Yamatji SC1 - Semi-Scratch Build

Yeah I've taken more off the top since this pic. It's sits just flush with it now.

In other news: I've decided to stain it. I'm leaning towards a black/orange burst like this:

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I know I'm never going to achieve the same level of awesome as these, but I really like the look!! I might try an inverted burst with black up the middle with orange on the inner edges, then black again on the outside.

I've settled on my control configuration too:

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Wow! I really love that stain and I'm looking forward to the rest of your build!

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Oh HELL YEAH! That is looking the bizzo Daryl. Great work!

Awesome work Dazza that will look sick in those stain colours

Cheers guys. Amazing what you can do with a few bits of wood and imagination!!


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When I designed this shape, I noticed that an LP isn't perfectly symmetrical, especially towards the front with the top and the cutaway, so I made sure I made every curve perfectly symmetrical before I reshaped the cutaway on mine. Making it pointy seemed more along my tastes and seeing as I was doing away with a set of control knobs, having the switch way up the top seemed pointless. This gave my the option of making the top horn a little more decorative seeing as there wasn't any need to house he switch there. I'm happy with the outcome but will probably take one more build to perfect it properly as I've learned a lot of what I should and shouldn't be doing with this build. So much fun man


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Cant wait to see this pan out. Looking the goods definately

Been a little inactive on here of late. Don’t have a lot to update but I can say that I’ve pretty much refined the carve now so it’s not so intense. Smoothed out a few high spots to get it a little thinner on the sides.

Have cut in the headstock shape; I’ll be sticking to the same shape as the other build - it’s really grown on me now.

The control cavity is all shaped and routed and I’ve made a cover out of the leftover mahogany for it. Sanded it back so it sits in nice and flush.

I’ve decided to stain the back in black. Not far off the finishing stage now. Can’t wait!

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Black metal monster! Love it! :)

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Black metal monster! Love it! :)

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Cheers. It’s funny you know - I love metal, and I play metal, but I can’t stand too much gain. I’m still caught on that old 80s tube sound; the overdriven tone of Jake E Lee and Zakk and Randy. I like how you can hear all the notes but it still screams and wails. I don’t like fuzz. I like the sound of AC/DC open chords and stuff. Dimebag had a great sound too - extreme but never mushy.


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Cheers. It’s funny you know - I love metal, and I play metal, but I can’t stand too much gain. I’m still caught on that old 80s tube sound; the overdriven tone of Jake E Lee and Zakk and Randy. I like how you can hear all the notes but it still screams and wails. I don’t like fuzz. I like the sound of AC/DC open chords and stuff. Dimebag had a great sound too - extreme but never mushy.


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Dimebag....that outro riff in the Great Southern Trendkill...great fun to play and wonderful to listen to.

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Dimebag....that outro riff in the Great Southern Trendkill...great fun to play and wonderful to listen to.

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And Use My Third Arm. The sound in that is absolute extreme perfection!

I love the sound of Zakk on Parade of the Dead. Overdriven but clean. That’s the sound I enjoy in a guitarist. I was listening to Perry Mason the other day - off Ozzys Ozzmosis album. The guitar in that is cool. Just accentuates the vocal/verse and everything perfectly. Nothing overplayed or too repetitive. I want to write that kind of music.


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And Use My Third Arm. The sound in that is absolute extreme perfection!

I love the sound of Zakk on Parade of the Dead. Overdriven but clean. That’s the sound I enjoy in a guitarist. I was listening to Perry Mason the other day - off Ozzys Ozzmosis album. The guitar in that is cool. Just accentuates the vocal/verse and everything perfectly. Nothing overplayed or too repetitive. I want to write that kind of music.


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Perry Mason...great track. The first non Sabbath bit of Ozzy i had ever bothered to listen to.

Somehow I had missed this build and just caught up with it now.

Awesome work so far Darryl. Still considering the orange/black stain theme or back to original natural idea?

I agree on your taste :)

Wow Darryl, this is an awesome build, it’s coming along really well

Thanks for the kind words guys. I think I’m going to stick with the orange/black combo. The natural finish is still appealing ... but I think I’ll stick with the coloured finish instead. I want to hit it with black first to pop the figuring before I add colour to it.

Anyone got any thoughts or suggestions either way?


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That orange/black finish will look fantastic! Hit it with the black, then play with the orange, and see how it turns out.

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That orange/black finish will look fantastic! Hit it with the black, then play with the orange, and see how it turns out.

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Tend to agree.

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So decided on a black back. Finishing process initiated. Will post pics soon


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Behold! The finishing process has begun!! Really loving the colour scheme I chose!!

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noice one Daz looks sick !

Oh my.... You've got me!!!!

Very noice indeed.

First run of Nitro. Starting to really pop now!

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looks excellent Daz, you must be stoked with your first scratchy !

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looks excellent Daz, you must be stoked with your first scratchy !

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Oh yeah man! Next one is going to be the whole hog! Already thinking about how I’m going to construct a neck and what materials to use. I’ve learned a lot from this build. More so than the kit build


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This is looking awesome. Well done.

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Oh yeah man! Next one is going to be the whole hog! Already thinking about how I’m going to construct a neck and what materials to use. I’ve learned a lot from this build. More so than the kit build


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There’s a good book by Melyn Hiscock that goes through the process quite well for LP style and fender style necks. Depending on what you you can get your hands on you can do single piece or laminated blanks, the challenging bit is laminating the angled headstocks

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There’s a good book by Melyn Hiscock that goes through the process quite well for LP style and fender style necks. Depending on what you you can get your hands on you can do single piece or laminated blanks, the challenging bit is laminating the angled headstocks

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Yeah cool. I’ll look it up! Seems like the most challenging part of a scratch build, but want to do it so have to have a go one day


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That should have been Melvyn Hiscock
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Mock-up looks not bad

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That gold hardware is looking very good! Said it before and saying it again; I love it!

Yeah it’s coming up pretty good. I’m going to stain the headstock tonight. Thought about hitting it with straight black, but I think I’ll try for the same coloration as the body. See how it looks then if I don’t like it, I’ll spray over it


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Headstock is almost done. Once the lacquer sets I can start wet sanding and final finishing before installing the hardware. Fun times!

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Shiny


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That thing is badass!

looking awesome Daz, you must be getting close to putting hardware on ?

Thanks guys. Close to finishing but I’m not rushing. Want to do it justice. I’m changing out the nut and frets before I install the hardware. Got Dunlop 6100’s on the other build. Going for the 6000’s on this build though


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