Strat build - 2020 build
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- SimpleSi
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Strat build - 2020 build
So I had a chunk of Alder that I recovered from my Ex-wifes place - where I kept it for storage.
I also had a random strip of Mahogany left over from a pedalboard I built a few years back that I've been using as a straight edge for a while.
It's current state is "needs painting and setting up"
Body:
Alder / Mahogany / Alder / Mahogany / Alder
Neck:
Blackwood
Puriri board
Bareknuckle Mothers Milk set
Obsidian Wire 7-way kit
Super-vee Strat Trem
Fender locking tuners
Fender fretwire
Paint will be colour-changing automotive paint - Purple to green to blue.
Pictures that I've been posting to instagram below:
I also had a random strip of Mahogany left over from a pedalboard I built a few years back that I've been using as a straight edge for a while.
It's current state is "needs painting and setting up"
Body:
Alder / Mahogany / Alder / Mahogany / Alder
Neck:
Blackwood
Puriri board
Bareknuckle Mothers Milk set
Obsidian Wire 7-way kit
Super-vee Strat Trem
Fender locking tuners
Fender fretwire
Paint will be colour-changing automotive paint - Purple to green to blue.
Pictures that I've been posting to instagram below:
Instagram: @simonperssonmusic www.Simonperssonmusic.com
Guitars: Duesenberg Julia, DIY Duesenberg Walnut Caribou, DIY Custom Strat, Duesenberg Tom Bukovac Session man Starplayer TV, PRS SE Silver Sky, Maton ECW80C Acoustic, Duesenberg Paloma
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Re: Strat build - 2020 build
partial disposable income and limited spare time?MattH wrote:People like you make me sick.
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Re: Strat build - 2020 build
It's more the skills. I wish I had some!SimpleSi wrote:partial disposable income and limited spare time?MattH wrote:People like you make me sick.
All the gear... absolutely no idea...
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Re: Strat build - 2020 build
That's too sexy to paint!
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Re: Strat build - 2020 build
I'm on the fence - the mahogany chipped out quite a bit during planing.. so I'm using grain fill - and it looks poopjeremyb wrote:That's too sexy to paint!
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Re: Strat build - 2020 build
Love that neck! I 'milled' some puriri a few years ago and should put it to use.
Did you varnish or stain the fretboard?
Did you varnish or stain the fretboard?
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Re: Strat build - 2020 build
Boiled linseed when it had no frets.jvpp wrote:Love that neck! I 'milled' some puriri a few years ago and should put it to use.
Did you varnish or stain the fretboard?
It's gone satin since. Just the board is puriri, it stinks when you saw it..
Neck itself is blackwood, has a really cool black line in it, hence the blackwood I guess.. it's a great quarter sawn piece.
Tru-Oil on the neck itself, only 4 coats.
Once I'm ready to set it up after painting the body, I'll steel wool the back of the neck.
Nut isn't glued yet, because I need to finish and string it before doing final setup.
Body is like 2mm too thin, so the bridge block pokes out the cavity a little, (had to get a bow out of the wood)
So I'm going to double up my trem covers and cut out the middle of one of them so that it's still covered.
You'll see once I get it finished.
I'm not looking forward to painting because I don't really have an adequate place here to paint.. where I lived before the divorce, I had a garage.. my place I rent on my own with the kids has nothing, no carport or shed.. and it feels impossible to sand out all the imperfections... And this paint will show all of them...
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Re: Strat build - 2020 build
If I had your talent I wouldn't have spent all that money on expensive guitars. Nicely done, Simon.
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Expensive guitars can sell if needed lolMolly wrote:If I had your talent I wouldn't have spent all that money on expensive guitars. Nicely done, Simon.
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Re: Strat build - 2020 build
I've sawed a trem block down in the.past, hacksaw will do it, or for a couple of mil, beltsander. redrill holes.of not deep enough.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Re: Strat build - 2020 build
thinking about it, take it off the top, the plate end then take a couple of mil off the screws if needed
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Re: Strat build - 2020 build
How close to the bottom of the cavity should the block even be... Right now it's flush/slightly outBg wrote:thinking about it, take it off the top, the plate end then take a couple of mil off the screws if needed
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Guitars: Duesenberg Julia, DIY Duesenberg Walnut Caribou, DIY Custom Strat, Duesenberg Tom Bukovac Session man Starplayer TV, PRS SE Silver Sky, Maton ECW80C Acoustic, Duesenberg Paloma
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