DMS-1 The King's 4th Pitbull build

Thats just great!
Howdo you like the split sounds?


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Originally Posted by OliSam

Thats just great!
Howdo you like the split sounds?

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Hi Oli. As I intimated in previous posts, my ears are not differentiating much between them.
Perhaps I really need full sized humbuckers to really magnify the differences.

Meanwhile though, I am happy with the way it's turned out.
Like a Gibson scale with a 7.25" radius.

cheers, Mark.

Final couple of shots.
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One from the back
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cheers, Mark.

Nice work King, that's a cool little kit and you've done a lot to make it better.

Thanks chaps.
I sold my Epiphone to create a space this guitar, and I'm fairly sure I've made the correct decision.
All of them get played in rotation.

cheers, Mark.

I like that. Well done, sir.

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Originally Posted by Simon Barden

I like that. Well done, sir.

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Thanks Simon, and for alll the helpful tips along the way.

cheers, Mark.

Looks great!
Hard to beat a trans-red and white pearloid combo. (though I might be biased)

Turned out very nice. Everyone needs a red guitar.

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by DarkMark

Turned out very nice. Everyone needs a red guitar.

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Seems like a gaping hole in DarkMark's stable?

cheers, Mark.

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Originally Posted by king casey

Thanks.



Seems like a gaping hole in DarkMark's stable?

cheers, Mark.

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Something which I’ll need to rectify in the future.

It's a gap I'm working to fill at the moment too. :)

I've had the red paint out today as well.

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I've had the red paint out today as well.

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I resisted the urge hehe.

However as a minor update, I decided to dismantle the guitar again and apply the rest of the Tru-Oil.
Hopefully another 10 coats should do it.


cheers, Mark.

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I resisted the urge hehe.

However as a minor update, I decided to dismantle the guitar again and apply the rest of the Tru-Oil.
Hopefully another 10 coats should do it.


cheers, Mark.

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me too - on mine!

OMG. Have you seen this!

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OMG. Have you seen this!

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Hi Oli. Can't say I have, but had a bit of an investigation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Swinger

Says yet another student model that was never seriously promoted with the resulting low popularity.

I can see why.

cheers, Mark.

Yeah. It looks like the mustang body with a huge cut out of the back. (Possibly for a thigh rest?)


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Hi King Casey, I'm making a short scale guitar( http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/...16360&start=30 ), considering a Pitbull DMS-1 maple neck for the final build. Wonder what is your feedback about the Pitbull neck you have on your kit? thanks

Hi Guitalias.
My DMS was listed on ebay of all places and I assumed it would have a maple neck.
It turned out to be engineered rosewood.

I removed all the frets and radiused it to 7.25".
Plays well and is the 'go to' guitar in my meagre collection.

cheers, Mark.

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So while Australia Post are dragging the chain....
Moved on to finalising the neck.
Decided to loosen the purse strings and lashed out on SCA Septone clear.
Sprayed a couple of coats and left it for a couple of days.
Despite 'quick drying' printed on the can, once again reality tells a different story.

Put the standard decal on and will layer a few more coats on.
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cheers, Mark.

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Fantastic build mate

Question: Whats the font called that you used for the 'Gee Gee'

Hi Richy. Thanks.

I used the Adobe Illustrator after watching this tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a_-kNCBHkU

I didn't get it quite right but ended up with a result I could live with.

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Cheers, mark.

Thanks for that. I've been pulling my hair out thinking i had this font on one of my computers but clearly i don't haha

Update: Due to a successful Trem-King experiment on another guitar (and a pile of 'Surf' tunes to learn)
I am investing in a Trem-King TK-3 for this guitar.
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Should take a few weeks to show up I guess but been there before.

cheers, Mark.

Following the tracking of the Trem-King.
Took 9 days to travel from Georgia to Florida, then to New York and around the globe to Hong Kong...then Sydney.
Since report that it departed Sydney it's hit a road block and been missing in action for 5 days.
I guess the Australia Post budget has gone in Cartier watches.


Meanwhile I addressed some OCD by re-doing the control plate.
Made it a bit more like original Mustang but without wonky hole placement.

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cheers, Mark.

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Hi Oli. I think they are softening us up in preparation for full privatisation.
Then we'll be used to a poor quality expensive service.

cheers, Mark.

So over half the delivery time was spent in Victoria.
But it's finally arrived.
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Time for some fun and games.

cheers, Mark.

Marking out the excavation
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Out with the drill

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The trusty rasp

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Rotary Power tool

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May have to get some more Dremel attachments tomorrow.

cheers, Mark.

Wow. Keenly following this one


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Hi Oli.
Having already done one, I'm hoping for an easier ride this time.

Not having a router means making the cavity a bit of a saga.

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Next comes the spring cavity.

cheers, Mark

Cool looking bridge.

Nice job Mark

Thanks Sonic and Robin.
Not having a router certainly makes a difference.
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The red dye certainly looks different without the 40-odd coats of Tru-Oil
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cheers, Mark.

Finally got it back in one piece.

Now comes a prolonged 'settling in' period.
Put the old strings back on in case some of them snap during the 'wearing in'.

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cheers, Mark.

Nice work.

Trem spring cover plate or no cover plate?

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Nice work.

Trem spring cover plate or no cover plate?

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Hi Simon. I put a cover on the Strat Trem-King but ended up just leaving it off.

Probably leave this one off the time being...Hendrix didn't need one (on at least one video).

cheers, Mark.

Yes, but then again, his Strat did burst into flames. ;)

Judging by your post times, a lot happened between 3:51pm and 3:54pm!

Complete assembly in 3 minutes!

FWIW, if you're going to do more of these mods/conversions, you can pick up a fixed-based router (aka: laminate trimmer; edge router) pretty cheap. I think I paid $65 at the BGS for my Ozito. I only use it a couple of times a year, but it's handy to have and I didn't want to spend much for just that reason.

IIRC this build originally was undertaken specifically because it was a hard tail :o

Hi McCreed.
Sometimes I take a break and post some shots, whereas what happened here was various steps that I forgot to photograph.

Thanks for the tip regarding a cheaper rout alternative...I'll definitely check it out.

My first Pitbull guitar was a hardtail strat that I intended to be a Tele/Strat hybrid.

cheers, Mark.