DrNomis_44's Gold Standard STA-1M Build.

[Muzza]

Just starting to wonder if there's a guitar attached to this build diary?

[DrNomis_44]

Just starting to wonder if there's a guitar attached to this build diary?

There is, but it is still being worked on, still waiting for the last coat to dry, I've basically done all I could on it so far.

[andrewdosborne]

There is, but it is still being worked on, still waiting for the last coat to dry, I've basically done all I could on it so far.

Give it as long as you can withstand for the curing. Longer the better, my current surf strat will be hanging around for a while yet before any attempt made at assembly. I've rushed this in the past and have had components fuse to the finish (scratch plate comes to mind) a bit disastrous when it comes to peeling it off for whatever reason...

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[wazkelly]

Hey Doc, are you out there or do we need to send a search party to find you as there has not been a post to this thread for more than 3 days???

For a few pages there I thought we were already involved in some sort of therapy quite distantly removed from said guitar being built cause god knows some of us may need it once it has been done haha.

[DrNomis_44]

Hey Doc, are you out there or do we need to send a search party to find you as there has not been a post to this thread for more than 3 days???

For a few pages there I thought we were already involved in some sort of therapy quite distantly removed from said guitar being built cause god knows some of us may need it once it has been done haha.

Haha....thanks for the heads-up Wazkelly, nah I haven't gone and gotten myself lost again, well I hope not anyway, I haven't posted anything for three days cause I was waiting for the finish on the Strat body to dry, I think the humidity up here in Darwin is slowing down the drying time quite a bit and because of that I underestimated things a bit, it might be dry enough to do another full mock build tomorrow, if so I might build the guitar up to the point where it's playable so I can do some pics and record a demo clip so you guys can hear what it sounds like, I can always then carefully dis-assemble it to apply a couple more final coats to the body.