modification scarred 1970 Fender Stratocaster. His guitar has changed numerous times over the years. To read about its evolution, Bjorn Riis at Gilmourish.com has done a great job of aquiring (and making sense of) the technical aspects of its history. While I'm not trying to create a museum piece, I did want to echo the current look and wiring set-up of the original. I still have the major set-up to do and I think the nut will need an adjustment. At this point, the strings have only been on for about 2 hours. But here's what I've done: I installed the neck this morning (fit like a glove) but it will take a few weeks to settle in and stabalize. I added a switch to activate the bridge pick-up independently. I've kept the FS-1 bridge pick-up that he used throughout the 70's - he may still be using it - I don't know. I just love its tone. And because I'm a stickler for quiet, the guitar's complete interior was shielded with copper and everything is specially grounded. This makes for a very clean, buzz- and hum-free guitar. That's what it doesn't have. What it DOES have is incredible sound. It did have a rosewood neck before which gives a guitar a darker tone. So, I was expecting a bit of a shift upwards in the tone but this new maple neck adds a level of brightness and snap I wasn't expecting. It's like all this time, this Strat had been sleeping. Now it's suddenly got more of those great, classic Strat tones. The result is an astonishingly quiet, totally vintage (sounding) Strat. These latest revisions bring my version more up to date with the original. More about this guitar as it settles in and I make my adjustments. We'll see how this guitar reveals itself...
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Keeping Up With The Gilmours 
