Gavmeisters ASH Strat

[Gavin1393]

As she arrived...
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[Gavin1393]

Mixed my own concoction of Stewmac RED with some Shellite and acrylic laquer.
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[Gavin1393]

Sanded back the RED and now my pants are covered in Concho Girl Pink...how did that happen?
Gave this a light rub down with the dregs of what was left in my Dark tease bottle......
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[lawry]

Man... That grain really calls.

[Gavin1393]

I have ordered in some really nice Rio Grande pickups to go in this strat. This will be my second set after the first lot I purchased impressed me so much!

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[gavinturner]

Nice Gav, very nice. That grain is something else! Great work with the stain and rub-back.

cheers,
Gavin.

[stan]

great body - the little knot near the jack area is a nice accent

[Gavin1393]

Coloured and cured....
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[Gavin1393]

Buffed up and ready to start putting on some upgrades...
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[wokkaboy]

wow Gav love the colour and the red pick guard matches perfectly. Upgrades look good, this axe will shred !

[keloooe]

The depth of the colour is amazing there Gav, should look real sexy with the upgrades!

[Gavin1393]

Thanks Guys! Spared no expense on the upgrades too! Completely blew the budget! Oops.....other half coming this way....where's the bl**dy delete button...

[Brendan]

Gav,
When has a guitar come in under budget for you? :). PS - aren't you supposed to be working?

[lawry]

That looks really hot!

[Gavin1393]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from Brendan on December 9, 2013, 14:01
Gav,
When has a guitar come in under budget for you? :). PS - aren't you supposed to be working?

According to the Minister for Finance and She who will be obeyed......Never!!

[Gavin1393]

Started preparing to put the pickups into the pick-guard. Discovered that the pickup cavities in the pick-guard were too small so had to rework them to get them bigger. Put in some awesome rio grande pickups but the neck pickup doesn't fasten onto the black fibre bobbin so this is an issue for Realtone to sort out for me. Will let you know the outcome.
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[wokkaboy]

wow Gav that looks stunning, colours match great. You must be happy with this project ! Keen to hear these Rio grande pickups !

[Gavin1393]

This is my second set. I'll never personally use anything else, they are THAT good! Realtone have agreed to send me a new pickup but it will only get here in January...so this project is likely to be delayed.....

[wokkaboy]

you can always put the supplied pickup in for the meantime Gav. I'm looking up the realtone site, are yours the dual calibrated or the dirty harry set ?

[Gavin1393]

Dual Calibrated......They ROCK!

[wokkaboy]

so did you order them from realtone Gav, worth the $259 ? I might wait for a demo if I come up to use the buffer before xmas

[Gavin1393]

I ordered from Realtone, have sent you an email.

[maxaxe]

Normally I favour plain/unpatterned pickguards, but this little number has really changed my perspective.
Just brilliant integration with the strongly grained ash and your body colour choice.
Overall finish is A1 as well.
The waiting is the hardest part . . . who sung that?

[stan]

love the red!

[stan]

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers sung it

this is sweet Gav, dont forget a vid with sound - really want to hear this one!

[Gavin1393]

Copper Time!!!
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[Gavin1393]

Out with the solder iron and do some wiring!
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[Brendan]

Hey Gav - telling you how to suck eggs, but you might want to shield that pickguard :).

[wokkaboy]

probably doesn't matter but your middle pickup is upside down Gav. Looks like you've done some mods, that selector switch doesn't look standard or the cap

[Gavin1393]

Entire thing is modded....
I put the pickups in so that the "Rio Grande" engraving on the pickups was all facing up the right way looking at the pickguard...and wondered myself why the uniformity was broken...but it was late and the beer was running out in the naughty room....

[Gavin1393]

Waiting for replacement pickups still....but in the meantime have finished painting the neck. Full fret and fingerboard treatment planned.

[Gavin1393]

Need to go shopping for some strings!
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[Brendan]

Another great guitar Gav! Your truss rod covers arrived yet?

[AJ]

stunning matey!

[robin]

Geewiz Gav, I didn't think I was going to like this one but she has turned out a stunner. Well done mate.

rob

[Gavin1393]

Thanks gents! Comments are much appreciated! Truss rod covers arrive in Feb, but wont fit on a strat regrettably!

[lawry]

All previous compliments confirmed. I like the way it almost looks like marble. Gorgeous, Gav. The guitar, not you. Although? ;-)

[Gavin1393]

Have been told the replacement pickup is on its way so thought Id finish up the nut and put in the string tree's!
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[Brendan]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from Gavin1393 on January 3, 2014, 17:41
Thanks gents! Comments are much appreciated! Truss rod covers arrive in Feb, but wont fit on a strat regrettably!

Sounds like you're forgetting DB's mantra! Only kidding - looking nice and neat - can see the acoustic builder coming through!

[Gavin1393]

Some GOTM style photo's....
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[jarrod]

Thats pretty dam special Gav

[Gavin1393]

Some Nice Locking tuners went on this one.
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