Yes, it is spring again around here, and along with the cleaning comes a new stratocaster project, much like the last one. I'm assembling another white blonde stratocaster, though this time, I've chosen to go with a '99 hard tail body, and matching '99 maple fret board & neck. This one will also have all Fender gold hardware, which makes an awesome accent. But I'm trying something "crazy" for a stratocaster, and installing hum bucker pickups, instead of the standard three single coil configuration. This is a similar setup to the Fender "Big Apple" Stratocasters of the late 1990s. Of course, I'll post pictures as soon as it is finished and properly intonated.