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Originally Posted by DrNomis_44
I like that bridge you've ordered it looks sweet.
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I've lost count.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrNomis_44
I like that bridge you've ordered it looks sweet.
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Originally Posted by Andy40
Haven't ordered it yet but will do soon mate, I had a chrome Bladerunner Bridge on my Black Fender Mexican Strat and it did seem to work well, installation was relatively painless cause it was basically a drop-in fit, I'm going with a set of Sperzel Lockers this time round, and I bought a nice Mighty Mite all-maple neck with a satin finish on eBay that's got a 9.5 Inch radius on it, which I want to use, the PBG neck i ordered with the new white Pearloid Scratchplate is going to be a spare neck, I'm going to use all the original Entwistle ASN57 pickups cause they're fine, and all the other bits of hardware on the original pickguard too, hopefully she'll be a good strat once I've finished.
Just realized that I only have three more pages in this thread to go before I get to the 100th page....haha.
I'm just wondering how much of the guitar that was at the start of the thread is still here...the body?
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Originally Posted by Dedman
Most of the guitar is still here, and I still have the original neck too, I decided to return it to a standard strat cause installing the Floyd on it didn't work out the way I was expecting it to...I'm considering it a lesson learnt.....lol.
I'm not a fan of Floyds, we'll see how I go with the Strat I'm about to do, when it comes to trems I'm kinda hooked on Bigsby's
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Originally Posted by Dedman
Bigsbys are actually pretty cool, I think Jerry Donahue has one on one of his signature Telecasters, a mate of mine has one installed on his hollowbody Bird guitar.
And Brian Setzer, from the Stray Cats uses Bigsbys too.
Update:
Some of the clear finish on parts of the body didn't dry with a nice glossy finish, so I had been debating in my head what I could do to improve things, I finally decided to try something different, I've decided to sand back the clear finish all over the guitar body and try using some White Knight Clear Gloss Lacquer to clear coat the body, I got pretty good results when I used the Clear Gloss Lacquer on the back of the neck for my Headless Guitar after spraying it with about four coats (I believe, going by my memory), and I found that the Clear Lacquer I used didn't take very long to dry, so, that has encouraged me to try doing that to the Strat body, will see if I can buy some White Knight Clear Gloss Lacquer from the big green shed next Tuesday, will keep you guys up to date, stay tuned.
Note: Doing this is probably going to earn me some time in the naughty warehouse, I'm not really worried about that though.
I just had a bit of a thought, what if I gave my original idea of spray-painting the guitar body a solid gold colour a try after giving it a good sanding-down?, it would help to hide the doweling of the 10mm holes in the body, furthermore, the grain pattern isn't really that spectacular.....hmmmm.
Update:
I'm seriously thinking of re-finishing the strat body in a solid gold colour as per my original plans, just wondering if there is going to be any issues with applying a Lacquer based spray-paint to the body over the remains of the DT Coolangatta Gold?, I'm assuming that it'll probably be okay if I first give the body a spray all over with some wood primer, then give the primer a light sand, and then spray paint it.
Update:
Woohoo!!! The new White Pearloid Scratchplate I ordered for my Strat has turned up in the post just a few minutes ago, hopefully I'll be able to get the Strat back up and running in a playable condition soon....feeling pretty excited about this.
Can't wait to be able to play the Strat through my Marshall amp......hehehehe.
Doc I thought this build already had a white pearloid pickguard ? It's been so long since you finished it I can't remember
page 97 can you milk this thread for a ton ?
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Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Yeah it did, but when I went to install the Floyd Rose trem on it I had to cut-away some of the plastic from the original Scratchplate to provide clearance for the bridge, I'm changing the trem-system back to a traditional style Strat Trem, but it's going to be the Gold SuperVee Bladerunner Bridge this time, if I kept the original White Pearloid Scratchplate there would be too much of a gap between the sides of the bridge and the Scratchplate and it wouldn't look good, so the original one had to be replaced with a new one.
Hahahaha....yep, I'm trying to milk this thread for all it's worth, aren't I, whatever it takes to get to the 100th thread page...lol.
I guess that serves myself right for not learning my lessons, doesn't it mate?.....hahahaha.
Here's a pic of the new 22 Fret Mighty Mite Strat Neck I'll be installing on the body of my Strat:
Attachment 13475
I'm also going to go with a set of Sperzel Locking Tuners, like these (6 In Line Staggered Height):
Attachment 13476
And the Bridge, a Gold Super Vee Bladerunner:
Attachment 13477
mmmmmmmm gold
Attachment 13489
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Originally Posted by Dedman
Hahahahahaha....good one, you just made my day mate, cheers.
I'll have to tell his Fahja about him hoarding all the gold, but I think he was lost in an unfortunate smelting accident......hahahahaha.
Been doing some sanding, sanding, sanding and....yet more..sanding.
I hear you, I have two sanding at the moment, FrankenWashie and an SV-1.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrNomis_44
Yay for SANDING!
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Originally Posted by FrankenWashie
Yep, I'll second that,.....yay for sanding, sanding rules..Oi!
Yes, if you truly want to relax, Zen-out, meditate, etc, then there's no substitute for sanding, my friends, it's the ultimate.....hahahaha.
I wouldn't get that carried away Doc and Frankie, there are much more exciting parts of the build than sanding !
wha?! You mean it gets better than sanding!?Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
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Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Yeah I know, but nothing can compare to rubbing a sanding-block back and forth against a piece of wood, it strangely has a relaxing effect on me, some other guitar builders might get a bit antsy, but not me, I don't know about Frankie though.
I found my ultimate state of Zen through sanding.
haha no worries Doc but I bet if you had built about 60 odd guitars the joy of sanding (what an oxymoron haha) wears off pretty quick !
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Originally Posted by wokkaboy
That's true, I guess it's because I haven't built that many guitars, I'm still a newbie at this guitar-building business, even though I attained the rank of Overlord Of Music, I'm glad I got into this guitar-building stuff cause I've found it fun so far, yes I have had some setbacks but it's been great so far, my guitar-build collection isn't as extensive as yours though.
Wouldn't mind building a Flying V guitar that has a Floyd Rose on it one day, by Flying V I mean the traditional Gibson one, I saw one in a magazine in the 90's and thought it looked cool.
V is very high on my to do list Doc.
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Originally Posted by Dedman
I reckon every guitarist needs to have some kind of a V in their collection.
hey Doc resurrecting this thread and you are on page 99 mate, so close to the ton build diary !
I got a couple of V's with tune o matics in my collection but one with a floyd rose would be cool. I got a Randy Rhoads Jackson V has a floyd on it, that's fun to play
MMM Flying V goodness.....
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Originally Posted by wokkaboy
I might see if I can have a yarn with Adam about doing a custom order of a Flying V with a Floyd on it and see what he reckons, but I'll wait till he gets back from China cause I've got two guitar builds to work on in the meantime.
I've just added the Flying V with a Floyd Rose Trem to the new kit ideas thread.
And yep, we now have only one more page to go till we get to the 100th thread page, so I'll keep on batting on.
There you go
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you can get it with light up fret dots too :P
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Originally Posted by Dedman
Hahahahaha....it looks great in that pastel shade of pink....hehehehe.
Hey Doc, I've kinda lost track of this thread, are we at 100 yet!
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Originally Posted by andrewdosborne
We're currently on our 99th page, just one more to go till we get to the 100th.
hopefully this post gets Doc to the big ton !
EDIT CONGRATULATIONS DOC FOR REACHING THE TON AND attracting a heap of thread jackers hahah
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Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Cheers mate, it was a good innings too....*cue Richie Benaud saying "Marvellous effort that"*....*Crowd goes wild*....hahahaha.
I welcome all thread-jackers.
Wow, you finally made it and before Xmas too Doc!
Well done and here's hoping you might be able to squeeze out a double ton perhaps?
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Originally Posted by wazkelly
Cheers mate, I will do whatever it takes to get to a double-century.
Just realized that I even managed to get to the 100th post a day before my birthday, which is tomorrow.
Hope you have a very happy birthday tomorrow. No big milestone like DB's??? His would have required a fire permit if someone was to light up that many candles on a cake. Mind you I shouldn't talk as I have few more years on him but when you reach this stage of life you tend to stop counting.
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Originally Posted by wazkelly
Cheers mate, I'm turning 47 tomorrow, just three years shy of 50, geez, has 47 years really past?, the years go by quickly don't they?
Bet you don't feel much older than mid 30's.
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Originally Posted by wazkelly
Actually no, when I wake up in the morning I feel like twice my age, or 94...lol.
Update:
Okay, I just got back from visiting my local big green shed....I know, I know...more time in the naughty warehouse, anyway, got some supplies for some projects I'm working on this fortnight, I managed to get some gold spray-paint for the Strat body, and some Metallic Blue spray-paint for the HotRod Strat body, and some more stuff to build the pedal board with so these projects can finally go ahead.
Here's a pic of the Gold Spray-paint can I'm going to be using, it's a very bright-gold colour, hopefully it should look cool with the White Pearloid Scratchplate:
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Just checked and yes, I reckon it should look cool with the Scratchplate, even the gold colour of the knobs matches the colour of the top of the can, so I'm happy.