Andy40's GST-1

I couldn't go past one of these kits in Dec for my birthday. I've been working on it since every now and again.

Started with body contouring and headstock shaping. Once I got the contours right. Lots and lots of sanding!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...bb07e5edcb.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...713fbacf56.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...205a58fd07.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...bf09a37be8.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...34cfc54663.jpg

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In my sanding travels I noticed that the two piece body was curved.
I flattened that out with my mates belt sanderhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...703d50990a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...fa476146df.jpg

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Looking good. What are the plans for finishing?

Alreafy half way there John. I'll post some pics soon

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I wanted to try to start doing some spray bursts. Bought this el cheapo spray brush from bunnings and compressor. Already had some colortone stains ready to rock.

After a number of failed tests, I settled for a mixture of stain, lacquer thinner, method and shellac.

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Nice. I like bursts that have a gradual transition.

Not bad for a first try.

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Mmmm tasty

Not game for the FrankenLab neck joint treatment?[emoji16]

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Dude! thats sic. too scary for me!

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That's a great mod Frankie. Is there a tutorial for it?

cheers, Mark.

Edit: BTW Some excellent sunbursting there Andy. Done by a veteran by the looks.

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Dang Andy! That looks mint.

Good work Andy.
I switched to using spray gear about a year ago but haven't attempted a burst yet.
I have accumulated 3 guns now. An airbrush, a mini touch-up gun and a full size gun. They all have their place.

Can you explain how "a mixture of stain, lacquer thinner, method and shellac." works?

I can't imagine thinners and metho working together. I accidentally combined them once and it instantly turned a milky colour. Fortunately it was just doing clean up, not application.

Not looking to shabby Andy 🤘

Thanks guys. That's a massive compliment coming from phrozin too.

McCreed, Phrozin could probably explain it better than me. I just used Methylated spirits instead of dentured alcohol when mixing the lacquer thinner. It was about 1/2 and 1/2. I then added the stain till I got the colour I wanted. I then added a "smidge" of shellac (pre-prepared by me;)) as the lacquer. Maybe I've made a chemical boo boo bit it seemed to work for me.

I thought long and hard about the type of lacquer and tossed up getting some nitro. I settled on the shellac as I was still undecided about doing a clear coat in tru oil or not.

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McCreed, Phrozin could probably explain it better than me. I just used Methylated spirits instead of dentured alcohol when mixing the lacquer thinner. It was about 1/2 and 1/2. I then added the stain till I got the colour I wanted. I then added a "smidge" of shellac (pre-prepared by me) as the lacquer.

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I'll pass that on to phrozin for the chemisty, but a couple of comments I will make are:

"I just used Methylated spirits instead of dentured alcohol..." - Methylated Spirits (AUS) is Denatured Alcohol (USA)

"I then added the stain till I got the colour I wanted." - If it was an oil based stain, the basic solvent would likely be Mineral Turpentine.

"I then added a "smidge" of shellac (pre-prepared by me) as the lacquer." - Presumably you dissolved the shellac flake in Methylated Spirits.

So, potentially you've got three different types of solvent in that mix: Lacquer Thinner (acetone based), Methyated Spirits (alcohol) and Mineral Turpentine (oil based).
I don't pretend to know chemistry, but I've never heard of those three being combined in one liquid mixture.
I'll be very interested to hear from someone that does understand the chemistry though.

It does sound like weird science, but the results look OK.

Not oil based stain McCreed sorry it was Colortone stains. and yep the shellac was dissolved in metho as well.

I think I got the idea from Beau Hannham guitars video on it except I think he used nitro instead of shellac.

These questions are wayyy above my paygrade. I have no idea if I created a chemical nightmare but it seems to have worked.

Lets see if this created a conundrum, I ditched the tru oil idea for the gloss finish and went with Duplicolour clear gloss which I believe is acrylic.

again seems to have worked.

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Looks minted bro

I like the stain. If you didn't tell me it was stained I would think it was natural wood coloration, which is how I like my guitar necks.

And is the paw print going on the reverse?

Jeez Andy, I clearly need you to visit Canberra to do the finish on my guitars.

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I like the stain. If you didn't tell me it was stained I would think it was natural wood coloration, which is how I like my guitar necks.

And is the paw print going on the reverse?

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Yes it did!

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Jeez Andy, I clearly need you to visit Canberra to do the finish on my guitars.

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Thanks Woltz, sometimes I wish I lived in the 'berra for access to the mountains and fly fishing but I can't handle/hack the cold.:(

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He builds, He bursts, He winds, is there nothing this bloke can't do?

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He builds, He bursts, He winds, is there nothing this bloke can't do?

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Not in the guitar realm, cause he also builds amps.

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A fairly vintage stagger pattern for the magnets. Have you considered using a more appropriate stagger to match today's string selection? https://kinman.com/magnet_stagger.php

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How many turns did you go with for this set?

And in regards to Canberra, I can't deal with the cold either haha but I have no choice.

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I'll look into that Simon. These pups have Anico v's for the wound strings and Alnico II's for the unwound strings. I've wound the telecaster version of this and they sound great on an American White ash body, so I thought I'd try them on my strat build.

@FW and Juggers - unfortunately its the Dunning-Kruger effect for me.

I recently left a forum because I had a "disagreement" with an "Amateur Luthier" when I posted what I thought to be a helpful post as the fellow had the exact problem that I had in a build which I made a mistake on. Said "Amateur Luthier" promptly informed me that I didn't know what I was talking about and threw a bunch of physics articles at me and in his opinion meant that meant there would be no problem for the poor fellow.

I still have that guitar with the same problem and its on my list of things to fix which is physical proof that his articles were wrong in application.

That's what I like about this forum, whether my advice is fairly good or totally bonkers, people are still respectful and polite about it. That's are rare thing online these days.

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That's what I like about this forum, whether my advice is fairly good or totally bonkers, people are still respectful and polite about it. That's are rare thing online these days.

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Agreed, overall this forum is one of the best I've ever been a part of. I only have one wish, I wish for more scratch builds haha.

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I'll look into that Simon. These pups have Anico v's for the wound strings and Alnico II's for the unwound strings. I've wound the telecaster version of this and they sound great on an American White ash body, so I thought I'd try them on my strat build.

@FW and Juggers - unfortunately its the Dunning-Kruger effect for me.

I recently left a forum because I had a "disagreement" with an "Amateur Luthier" when I posted what I thought to be a helpful post as the fellow had the exact problem that I had in a build which I made a mistake on. Said "Amateur Luthier" promptly informed me that I didn't know what I was talking about and threw a bunch of physics articles at me and in his opinion meant that meant there would be no problem for the poor fellow.

I still have that guitar with the same problem and its on my list of things to fix which is physical proof that his articles were wrong in application.

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That's what I like about this forum, whether my advice is fairly good or totally bonkers, people are still respectful and polite about it. That's are rare thing online these days.

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Agreed, overall this forum is one of the best I've ever been a part of. I only have one wish, I wish for more scratch builds haha.

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people disagree on this forum all the time, though they tend to do it in a more diplomatic manner, and both can walk away from it without a massive blue.
The back and forth is often filled with all sorts of information that others can assess and make their own conclusions from as is relevant to their own builds.

Not sure I need to start anymore scratch builds Woltz!

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Thanks Woltz, sometimes I wish I lived in the 'berra for access to the mountains and fly fishing but I can't handle/hack the cold.:(

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Spent the first 18 years of my life down there and do not miss the cold, damp & foggy winters.

Nice burst finish Andy.

Cheers, Waz

That burst is just bonkers!!!


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Mate if that's your first go at a burst, you haven't left yourself much room for improvement. I mean, holy cow that's a sexy beast. You fellas are truly an inspiration to a new comer like myself


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Thanks for the kind comments guys. I did photograph the best part of the burst .......:rolleyes:

I just got caught up on this thread... good stuff there Andy.

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...unfortunately its the Dunning-Kruger effect for me.

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Hah! I to google it, but that's funny!!!

I'd like to hear those pickups sometime.
BTW, with the corona restrictions relaxing, I'll be starting up harmonica lessons again if you want to PM me.

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I just got caught up on this thread... good stuff there Andy.



Hah! I to google it, but that's funny!!!

I'd like to hear those pickups sometime.
BTW, with the corona restrictions relaxing, I'll be starting up harmonica lessons again if you want to PM me.

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One of my kits died because of dunning-kruger also. A while back i listened to a podcast on the dunning-kruger effect. Interesting stuff.
I think that the only time i would be bothered is if i was going in for an operation under a general.
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One of my fave combos. Tru oil on the back of the neck dingowax on the fretboard. The first is the before pic. The second is where frets one to three are waxedhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...dfd0c63e15.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...78c411f458.jpg

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