What would be the best way to cut the headstock? was thinking kind of like a strat headstock.
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What would be the best way to cut the headstock? was thinking kind of like a strat headstock.
Done.
Attached the neck fitted the bridge and re-did on of the solders and now it's basically done. Just gonna sort out the intonation and action on Monday w my guitar teacher. Here's the final...
Got some more stuff for the kit today
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Engraving place closed till Wednesday :(
I know it;s been a while since the last post so here's an update:
I've finished the staining and finishing (body 2 stain, 2 intensifying, 2 final all bushfire sunrise. Neck 2 stain, 2 final)
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So I think I'm going to go with feast Watson black for the top. I want to darken the fretboard a bit what due would be best for this and is there anything to worry about with the inlays (triangular...
Picked up the missing control plate from the post office today. Finally the kit is ready. On the walk back home thought about the guitar and totally changed my plans as far as staining. I'm thinking...
Put first final coat on body and 2nd final coat on neck. Manage to work out the kinks with the body with some sandpaper, steel-wool and elbow grease. Pics to follow
Any advice in advance on how to finish in regards to bindings( will be going w DT uluru red)?
Woo! the new control plate is in the mail:)
So today I was going to start with the final coat on the body and noticed some small bumps and particles in the finish (see photo). any recommendations on what I should do? thanks in advance.
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Thanks Wokka the Jack plate and Jack are both there just not the control plate. I'll send of an email
Actually looks a bit darker in person
Thanks Wokka for the quick respond, I didn't even have time to get the pictures. Anyway I'm very Happy with this depth. Is there anything i should be concerned with as far as weather goes? it's been...
So this is the mock up build.
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So as a birthday present a bunch of my mates went in on this kit for me.:D. I may delay this one a bit in favour of finishing my Yb-4 however I've always wanted a guitar with a bigsby (the first...
So on Saturday I put the first coast of intensifying and I think it's just about where i want it. Any tips for finishing (especially regarding the neck)?
Pics to follow
So did another coat of bushfire sunrise on the body and a cot of 5:1 mission beach to bush-fire on the neck. i think it's looking pretty much exactly like what i had picture (maybe a bit deeper on...
So Today i sanded and put the first stain coats of mission beach and Bushfire sunrise. The mission beach was more yellow than i anticipated but i thinks it'll still be good.:D
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Thanks heaps WeirdBits. I'm probably going to use the stock brigde. just tested and compared to my brother's G&L bass and it looked fairly similar. I'm going to start sanding tonight and hopefully...
So i did a mock up build. looks good. only one issue. the fingerboard sits a couple mm above the body. how should i go about fixing this?
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So I'm building a YB-4 as my first build. I'm going to post up a mock up tonight but I did a quick one yesterday. Looks good and I'm really keen to get it going. I'm going to stain it using DT...
So this is my first build. A YB-4