really Glenn, could have fooled me, those pics it looks as black as the ace of spades !
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really Glenn, could have fooled me, those pics it looks as black as the ace of spades !
I've been finishing the neck over the last week and am finally happy with it, so this evening I installed it. That involved measuring, sighting over the bridge and up the neck multiple times, and then holding my breath while I drilled into the neck with it clamped in place. Once I'd done that I placed the scratch plate in and verified the bridge placement, and attached it. That was enough for tonight, so I completed the mock-up and took a few happy snaps for you good fellows! I'll finish hardware installation and wiring over the next few days, and then we'll see what the beastie sounds like!
Nice Glenn, it's really looking the business now.
Looks amazing GGP! We need some pics in the sunlight!
cheers,
Gav.
nice one Glenn on the home stretch now.
As Gav said daylight pics will give us more of an idea what the colour looks like, looks like a really deep blue with the flash.
She's gonna be a stunner !
Outdoor, sunlit photography will have to wait for the weekend. Plus, it's fun keeping you all in suspense!
In the meantime, I have the thing wired (and tested), bridge fully installed, and the output socket screwed down. As mentioned in another thread, I managed to screw the head off one of the screws attaching the scratchplate, so work has had to stop until I solve that problem. I mean, I could glue the head back to the shaft, but in the expectation that I'll want to take it off again a few times for various modifications in its lifetime, glue is not a sensible solution. So, it's down tools for the moment. (Souvenir broken screw photo below.)
Hey Glenn, altho I've never been a fan of blue or green guitars (with the very rare exception), yours is certainly one of those exceptions ... that's a seriously lovely shade of blue you've created for your ST ... top job!
... and bummer about the "screwed" screw - I guess you could say you just lost your head!
bwahaha! :D
Being unable to finish installing the tuners (and therefore set up the guitar)I've done pretty much everything else now. The rear cover plate is on, the strap buttons are on, and the headstock decal is on. Pretty pleased with this one!
Daylight shots of the GuiTARDIS. Front.
Daylight shots of the GuiTARDIS. Back.
And here's the opposite angle on the body, front and back.
Looks great Glenn, the colour has really worked nicely and looks even better with the plastics on. The screw breakages are so infuriating and fixing them is going to be pain, but just look at the guitar you'll have in the end... worth it. Hang in there.
nice one Glenn looks a treat mate, is it all wired up , hows it sound ?
Time to get the mower out and mow the lawns buddy ! haha
Thanks Weirdy, I'm hanging in there, and I still have the Yellow Peril to play. Wokka, it's wired up, but I can't finish the set up because I can't fit two of the tuners (broken screws). So the whole project is now on ice until I resolve the broken screw situation.
Loving that blue mate. Pity about the screws but I'm sure you'll have her up and running in no time.
Will be returning to wrap up this project some time soon. Phew! That was a long six months.
Welcome back Glenn! Nearly at the finish line!
GuiTARDIS, very funny and cool
Welcome back Glenn. Look forward to seeing this axe finished. We just got Barge back on the forum yesterday so it's been a good day for forum come backs
The Stewmac screw extractor kit is fricken brilliant. That is all. :-)
Okay, so, the beast has been finished for a little while, but I was so pissed off with the experience, and distracted by what else was going on in my life, that I didn't bother to tell you guys about it. I still have a bit of "sitar" buzz on the B-G higher strings, but I'm otherwise very happy with the result. Plays better than the Yellow Peril!
And here's the images to got with what I intended to post above!
Looks great Glenn. What's the finish? Is that DT black stump ? Nice grain showing thru..
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Welcome back Glenn, great to see it finally finished.
Nice work GGP. She really looks the business! Great to have you back.
Cheers,
Gav.
Love the black with the grain showing, looks good
nice one Glenn, welcome back and good to see the Guitardis finished
how does it play and sound ? Is it stock hardware ?
Welcome back Glenn.
Hardware is stock. Plays beautifully. Nice easy action, standard Strat sounds. I have it going through a Roland Street Cube, with the digital amp emulators, so I can get a really good range of sounds out of it. Very happy with the result. The unhappiness referred to above was in two parts - first I had a number of scratchplate screw heads screw right off, and so had to save up for the StewMac tool to recover them and sort it out. Once I had that done, I finished the job but discovered some terrible ground fault, and put it aside for a few months because I was just annoyed. When I did my fault-finding properly it turned out I'd simply wired the output jack backwards. *sigh*
Colour is Feast Watson black stain, sanded back so that it was only in the grain, then StewMac blue dye over the top, diluted with water, otherwise it's too dark. Wudtone gloss finish on the body, Wudtone gloss neck finish on the neck.
Great finish! Love that grain pop.