DrNomis_44's Gold Standard STA-1M Build.

[tonyw]

I have a new .1 Vit Q in my parts bin that i probably will never use, they are VitQ 0.22 i have going into the 12 string, they cost me pennies, at the end of the day a cap really is a cap Doc. I prefer to use Orange drops, they are a good cap and not expensive, the only thing i wont use is ceramic, unless its in a treble bleed.

[wokkaboy]

nice stash of parts Doc and love the gold knobs, should look speccy the mock build.
Page 58 Doc, remember earlier in the week I predicted you would reachpage 60 by the weekend !

[DrNomis_44]

I have a new .1 Vit Q in my parts bin that i probably will never use, they are VitQ 0.22 i have going into the 12 string, they cost me pennies, at the end of the day a cap really is a cap Doc. I prefer to use Orange drops, they are a good cap and not expensive, the only thing i wont use is ceramic, unless its in a treble bleed.

Normally I would have used a bog-standard, garden-variety, .1uF/100V Greencap as the Tonecap in my Strat build, but I thought I would do something different this time, just for fun, and try one of these Vitamin Q caps, you're quite correct in saying that a cap is just a cap, providing that it is in good condition and functions properly with no leakage, it is not going to do anything detrimental or otherwise to your tone, I've heard lots of great things about Orange Drop caps, they are often used as replacement caps in vintage Fender amps, I like the look of them and my Squier P-Bass uses one for a Tone cap, also heard great things about the so-caled Sozo Caps which are sometimes used as replacement caps in Marshall amps.

[DrNomis_44]

nice stash of parts Doc and love the gold knobs, should look speccy the mock build.
Page 58 Doc, remember earlier in the week I predicted you would reachpage 60 by the weekend !

Yep, it looks like you're going to be proved absolutely correct mate, and it's only Thursday, I'm really liking the Gold Knobs too.

[tonyw]

For your next build when you order i will send you some orange drops to try for free, i have 100's of them.

[DrNomis_44]

For your next build when you order i will send you some orange drops to try for free, i have 100's of them.

Cheers for that mate, my next kit build is going to be the TL-51 Telecaster kit, would love to try an Orange Drop in it, do you have an online website, if so, I'm interested in checking it out.

[tonyw]

Only the facebook one at the moment, but i am going to fire up my domain names and servers again soon, new financial year. I will be concentrating on quality guitar parts, but not everything, my pickup winds, and my wiring looms mainly, things on the electronics side of guitars have always been my interest, but you never know what will arrive in the brown truck next.


My motto is "Leave The Bull At The Gate"

[DrNomis_44]

Only the facebook one at the moment, but i am going to fire up my domain names and servers again soon, new financial year. I will be concentrating on quality guitar parts, but not everything, my pickup winds, and my wiring looms mainly, things on the electronics side of guitars have always been my interest, but you never know what will arrive in the brown truck next.


My motto is "Leave The Bull At The Gate"

Sounds cool, if you could pm me to let me know when you've got your domain name and servers up and running again that would be much appreciated, thanks in advance.

[DrNomis_44]

I'm just in the process of getting things prepared so I can get a pic of the mock-build sorted so I can upload a pic of what the Strat is going to look like once it's finished, so stay tuned.


Okay here are some more pics of the guitar, hopefully these will give you a good idea what it is going to look like once the build process has finished:















The 5-way Tritan Pickup Switch I ordered turned out to be a drop-in fit for the mounting holes in the Scratch Plate, so I'm feeling very relieved about that since I was a bit worried that it wouldn't fit, I have found that some switches from different manufacturers tend to be a bit variable with regards to the spacing of the mounting screw holes, I guess I was pretty lucky this time.


And, as you can see in the close-up pic of the scratchplate, the Gold Knobs and Selector Switch Tip really work well with the White Pearloid Scratchplate, and the Dingotone Coolangatta Gold, it looks pretty classy in my humble opinion.


Next fortnight, I'll see if I can get the Gold Super Vee Bladerunner Strat Bridge ordered.

[vh2580]

That is looking very classy. I wouldnt have thought that the gold and the Coolangatta body colour pickguard would match that well, but looks a great combo. if it sounds as good as it looks youre on a winner.