Here we go... Muzza's first build. Non PBG PRS-1TS

[Muzza]

Well not ideal, but considering my frame of mind yesterday, it's come off better than expected.



The Nullabor Ochre seems to have come through pretty much unscathed, but I've gone through the Black Stump pretty thoroughly in a few places.

I've put on another THIN coat of intensifier to ascertain how well the Ochre fared, but I'm going to have to break out the Feast Watson on the black.

The weird thing is, I've put on heaps more coats of black than ochre, but I only sanded through the black...

[gavinturner]

Rush through, take no care and end result is a crap guitar that is only useful as a cricket bat.

Hey, no fair! Both my cricket bats took months and months to finish!

cheers,
Gav.

[wokkaboy]

looking good Muzza hang in there

haha your cricket bats Gav both come up a treat, shows you it's worth taking your time with the finish

[Muzza]

I mentioned the neck humbucker mount rings not fitting the high arch on this model. (Page 2 post #16 & #19)

I manufactured one using the supplied ring and adding material with strips from a spare ring with acetone, but I'm not happy with the result, so I bought another 'bridge' mounting ring, as it has enough 'meat' to reshape it.

I used the one I manufactured as a template to scribe the arcs and these photos show just how high the arch is on this model - higher than an LP.

This first image is taken from the bridge side - the supplied mounting ring on top. The bottom one shows the arc scribed on a bridge mounting ring, ready to shape.


This image is taken from the neck side. Again, supplied ring on top.


I'd be interested to know if anybody has built a PBG version of a PRS-1TS to see if they had a similar issue.

[wazkelly]

Hey Muzza that is a lot of curvature going on there.

I have seen all sorts of Gibbo style PUP rings on eBay and also Realparts website here on the Sunny Coast but not sure if they allow for that much of a curve?

You could always go top loaded like I ended up doing on the EX-1.

[Muzza]

OK, question time.

What can I use to remove masking tape residue and not affect the DT intensifying coat right next to it?

[wazkelly]

No idea what is best but it could be worth a shot at using a fresh piece of the same masking tape placed over the top of the residue and then lifted off. Repeat a few times and you might just be surprised at the results. Works the same with Blue Tack too.

[Muzza]

Thanks Waz, but that was ineffective.

As there were no more suggestions forthcoming, I just took to it with some turps. It worked a treat - didn't affect the adjacent DT intensifying coats at all.

Even BETTER news... the first finish coat has now been applied!

Woo hoo! I'm on a roll. I should be playing this thing by September!

[dingobass]

Naptha (lighter fluid) works a treat as well

[Muzza]

I'm BAAAAAACK!

I finally got around to moving my builds a tiny tad closer to completion.

The burst on this build has gone completely tits-up after it was looking so good back in April. Sometimes you've just got to accept that it is what it is and move on toward finishing the bloody thing.

Here are the the latest pictures.

The body...I'm really disappointed with the burst, as mentioned above. I'm just going to continue to apply a few hundred coats of finish until it's so shiny you won't notice the crappy burst.


The headstock... again, lots of disappointment with the veneer and the way it took the stain. Disaster after disaster. But... it is what it is...


Finally, a positive - the only one...:-(
I really like the pattern in the wood on the back of the neck. Ironic that the best feature of the guitar is on the back...