Dedmans RD kustom

[Sonic Mountain]

Looking good Dedman.

[Andy40]

mmmm walnut.......

[stan]

Oh, Deddy, that looks great

[andrewdosborne]

Oh yeah nice and headstock binding!

[Fretworn]

Is that how you are going to orient the pickup. In my brain is looks back to front.

[nitroburner1000]

I was cruising through the PB site one night and came across this kustom kit that the factory had gotten wrong, the buyer had wanted a different veneer, I wasn't going to do any more builds this year but....I have a weakness for single pick up guitars and you know gotta have something to do on those days where it's cool enough to work in the garage.

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It has a glue in bound neck, is fender scale, a single humbucker routing with the typical 3 holes for pots. There was the first issue. I don't need a 3 way switch on a single pick up ( I'm using a humbucker sized P90). So, I've filled the jack socket on the edge of the body and will run the jack in the end hole in the top and have the Vol and Tone as well. I had a gold Schaller tail piece in my pile of stuff so I ordered a matching bridge and have drilled the holes .A fair bit of glue refused to come off but I've managed to disguise it fairly well I think. Gold open back tuners are coming and I have a bone nut to go on and should all look good with the dark walnut stain.
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I just hafta say Deds, you always know exactly what you are going to do, i bet even before your kit arrives, no indecision, a man who knows his own mind, and all original ideas, to those about to rock......we salute you!

[Dedman]

Fretty, I hadn't even noticed that, I just plonked it there for a quick pic.

Thanks Nitro, I do plan stuff out in detail before I buy a kit, mostly to make sure I can get the parts I want and that they will fit or can be made to fit. The reason I had the Schaller bridge sitting around was that I'd rush bought it and hit the wrong item about a year ago. I figured I'd use it on a ES or Starcaster build one day but lets face it hollow bodies look better with a trapeze or a Bigsby so it found a home here.

This is the last guitar for a while however. I have a couple of basses planned for next year

[wazkelly]

Good to see you are planning to balance things out by adding a few Basses to your collection. Which ones did you have in mind?

[Dedman]

a HB Bass, been meaning to do one for ages, and ........ something I kinda kustom/Frankensteined, but a suitable partner for the DM-1 (think single cut with a V head stock, ordered this ages ago)
But that won't be till after the worst of summer, then I'm off to Japan end of March early April to escape the Comm Games and do some oddity hunting and see some bands.

[Dedman]

Glued the neck today, everything lined up nice.
Yesterday I made a brass control cavity cover and truss rod cover, they are currently in my brass tumbler ( used for cleaning ammunition cases) getting polished. Tuners have arrived, decided I may as well go with a brass nut as well, that's due tomorrow along with a Vitamin T capacitor. All going well, I should be able to start clear coating on Friday or Saturday.