Hi the kit has arrived and it looks like this..............
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Hi the kit has arrived and it looks like this..............
Hi Euroa, you mean the kit WILL look like that when it's finished ? If it looks that good you will be stoked!
:D gotta be happy with that!
Whoops!
Actually it looks like this......
it's only a colour away LOL
You guys were just too quick for me:)
So yeah before and hopefully after shots, the coronado kit although nothing like a coronado is pretty close to a Hagstrom Viking
Kit is pretty good has a 5 ply top, bottom and sides, the centre core looks like it is paulownia given the very open grain and the light feel.
Guitar will be in cherry red aka Elvis 58 comeback concert with a black headstock. Will probably replace the mots inlays with mop.
Has upgraded grovers which look really good. Considering putting in gold foil pickups and a ex-trem with a roller bridge and upgraded electronics
Here's the 2 photos next to each other as a comparison
cool good stuff Euroa, that looks a bit more like a kit should !
Love the plans this should be a very cool build
just practice your "thank you very much" haha
That's a very cool kit
Yeah its funny that Adam said he'd asked the manufacturers about doing a Hagstrom Viking kit and they said couldn't be done and then they gave him this as a coronado.... Body a little different in shape but pretty close to a Hagstrom, and the original Vikings were hollow body but then they soon changed to a semi hollow as this is...Quote:
Originally Posted by stan
Coronados came out a few years after the Vikings it looks to me this may have been where Fender got their inspiration from?? (Coronados being flatter at the base than say a 335)
Kit looks great. Interested to see what you do with it! If it is anything like the red example it's gonna be great. Good luck!
cheers,
Gav.
That mock build looks great, don't know why they took so long to sell.
Looks like we'll be needing some more once you finish this one Euroa.
Now all I have to do is do it justice!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by adam
Thanks guys for your encouragement, hope it looks as good as the after photos when its all done.
Today did lots of work on the neck pocket and heal, the routing in the pocket was pretty rough with lots of tearout and the neck sat in the pocket on an angle (sideways). After lots of filing and sanding on both all looks good. Checked the break angle and thats fine too.
After sanding to 400 I decided to whack some stain on the back to check the colour and what the grain was going to do. Turned out too pinkish for what I wanted so have now grainfilled and then will sand back and I may add a little red mahogany to the cherry red to get the depth of colour that Im after.
Gotta love rainy days when its too wet to do normal work!
And yes Wokka I'm practicing my AHa Aha... thankyou very much.:cool:
PS Has anyone tried GFS pickups they make a pretty cool looking goldfoil that fits a humbucker rout
looking good Euroa.
Most reviews I have seen of GFS pups have been good
Going to look good Euroa. But I wish you guys would stop showing off these semi-acoustic hollow bodied guitars, they look sooo good.
rob
Thanks robin, I had to sell an Ovation I had for ten years to justify buying this one, so under pressure to do a good job:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by robin
Viva Las Vegas!
I added some fountain pen ink to colourtone cherry red to get the darker colour on my J Bass as also found the cherry on it's own was too pale and washed out looking.
Thanks waz, I just read your post about the ink, I used colourtone cherry red on this and it was way too pale. I bought the cherry for a custom job I did and mixed it with mahogany came out looking like redgum which is what he wanted, but I might have to try the fountain ink!Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
Almost a year a purchase one p90 from GFS and they sound very very good for the price so i would recommended. The electronics are CTS pots with PIO green russian capacitors...sounds classic, instead its on a epiphone sg junior that i buy for neck moding purposes.Quote:
Originally Posted by euroa guitars
Thankyou Sansan nice to hear from someone who actually has tried them, I've listened to a lot of clips and they sound almost too good for the price, was going to use CTS pots and orangedrops but might see if I can get some vintage PIO capsQuote:
Originally Posted by sansan
Thanks Wokka, sanson said he's used the p90s and they are good, just worried me a bit as they seem too good for the price, I have just ordered a tele 52 set for a different build so will see how they soundQuote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
im sure you would like it, trust me...Quote:
Originally Posted by euroa guitars
I think that often pick ups suffer from what I call Harley Syndrome, where 75% of the price is for the name.
Remember that the reason Gold Foils fell out of favour is that they were notoriously noisy and microphonic. I know guys like Jason Lollar seem to have fixed this now, but who knows what sort of construction the GFS ones have. They are the guys who put ST style pickups in a P90 case and didn't tell anyone that is what they were getting. (Dream 90s)
Well as of today GFS have lost or have no record of an order I placed a few days ago despite me having an order number $112usd worth...so watch this spaceQuote:
Originally Posted by Fretworn
Sorry to hear that euroa...any news in your mailbox? Did they take any responsability about this missing order?Quote:
Originally Posted by euroa guitars
:mad:
All good now missing order found an on its way, ordered the 52 tele pickups and single coil gold foils in a humbucker shell so will see how they sound:)Quote:
Originally Posted by sansan
I look forward to your gold foil comments
must be the month for it, WD Music in the US sent me 1/2 a bridge, they did a stock take and found they had 1/2 a bridge too many so it's on its way.Attachment 12343
1/2 a bridge?? they must have thought it was for a 3 string cbg:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dedman
After grain filling and sanding, applied colortone cherry red this time at full strength, pretty happy with the colour on the back (in the photo it looks brownish but it is more red in the flesh) ...some funky grain happening on the front left side will need to be resanded and restained.
Pickups finally arrived from Guitar Fetish GFS single coil humbucker sized goldfoils.
Without hearing them, have to say happy with the pickups as far as build quality is concerned. The pickups are wax potted with shielded wire. They are quite heavy but haven't pulled them apart to see how their made. Hopefully they sound as good as they look!
I was considering using an Ex trem as I couldn't find a Hagstrom style tailpiece, plus all the sold ones, had sold for over $200 then remembered that Hagstrom supplied Guild their tailpieces in the 60's thought I might have better luck finding a Guild tailpiece for a reasonable price. AS it happens Guild is now supplying new tailpieces, so will get one of them and put something over the G logo at the base of the tailpiece. see photo.
Euroa, that cherry red stain looks wicked, well done. Some nice upgrades too. What clear coat are you using ?
looking forward to hearing this
Thanks Wokka, I usually use (and probably will on this) Mirotone MIROCAT PC 3220 Clear Topcoat with this I can add more stain if required or even add some vintage amber for a more aged look, especially over the binding. It also buffs well to a high gloss.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Me too, the demos Ive heard of the pickups sound pretty awesome, better than my playing I'm afraid:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Dedman
Great colour, those pups look sic!!!!
I forgot to remove the clear plastic cover on the pickups when I took the photo, the quality of the chrome work looks really good and great against the gold foil should look awesome in the guitar, hope they sound just as good:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy40
Body front has been resanded and restained happier with the result now, still need to scrape back the binding.
Neck heal shows material to be removed.
Thought the new pups felt heavy for a single coil all be it in a humbucker case, scale weights are interesting when compared to kit supplied humbuckers ??
Not sure yet how to attack the fretboard, the mots inlays are crooked from about the 12th fret on, was going to replace them with either gold mop or pink mussel and stain the fretboard ebony.
The dilemma is should I remove all the frets for easier access to inlay and for sanding filling staining etc and refret, given also that the neck is bound?
All thoughts and suggestions welcolme!:)
coming along well Euroa, to replace the fret markers and stain the fingerboard ebony would be best remove the frets. If you do it carefully and tag each fret with some tape and number it you may be able to re-use them and knock them back in
Thanks Wokka, I was thinking along the same lines considering how much work I have to do on the fretboard, there is a little pitting on some of the frets so will probably replace them if I go down that track, have you tried removing these block inlays before?Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Hi Euroa sounds like a plan be worth replacing the frets. I have never removed the block inlays. Presume you would try drilling near each of the corners and should be able to remove them pry them out with a small screwdriver or blade maybe. You just have to break the glue bond.