Christodav's MM-1 Custom Order

[christodav]

It hasn't quite arrived as yet, but it's hopefully 2-3 weeks away, just in time for Christmas with a bit of luck.
This will be my third guitar and I hope this will be be my best. I have gone with a rosewood fingerboard instead of the maple, a fixed Babicz bridge and I am thinking chrome humbuckers with coil splits, 3-way switch and volume and tone.
It has been ordered with cream binding and a spalted maple top.
The interesting part of the build will be the finish. I plan to use stain and the 'clear' will be superglue. Yes, SUPERGLUE.
I have done a fair bit of research and I have decided to try GluBoost as a finish. It is quick and easy to apply and should sit well with the spalted maple top.

I am aiming for a result like this.



The thing that I have to work out is the stain colour for the top as the glue is very clear and won't offer a yellowing effect like oil or lacquer.

Anyway, the waiting game continues...

Chris

[pablopepper]

Just watched a video on superglue finishing the other night. Sounds like an interesting and quick technique!

[christodav]

I have already bought the GluBoost, is is sitting in my fridge. I am intrigued to see if it is as easy to use as it seems in the videos I have watched.

Chris

[nitroburner1000]

Sounds intriguing, this will be one to watch.

[christodav]

Not long now!

[christodav]

Just in time for Christmas by the skin of it's teeth.

I also got some of the electronicals. (I purchased this from elsewhere, so I hope Adam doesn't mind me posting a picture?) I did get everything else from Pitbull so far. I am further exploring neck mounting ideas right now and I plan on using threaded inserts and ferrules instead of a neck plate which I am yet to purchase.



I am considering actually filming and uploading this build to show the world. We'll see.
Tomorrow I'll post some pictures of the kit once I have received it. FUN TIMES!

Also, I have a question. I picked up a single push/push tone switch to split the humbuckers, but now I am considering a second switch so I can achieve even more tone variations by having the ability to split them individually. What do you think?

Chris

[Dedman]

I usually use 2 push pulls so each humbucker can be split individually, not much extra cost so why not?
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[christodav]

LOL Dedman, I just didn't think of it at the time. but that's probably what I'll end up doing.

Chris

[Joe3334]

Just in time for Christmas by the skin of it's teeth.

I also got some of the electronicals. (I purchased this from elsewhere, so I hope Adam doesn't mind me posting a picture?) I did get everything else from Pitbull so far. I am further exploring neck mounting ideas right now and I plan on using threaded inserts and ferrules instead of a neck plate which I am yet to purchase.



I am considering actually filming and uploading this build to show the world. We'll see.
Tomorrow I'll post some pictures of the kit once I have received it. FUN TIMES!

Also, I have a question. I picked up a single push/push tone switch to split the humbuckers, but now I am considering a second switch so I can achieve even more tone variations by having the ability to split them individually. What do you think?

Chris

Inserts like this?

[christodav]

Yes Joe, and also Ferrules into the body instead of the neck plate and take a angle cut off the edge of the body and bring one of the holes in a bit. Similar to this maybe but then with the inserts?
http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...?t=2469&page=3

It's a bit of work with little gain, but I like the challenge and the look of it having the detail instead of a simple kit build this time around. also this time around with this bridge, I need to do string ferrules anyway, so that will be a slight challenge in it'self anyway.

Chris