Community Kit Build Number 4

[WeirdBits]

mmm... me like.

[Dedman]

texta? :P

[Fretworn]

Looks like on old Kramer.

[wokkaboy]

looks excellent Dedman,
how long will the switch take to arrive ? hope its not a month wait again !

[Dedman]

who knows Wokka? he gave me a tracking number that doesn't work but insists its right

[wokkaboy]

ok Dedman, well fingers crossed it arrives in a week or so, but as Daryl Kerrigan says on The Castle "tell him he is dreaming" hahha

[Dedman]

well, time has marched on, I haven't even gotten a reply from the guy who sent the wrong switch other than to give me fake tracking number, now he just ignores my emails so.......... I spoke a amp/guitar tech that does all my mates mastering studios work and he said to just use a 500k switch, he knew the pick ups and said it will be unnoticeable, fortunately I have a couple here so, hopefully tomorrow I'll start wiring all going well.

[Dedman]

And....it works. man does it work!. Gotta say the Armstrongs sound great. I may still split the coils although space is kinda minimal in the switch panel atm it has 7 postions, 6 on the swich and the push pull adds "all". It's on;y strung with the chinese strings atm, I'll let it settle for a week or so, then pull them off, do some touch ups and a final polish and put the Slinky's on.
I'll be honest and say I'm not happy with the finish I achieved, I think I should have been more patient trying to get the glue off the top.
I'll also admit I'm more of a Gibson guy and although I had planned to do a Strat it was further down the list. However, I did take my time on the neck and it's really nice to play with a low action and a semi smooth finish (TO unsanded on the last few coats). I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would.

[wokkaboy]

great job Dedman looks good to me the finish. Better enter it in GOTM

[Dedman]

waitin on a set of roller string trees due this week and need to do some touch ups before she can go in any beauty contests ;P