Restained the neck, added a bit of stain to the poly rubbing mixture, then resanded the body with 600 then 1,000 grit wet n dry. Gave it 3 coats of Matt Black base coat.
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Restained the neck, added a bit of stain to the poly rubbing mixture, then resanded the body with 600 then 1,000 grit wet n dry. Gave it 3 coats of Matt Black base coat.
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Heres a bit of randomness, sorry couldnt help myself for continuing to go off topic. if imm banned to the naughty house ill go quietly. The holden was mine in my younger days and the ford ute was at a house i painted recently..
Hope i dont get kicked out ..I am a newbie and dont know what im doing!!lol
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Matt black looks good so far Nitro. Reminds me i've got a black build to get to some time.
How old is that picture of the white Holden? there doesn't seem to be enough numbers in the phone number on the for sale sign:eek:
About 30 yrs old!Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy40
Cool cars Nitro is that a HQ premier? Have a 308 donk? XY Ute looks cool too.
Build coming along well too
I bought it already modified cosmetically, premier with gts guards, statesman front assembly with grill, front end, disk brakes etc, but with 161 red motor and 3 on the tree. So i swapped it out for a 253 with 4 barrel holly and trimatic gbox. Sold it to a young lad who lent it to his girlfriend who promptly wrapped it round a tree.Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
cool background Nitro on the HQ, thought I recognised the front grill and headlights. The 253 was a great donk. Bummer it was wrapped around a tree.
Not many XY GT utes around these days is it original ? would be worth a bomb if it is.
We might have to start a petrolhead thread in the Naughty Room section haha Just so anyone following your build diary doesn't have to fast forward all the car stuff. We started a home brew thread a while ago in Naughty Room section
Its been done, check the naughty room!Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Does the car conversation need to be moved? Itd be good if someone could stick it in my naughty room thread.
nah all good Nitro don't worry, threads and build diaries get jacked to the max all the time. It would be bit of a hassle for the moderators as its in different segments of this thread. From now on you know where to post the petrolhead stuff
Thread jacking is a common thing here, don't worry about it!!
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Cheers mateQuote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Good one mate, nice pic, i might nick it! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Zandit75
haha classic and very true diagram Zandit !
you are on fire Nitro 10 page build diary with no sign of blue coats on the body hahah
Yea, but 4 pages of that is about cars! mwahah.. anyway what blue coats??...lolQuote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
oh oh, it's the blue coats
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Yea, definition of bluecoats..... someone who stops you from training to drive your car properly! How many kids these days dont know how to avoid an accident cos theyve never been allowed to drop a wheelie, hang a 360 or drift? I rest my case!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dedman
Back on topic.
Wasnt happy with the stain on the headstock so resanded again,twice already, restained but sanded back the edges to give it a striped edge look.
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That's actually a really cool effect. Its like binding without the fuss!
nice one Nitro headstock looking cool
Dammit, you've partially stolen my idea!! I was going to do something similar with my dremel and paint a solid colour as a contrast!!Quote:
Originally Posted by nitroburner1000
Hey you know what they say, great minds think alike! Hey go ahead with it id love to see how it turns out. Perhaps you could pm me...Quote:
Originally Posted by Zandit75
But our ideas miight be closer than you think.....when i put the dark blue on the body im going to white pinstripe it to match the white pickguard, and then going to sign my username in white paint on the headstock.
Yea anything for an easy life! Cheers mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by FrankenWashie
Cheers mate, slowly getting there. Might fit some hardware this weekend to pre drill holes and recheck neck is ok. Theres prob gonna be heaps of questions... Out of my depth a bit here.Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
fire away with the questions Nitro, I reckon I have built over a dozen ST kits so can do it blindfolded almost !
That sounds really cool. I don't know what colour I would use on mine. The back of the body and neck are a black stain, similar to yours, but I'm doing the front in a clear, but with a light burst if I can pull it off. Might hang on to the idea until I grab a PRS kit for the next one!Quote:
Originally Posted by nitroburner1000
Will do, cheersQuote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Thats gonna look amazing mate, will have to follow your build diary to check for pics..Quote:
Originally Posted by Zandit75
HELP.....anyone...... did a mock build first up but not a complete one, no screws were put in, now im fitting the neck and looking to download some instructions.....i have nothing fitted so where to start?Quote:
Originally Posted by nitroburner1000
Ive fitted the neck and its tight, no room for adjustment, pickguard looks a bit wonky too, neck isnt in a straight line with the body cavity......ive read the section on building your guitar but still dont know where to start when nothing has been fitted..HELP PLZ.....
ps any pdf s to download?
Align your neck with clamp and strings on video may help.
https://youtu.be/2LJczWsBcoM
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Originally Posted by kimball492
Thanks mate, i did that and it made things a lot easier. I then measured my MIM fender strats neck and the neck of the pitbull strat and they were the same so used all the measurements from the MIM and used them to fit the pitbull neck and bridge saddles. Just fitted the 2 e strings and the alignment is good and the neck is straight...yay.
Cheers for the advice
Ok, neck is bolted on and its straight, i dont know how...lol fitted bridge saddle and screwed down with 2 screws after taking measurements from my mim strat, and fitted tuners. Strung up with the 2 E strings and checked fret clearance. At 21st fret was 3 ml off crown, should be able to lower with neck adjustment.
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Question... what sort of tension do you put on the springs when you fit them behind the cover plate?
hey Nitro, depends how hard you want to push the wammy bar, obviously more tension harder to push. I tighten them enough to keep the bridge flat when tuned up and so it returns flat after a few good dive bombs haha. Probably about 80-90% fully tight I guess.
Mock build in black looks choice !!
Instead of springs being straight I also angle the outside springs makes them longer so bit more tension
Ok will do. I like the black very much.....mmmmmm i wonder.... maybe clear with a hint of blue flash in it...Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
BTW... How does the neck look to you...i need a professional opinion plz mate.....
neck looks ok Nitro from the photos but bit hard to see. As long as you can drop the saddles a bit to lower the action and the E string offsets are about equal or a tad more fret on the thick low E you should be fine mate !
Ok, is there a way to adjust the saddle so it lowers the action? I was jus gonna adjust the neck when its all setup. And not quite sure what you mean by e string offsets, sorry still a noob when it comes to setting up hardware.Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Hey Nitro, there are 2 small allen key adjustments on each saddle, you should have about 1.5 or 2mm allen key to lower or raise them. String offset is try and make both outside strings about even offset to the edge of the fingerboard, so that means either aligning the neck or the bridge to achieve this. Hope this makes sense. Have you played a well setup guitar ? Take notes from how it's setup !
Thanks heaps, ill know now how to adjust the saddle. I understand you now, yes the e string offsets are both perfect, i checked these before screwing in the bridge. Yes my made in mexico HSS fat strat is setup perfectly, so i ended up copying most of the measurements from that. Thanks heaps again for the help. Im well on my way now.Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
good stuff Nitro, welcome to a new addictive hobby to add to suped cars and craft beer !