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    Generally the screws supplied with these kits are...

    Generally the screws supplied with these kits are not particularly good quality.
    They may look the part but you have to be very careful fitting them.
    For my last guitar I bought some higher grade...
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    Regarding the "Reverse Hendrix" thing, I've...

    Regarding the "Reverse Hendrix" thing, I've sometimes wondered if the reason Jimi preferred playing right-handed Strats left-handed was simply that the reversed nut would allow an exceptionally low...
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    "As are the tuners but I don't expect much from a...

    "As are the tuners but I don't expect much from a low cost kit"
    I haven't found anything particularly wrong with the ones on the ST1-L I built, or the tremolo assembly for that matter.
    At one point...
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    Plus what other "helpful" posters sometimes tell...

    Plus what other "helpful" posters sometimes tell you on here (as I discovered ;))
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    I found that the spring claw screws Pitbull...

    I found that the spring claw screws Pitbull supply are really not up to the task. It may be that they're copies of Fender screws that are OK for the wood that Fender use, but I didn't feel they...
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    I wonder if Jimi Hendrix ever reversed the nuts...

    I wonder if Jimi Hendrix ever reversed the nuts on his left-handed-strung right-handed Stratocasters.
    It's not like he couldn't afford proper left-handed Strats, and there is film footage of him...
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    Is it actually cut left handed, or do they just...

    Is it actually cut left handed, or do they just put it on the other way round?
    On both my LH Pitbull kits it was correct, can't say I took much notice.
    All hand-waving aside, what is the actual...
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    I built the exact same one a few years back if...

    I built the exact same one a few years back if you're interested:
    https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=8146
    There are a few quirks with Pitbull's left handed models that you...
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    Just make sure the pre-drilled neck mounting...

    Just make sure the pre-drilled neck mounting holes line up with the metal backing plate. I don't know why, but they often get them out of alignment with left-handed models.
    Also, for some reason...
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    You can make a case for left-handed scissors (or...

    You can make a case for left-handed scissors (or guitars!) but I just don't see how it would apply to volume or tone controls....
    Actually, when you think about it, when they started making radios...
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    The other peculiarity with Pitbull left-handed...

    The other peculiarity with Pitbull left-handed kits is for some reason they wire the pots back to front, so for example turning the volume pot clockwise turns the volume down. I have two commercially...
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    Have you tried moving your guitar and amp to a...

    Have you tried moving your guitar and amp to a different location in the house?
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    Buzz is more likely to be coming from devices...

    Buzz is more likely to be coming from devices like LED lights or TV sets on standby.

    I have a 40" LCD TV mounted above my workbench and I have to turn that off at the power point if I want to work...
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    I've only just noticed this thread. I've built a...

    I've only just noticed this thread.
    I've built a left-handed Jazz Bass and a left handed Strat.
    Both of them had badly aligned neck mounting holes, and both had Log-types pots wired back to front,...
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    I built a JB-4L in 2017. You can read about it...

    I built a JB-4L in 2017.
    You can read about it here if you like.
    https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=7260

    Since then I've also built a left-handed Strat copy.

    Two...
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    Your guitar has the same problem that a lot of...

    Your guitar has the same problem that a lot of kit guitars have, in that it's painfully obvious that the body is made from three pieces of wood glued together. Of course you can disguise that by...
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    One minor quirk about Pitbull's left-handed...

    One minor quirk about Pitbull's left-handed guitars.
    I've built a left-handed Jazz Bass and a left-handed Strat, and they both have the volume and tone controls wired back-to-front, that is, you...
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    I don't mean there is anything particularly wrong...

    I don't mean there is anything particularly wrong with the thick high gloss finish you get on commercially-made guitars, it's more that if you want to go down that path, it's extremely difficult to...
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    Well that's nice! I was just looking at the ad...

    Well that's nice! I was just looking at the ad for the AGD-612L, and lo and behold, somebody has started one.
    I started a left-handed standard Stratocaster a couple of years back. I've got it...
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    You're dead wrong about inkjet dyes.

    Ho-hum; 18 months on, not a single ONE of any of "problems" Mr Phrozen pulled out of his Phreckle has reared its ugly head.
    Please do not talk outside your own experience, Mr Wannabe Goto Guy.

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    Anybody who repairs guitars for a living will...

    Anybody who repairs guitars for a living will tell that having a "brand" name guitar is not an automatic guarantee of excellence. It gives you a higher probability that it will be a superior...
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    I'm going to be using a lithium battery and a standard micro USB charger input. You can get complete lithium "battery management" boards that include the USB socket for peanuts these days. Some ones...
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    Thanks. I've actually been using Feast Watson's...

    Thanks. I've actually been using Feast Watson's fine rubbing oil which appears to be broadly similar in concept. The advantage of that is that you can apply it to the unsanded bare wood with 0000...
  24. Has anybody ever used a Cherub GT-6 acoustic guitar preamp?

    I was intrigued by this posting on eBay:

    https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Acoustic-Guitar-Pickup-Preamp-3-Band-EQ-with-Tuner-reverb-Delay-Chorus-GT-6/372145369553?hash=item56a597b1d1:g:NREAAOSwUlxaFqL2...
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    What exactly is Dingotone?

    Apart from being "non-synthetic" the "Dingotone" thread doesn't seem to explain what it actually is. (As in varnish, shellac, lacquer etc). The answer may have been there originally, but I think it...
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