Late in 2007 I decided to build a parts caster, a Stratocaster type of guitar built from parts available from many different sources. I built the above guitar but was not yet involved with installing and wiring pickups. This guitar had a number of problems, most importantly the neck did not set correctly on the body. That was fixed by using a shim. Still, the guitar was far from perfection. The body came to me in blue. I used two or three different reds and applied french curve scallops with an oil pen. Curiously enough the body was eventually sold to a fellow in Paris.