Sta-1m

Hi all heres some pictures of my 3rd build STA-1M i am about 2 weeks into it this is my progress so far i have filled and primed the body and painted it in white with a lite pearl and cleared it, i have cleared the maple neck i didn't get the stock hardware kit i am going to be using a 2 point wilkinson modern bridge and 2 prong wilkinson machine heads have not decided what pups to use yet as i want a different sound from my other Strat.

I have had a few issues with filling the body as was quite grainy and clearing the maple neck and getting the clear to sit flat on the fingerboard without mounting up on the frets took a fair bit of work but the neck is finished and came up quite nice. I am still waiting for a neck plate and scratch plate screws and some transfer paper to do headstock decal to arrive.

here the primed body all nice and flat had a few issues that needed to be fixed neck was very sloppy in the body
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...pspveaxkmp.jpg

painted body 4 coats of white and 6 coats of clear
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psjhxb8q8h.jpg

neck cleared not polished yet has 4 coats of clear
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psmr6dtgrg.jpg

machine heads fitted to the neck were a real pain to fit
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psbj10bmky.jpg

after a bit of polishing today

neck
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psxduccjpt.jpg

http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psexqeun1b.jpg

body
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...pskko9ndpn.jpg

http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psklgargqe.jpg

lovely! I like the colour combo

Some lovely work there, really impressed with the level of gloss on your neck and the grain that's come up in it. Top stuff, definite GOTM entry there!

nice work Phrozin. The grain in the maple has come out quite nicely.

A bit hard for me to see but it looks like you've scored some nice grain in the neck and body colour combo is great (one of my fav strat looks)

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Really like the finish Phrozin. White STs always look good.

It basically a reverse "tuxedo" colour scheme with the white pickups and knobs but black pickguard.

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Originally Posted by phrozin

after a bit of polishing today

neck
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psxduccjpt.jpg
B
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psexqeun1b.jpg

body
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...pskko9ndpn.jpg

http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psklgargqe.jpg

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Wow you can definately see your years of spraying are paying off. Looks awesome, love black n white combo.

erm,,, it's blue and white guys. :)

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Originally Posted by Dedman

erm,,, it's blue and white guys. :)

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Is this going to be another effort like the Blue/Black White/Gold Dress thing from a while back?

Definitely looks like a blue pickguard to me.

Yep, blue pickguard!!

Nice work Phrozin coming along nicely

that's a nice result

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Originally Posted by FrankenWashie

Is this going to be another effort like the Blue/Black White/Gold Dress thing from a while back?

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cheers guys i wasn't sure if i was going to go red or blue pickguard nah on the gold gear it's going to be my workhorse strat the colour is actually bright white with a couple of lite coats of pearl over it and 4 double header coats of clear can't really see it in a picture

http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psqjgkmzma.jpg

the neck was a pain to get right and stopping build up around the frets finally got it, with 3 double header coats of clear and 1500 soap & water polish with 3m(the best) buffing compound by hand neck does have a lovely grain in it

cheers guys

no wait...it's red :P LOL

Looks great either way, but I prefer the blue personally!

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Originally Posted by Zandit75

Looks great either way, but I prefer the blue personally!

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me too i like the blue be glad when my new parts show up to finish it, then might do a tele or hollow body les paul GR-1SF kit

there are some beautiful guitars on the forum some guys have some truly amazing skill here

well its finally finished came out pretty good pictures doesn't do it justice looks great and sounds great it tuned up perfectly and intonation also was good the neck was a lovely piece of wood fantastic grain

http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...pst5ydfafo.jpg

http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...ps5bojlnaj.jpg

http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psmdfexknv.jpg

http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...pspd7lliea.jpg

since thats finished i picked up a cheap strat at cash converters for $70 body was pretty banged around so it was time for another paint job


1st sand down and prime up
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psmtqqf1wj.jpg

done a dust coat to find the low spots
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psovvrivgq.jpg

this is the first color coats color is cyan blue mica
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psbxi4buph.jpg

first clear coats
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psn7iu8ulo.jpg

finally finished this one but when i put it together the 5 way switch was buggered got a new one on order the colour is cyan blue mica with vintage light green pick guard was a pretty easy reco

http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psbw7jo2xo.jpg

http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psclbwitgb.jpg

Phrozin is that a squire? I see its got a skunk stripe down the neck

nah its sx vintage got it cheap at cashies got alder body but its pretty bad when i got i have repainted it and changed hardware and pups going to string it up tomorrow

Looks great though

hi guys been a bit busy the last 2 weeks here's one i have been goofing around with wile i am saving up to get a GR-1SF kit was pretty strait forward only took a week from start to finish, paint is just a jet black with 50/50% of clear and black used a medium to fast reducer because weather here in Adelaide has been shocking lately

here he is just off the gun
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...ps0esaltil.jpg

did a light cut and polish
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psvidihlw2.jpg

put together noiseless pups wilkinson hardware it sounds pretty darn good
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psmwwquis6.jpg

i am a bit of a sucker for Strats here's my twin babys
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...psd5l7yxl3.jpg

Nice work Phrozin! Great looking finish!!

Thats really nice looks great

looks like a store bought one, great work mate!

that black is amazing, looks great

Really like the aged ivory coloured controls on the black one.

wow, the blue and white looks very special