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I was over JB hiFi the other week and seen a nice (ish) looking red strat like yamaha.. was a floor display being sold off as is for 198 bucks (100 of reg price).. took a closer look at it then and it had some damage around the body, so I offered the saleman 140 for it. He said go away.. long story short, well went back a week later and there it was down to $140n.. so I offered the salesman $100 and ended up getting it for $110 with 2 guitar stands and the small amp .. I think I got a reasonable deal here, and should be able to restore it to showroom quality and get some bucks back to fund the next pitbull kit for myself.. (spent the dollars I was saving up for the next one on this)
What do you guys think? good deal or did I waste my savings?
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Gav's the one with a habit forming of stripping cheap guitars and primping them up. Depends on what the body's made of (ply / solid), but even to get a small, new amp & 2 stands for $110's not too bad...
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Hey AJ, some decent damage to the body, there's alot of work ahead to strip it all back, what sort of finish are you planning once its been rubbed back ? You will need to fill the scraped wood damage.
From the 3 photos (I can't see the condition of rest of the guitar) looks like thats still a good deal with 2 stands and a small amp !
The Gavmiester is more qualified to give an opinion stripping back cheap strats !
Good luck AJ
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i think you done we'll ,, for the money ,, its only the body that needs refinishing ,, strat style gtar sell so cheap , and thats the let down , and there are so many on ebay etc etc ,
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Think it will turn ot ok, have now stripped the gear off of it and sanded 99% of the paint off. looks to be a solid bodied guitar, with a lot of fillers used originally. With luck, I will be able to use the woodtone I have that I did not end up using on the LP. a bonus already is I have managed to sand out the major dents. here is the original full pickie of it. The setup was SSH the humbucker at the bridge.
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will post some photos of the stripped body tomorrow.
(thats the little amp next to it)
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great for the money, and who doesnt like a project...
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yes look forward to seeing how the body came up sanded and what sort of wood is underneath.
In the photo the G string looks a bit thick - like a wound string, but its probably the average resolution of the pic. Good luck AJ think you got a bargain and a good project between PBG kits
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Have removed all the paint from the body now, I used a home made scraper to do that. Now onto the major sanding. Has possibilities .Seems to have had a thin veneer on the top and back.
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Looks like a cracker - great value for money..
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Hi AJ
This seems to be a solid body from the pictures. You need to get that layer of resin off the body as it doesnt like Wudtone or most other paints.....
Let us know how you go.
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That layer of resin Gavin mentions looks a lot like what was under the paint on Jackson Dinky I stripped back (and have since done nothing with).
It took an incredible amount of sanding to get rid of it and it smelt really bad (and created an incredible amount of fine plasticy dust)....don't know what it is exactly, but I would strongly recommend some respiratory protection when you remove it.
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Update on the cheapy Yammy... Did try to stain, but seemed to have problems with the top lamination on the back , so I stripped that off and it ended up way to thin around the control cavity. So I re-veneered the back with some "obecki 3 ply laminate ply (1.6mm thick)" that I had left over from my aero modeling days. Then went down the road of painting. I did a "holographic" style of finish and it goes from a golden brown through to a violet color from different angles.
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well done AJ, that looks great, I'm interested to learn more about the holographic paint, the colour change looks excellent.
Are you going to sell this axe to fund the next Pit Bull kit ?
Have you strung it up yet and plugged it into an amp yet ?
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Ty for the comments guys. I bought the paint as a sale item last one in stock.
http://www.hichem.com.au/hicheminfo/...EROSOL_KIT.PDF that is the stuff I used :) purchased from distinctive paints in hoppers crossing. I would like to sell this to fund the next kit.. so I do have high hopes. Am about to string it back up soon, then will recheck the intonation etc.
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Looks great AJ - nice job!!
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