Chaps,
Thank you for the comments, all very constructive, I am very pleased to be a runner up
and well done to all who entered.
I'll have to get round to doing an audio demo and show how the...
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Chaps,
Thank you for the comments, all very constructive, I am very pleased to be a runner up
and well done to all who entered.
I'll have to get round to doing an audio demo and show how the...
And there I was thinking that I had a chance in this competion.....
And a couple more for good measure.
The last pic is of No.1, more of it can be seen in my build log if interested.
Here is my entry to the competion - a GPR-1M.
I actually built two of these as the first example sent by Pitbull had some issues.
They very kindly sent me another kit free of charge and said...
Haha, agree with that....I made a lot of mistakes on No 1 which I did not repeat on No 2.
Thankfully the mistakes I did make on No 2 were not the same as those on No 1 !
Cheers, FB.
Gents, thank you for your very flattering comments, makes the work worth while.
I am motivated to put it in July's GOTM.
McCreed, in answer to your question, they are both similar sonically even...
More pics.....
Got back from my Narrowboat holiday along the Kennet and Avon canal and pushed on to finish No 2.
The lacquer is nice and hard, left alone for 10 days and looking rather good to me.
Fitted the pups...
Well it has been a week, left the lacquer to harden, sanded with 1,3 and finally 10K wet and dry.
Left to harden, used a medium compound and finished with T Cut scratch remover.
Buffed with a pad...
Simon, thanks for your comments again, it is what I had in mind.
Leave for a few days until it gets cooler and then have a go.
Some years ago we had a 60 foot narrowboat which I repainted by hand....
Thanks Simon for your advice.
I did have a 3mm tap from my aero-modelling days at Greenham Common (as was) but
blowed if I can find it.
Found some 2.5 mm brass screws on ebay but they don't fit...
Thanks chaps for your comments.
Yes, I knew better than to change horses but I have found that the new lacquer is better, dries faster and harder.
Bought some replacement Pup mounts in metal but...
Shuffling along slowly, I do like the top so that's a start haha.
Shaped the neck/heel join which looks better and belongs to the guitar.
Biggest issue was changing lacquer mid-stream.
The new...
Simon, thanks for the sage advice (no, not that Sage haha),
I will endeavor to do as you suggest.
McCreed, nice fretboard grain.....yes, noticed that today as I spent
some hours fiddling with...
Oh, forgot to say that all the pickup wiring is done.....
The new neck arrived the other day, just under a week to get to Blighty or Perfidious Albion as some
would have it.
The neck is a very good example, slight back bow tweaked out with the truss rod...
Well I had a go at measuring the twist and failed miserably.
I then photographed it - the image attached shows the twist.
Then sent an email to the boys at Pitbull with said picture.
Received an...
Simon, thank you for your detailed reply, it confirms my options.
I guess the first thing to do is to measure the twist properly by clamping the neck and putting
a straight edge against it.
I...
More staining pics, have since put some gold grain enhancing filler on the body rear and neck.
Then sanded back and stained again.
As Sonny and Cher sang 'the beat goes on' and so does the double guitar build.
That's two of the same not one with two necks and/or bodies haha.
Sanded and then stained the body using Crimson...
Lastly some pics of the template if it helps.
Well, I understand it !
Oh, forgot to say that the Humbuckers supplied with No 1 had wiring for split coil for which I had to work
out the coils and the orientation.
Feeling smug and pleased with myself I opened the...
Gents, thank you all for the words of encouragement especially as the yellow should have been stained and ended up solid !
To answer your questions:
Yes the three way switch does make a difference...
Getting tired doing this at the end of a long day.... hopefully the last that work....onto No 2....
More pics, so tedious posting pics.....actually I can't be arsed,.