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I gotta say I was absolutely ... myself drilling out the plastic markers and discovering they were 5mm thick, and the Paua were 1-2mm, I had to get VERY creative with wood scraps that day!

OK, Ill chuck my hat into the ring.
Upgraded gold hardware.
Naughty Oil neck.
Blenhem medium wheat stain and Naughty oil body.
Tonerider Pups with I/O phase switch and blend control.
Paua fret...

What he sed!!

A tad bizarre to quote myself, but Im doing so to add the info I missed, "tinning" actually means adding a solder "flux" to the wire/solder combination, its a kinda glue to aid the reaction, most...

The trick to soldering, make sure the iron is hot enough, make sure the 2 parts to be soldered are "tinned" that is, heated and had a drop of solder applied, then, put the 2 together, heat, add a...

Thanks Wok, depending on how far I move the bridge the plate does hide the dowels, or at very worst only a mm is exposed, but I doubt anyone (else)would ever notice.
And yeah the bridge was nice and...

BTW doc, that link is for a download, its a tiny little program (500ish K) I just leave it on the desktop.

Latest update, as seen the whole thing has been assembled and I was in the process of setting up.
After much mucking around, I decided that the bridge was too far forward (as in too close to the...

Fair enough! Im 5 foot 7 and an arf, but I weight (to many) kilos
and here is something I have used for many years and is fanfarkingTastic, simple, to the point and gets used often!...

Hi Candice, as you may have seen Im doing the same project, my suggestion is dont do any leveling until you have had the strings on and the necks under tension for a while, the neck is definitely...

I did think of that, and it could be an issue, what I will do is heat shrink around the + lead and that would sort that. If there was no contact between the shield and the jack plate then there could...

Thanks Doc, umm, just a suggestion, can we stick to either metric or Imperial measures, bouncing between . and / is something my poor addled brain cant cope with, I did spent $4.95 on Ebay for a...

Thanks DB!!, I think I will need help, but for a quick update, the wiring is perfect, it was the + tab on the IP jack that got bent and was not contacting, it sounds GREAT!!

I went with a IP/OP wiring as below, after I wired it up I held the bashplate over the strings of my (real) Strat and it seemed to work, so between then and now something has changed, not a big deal,...

Thanks Wok!! it sounds VERY quiet, seems I stuffed the wiring, so it needs disassembly, and buzzing out with the meter.
It plays like rubbish, so far, the necks sorta straight, but the frets are a...

I had today off, so, some progress!!!!
Shielding put into the cavity, no nasty RF for this little black duck!!!
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Paua fret dots instead of the standard black plastic
I should have done this...

thanks DB!! Im pretty happy with it!
So, to remove back bow I want to tighten, correct?

I have run a straight edge and the neck has about 4mm back bow, Ill ignore it until its got strings on and been under tension for a while.
I do have a question about truss rod adjustment though!...

Its been ages since Ive posted progress, but we do have some!!!
The neck is finished in terms of finish, and correctly labled as well
The bone nut will be installed shortly
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It has a really...

make sure you keep that plastic nut, its a good template to shape the bone nut too

good choice!!
I am also a newbie builder, at this stage Im finishing my 2nd build, my advice is, do it SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW, take care at every stage, when you sand the body and you think "thats as...

very good points above!! even though Im a noobie, I have absolutely NO intention of going near any sort of setup/fret work until the neck is on the body and under tension for at least a week

Thats VERY sweet!! Im definitely old school if theres an AX or an EL Im happy, when I hear "emulation" I get bored (even though I own a VOX VT20)

But I did (at one stage) own a JCM 900, when I...

Thanks Stan, the body is looking pretty good so far, just needs more coats to get that gloss finish.
Ill hit it with the 400 soon, then try another coat when the weather isnt totally disgusting...

OK, then I better have the alcohol and give that a shot.
I cant see it being the AC as it would have peeled on both sides, but who knows, I certainly have no clue.
Thanks heaps for your help!