A couple of new strats..
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A couple of new strats..
Whilst in lockdown I was quite literally chipping away at this nice block of Ash I'd had sitting around. It has a wicked grain which the TruOil complimented well. AllParts maple neck with large headstock, the Tui hot strat set from Mr Glyn, wired up with a vintage strat kit from Tone Lounge.
Apart from looking cool it actually plays as good as any strat I've owned. Really happy with how it turned out.
After a week or two of back and forth with the seller I took delivery of this sweeeet Charvel Pro Mod Dk24. The "caramelised" maple neck is SO smooth, as is the Gotoh 510 trem. Locking tuners, Duncan pickups and its shell fucking pink, what more do you want?
Although not required in the end a big cheers to Jim for the offer of picking it up and shipping it up to me, GC.
Apart from looking cool it actually plays as good as any strat I've owned. Really happy with how it turned out.
After a week or two of back and forth with the seller I took delivery of this sweeeet Charvel Pro Mod Dk24. The "caramelised" maple neck is SO smooth, as is the Gotoh 510 trem. Locking tuners, Duncan pickups and its shell fucking pink, what more do you want?
Although not required in the end a big cheers to Jim for the offer of picking it up and shipping it up to me, GC.
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Loving it so far
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Schwinnnggggggg!
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interest to hear if you have trouble with tuning stability with the CHarvel..i'm on a charvel page on FB and there are so many complaints about it that are then counter by ones saying "mine stays in tune just fine" .. I always tell those who can't keep them in tune to remove the string trees
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Re: A couple of new strats..
Interesting. I'm one of the never has a problem guys.willow13 wrote:interest to hear if you have trouble with tuning stability with the CHarvel..i'm on a charvel page on FB and there are so many complaints about it that are then counter by ones saying "mine stays in tune just fine" .. I always tell those who can't keep them in tune to remove the string trees
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Damn, both of them are sexy. Especially the one you have put together, great job!
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Mate can you remind me of what you have?hamo wrote:Interesting. I'm one of the never has a problem guys.willow13 wrote:interest to hear if you have trouble with tuning stability with the CHarvel..i'm on a charvel page on FB and there are so many complaints about it that are then counter by ones saying "mine stays in tune just fine" .. I always tell those who can't keep them in tune to remove the string trees
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Mines a San Dimas, got a Floyd and a D-tuna. Was RockBoss Matt's one, MIJ I think, rather than USA.Olderama wrote:Mate can you remind me of what you have?hamo wrote:Interesting. I'm one of the never has a problem guys.willow13 wrote:interest to hear if you have trouble with tuning stability with the CHarvel..i'm on a charvel page on FB and there are so many complaints about it that are then counter by ones saying "mine stays in tune just fine" .. I always tell those who can't keep them in tune to remove the string trees
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Re: A couple of new strats..
Love the truoil strat! I've just done my first truoil finish on an LP studio. First time around, I built up 10 or so layers, but tbh, it started to look like a coffee table. I sanded back to bare wood again, and stopped at 4 coats, with a wet sand between each one with 600 and coconut oil (linseed prob better, but during lockdown coconut was all I had). Worked well though. Realise that 4 coats is a little light, but I seem to prefer a thinner finish that welcomes a bit of wear n tear more readily.
Do you have a magic formula for applying truoil?
Do you have a magic formula for applying truoil?
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I've done a few bodies and necks now, rolled up old tshirt pieces, very thin coats, leave for 20mins between coats and buff with synthetic (plastic) 0000 steel wool before applying each coat.IMOCD wrote:Love the truoil strat! I've just done my first truoil finish on an LP studio. First time around, I built up 10 or so layers, but tbh, it started to look like a coffee table. I sanded back to bare wood again, and stopped at 4 coats, with a wet sand between each one with 600 and coconut oil (linseed prob better, but during lockdown coconut was all I had). Worked well though. Realise that 4 coats is a little light, but I seem to prefer a thinner finish that welcomes a bit of wear n tear more readily.
Do you have a magic formula for applying truoil?
And then I just build it up slowly like that until I get the finish I want, can always buff more with the 0000 of you go a bit overboard, but the key is really thin coats
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No issues so far. I noticed lots of people complaining about tuning woes on the GG sig model, among other things.willow13 wrote:interest to hear if you have trouble with tuning stability with the CHarvel..i'm on a charvel page on FB and there are so many complaints about it that are then counter by ones saying "mine stays in tune just fine" .. I always tell those who can't keep them in tune to remove the string trees
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Nah didn't do anything special. Basically what JB said. I did about 6 light coats applied with a clean cloth, didn't bother with any buffing or sanding. I did leave it about 2 or 3 days between coats though.IMOCD wrote:Love the truoil strat! I've just done my first truoil finish on an LP studio. First time around, I built up 10 or so layers, but tbh, it started to look like a coffee table. I sanded back to bare wood again, and stopped at 4 coats, with a wet sand between each one with 600 and coconut oil (linseed prob better, but during lockdown coconut was all I had). Worked well though. Realise that 4 coats is a little light, but I seem to prefer a thinner finish that welcomes a bit of wear n tear more readily.
Do you have a magic formula for applying truoil?
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no it is these new dk non floyd models mate ... charvels with floyds never ever go out of tunehamo wrote:Interesting. I'm one of the never has a problem guys.willow13 wrote:interest to hear if you have trouble with tuning stability with the CHarvel..i'm on a charvel page on FB and there are so many complaints about it that are then counter by ones saying "mine stays in tune just fine" .. I always tell those who can't keep them in tune to remove the string trees
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