Phroz STA-1M, ST-M, TL-1

[Andy40]

Looking great Phroz.

[phrozin]

You are a building machine mate! Love the blue btw

Its my hobby Dedman i enjoy it and keeps me out of trouble, i was one of those guys that hast to do something all the time if i didn't i would go crazy sitting in front of the tv all day sucks, i don't work anymore since my accident my week consist of physio, doctors, xrays and mri's or ut scans. Some of the guitars i sell usually the ones i don't like the colour but most i keep.

the blue pearl strat ill be clearing tomorrow then i'm busy for a few days i say polish it next week



polished the ibanez today started to assemble it and i cleared the telecaster about 6 coats of clear over candy apple red probably give it another 6 coats of clear will look pretty good and i will have matching candy apple red strat and tele



the ibanez im doing for my self pretty straight forward just black with 8 coats of clear its going to replace my les paul which is to back heavy for me

[phrozin]

hey guys i been using some new gear to polish my guitars i thought id give you guys a heads up i got them out of china on ebay you get 19 pads and the disc only cost me $11 delivered, i have been using them on a cordless drill they do a brilliant job and make polishing them pretty easy i used them with Meguiar's rubbing compound only down side is they take 4 weeks to show up, if you guys are like me larger polishers can pull the body out of your hands and bugger up a good paint job any way here some pic's cant go wrong for the money

[andrewdosborne]

Thanks for the heads up on the pads Phrozin. BTW I'm using your previous instruction on spray painting and progress is, I'm pleased to report, good!

[andrewdosborne]

i found a tutorial from framus guitars was easy enough but the intonation was a bitch to tune in 1st time i did it and had a play and sounded like someone was strangling one of my cats took about 3 hours but got it in the end.

heres the youtube floyd rose set up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN7qF6JLoIc

heres the ibanez copy which is done probably not the best pics

Really nice you've got some great projects on-the-go

[phrozin]

Thanks for the heads up on the pads Phrozin. BTW I'm using your previous instruction on spray painting and progress is, I'm pleased to report, good!

excellent be looking forward to seeing it finished, just take your time hast makes waste, if you have any trouble let me know

[phrozin]

latest update i spent the day polishing so far reasonably happy with them 1st is the strat after trying to assemble it i found the truss rod is not working, looks like ill haft to get a new neck for it as it just wont take the bow out of the neck so that's been put on hold till i get a new one. Paint came out ok paint is blue pearl and will be using a blue pearl pick guard, the tele is polished and have started to put it together but not sure about pick guard as came with a black one maybe a pearl red to match the candy apple red strat, The Ibanez i decided to redo it as i didn't like it black not really a black fan its all finished and ready to play as ill be keeping it for myself

[Simon Barden]

You don't hang about!

[phrozin]

Lol Simon this is the last update for a few weeks as i need new laptop and i want to do es-3 or a gr-1sf which i am saving for and my shoulder i had reconstruction in November has been giving me some grief so got to take it easy for a bit, i have finished them all the latest 1's i am keeping for my self as they have come out really nice specially the candy apple Strat tele and green Ibanez look really nice pic's dont do them justice


here's the blue pearl strat may need a new neck as i cant adjust the truss rod



tele all finished and tuned up

[Simon Barden]

Tele looks really nice. I'm not usually a fan of metallics on guitars, but that does look great.

Has the truss rod snapped on the Strat neck, or has it reached the limit of its travel? I've got a Tele where the truss rod screw has run out of adjustment and it really needs about another 1/4 turn to get the action right. StewMac sell some special die cutters to extend the threads on heel-adjusting truss rods, but it's quite expensive if you've only got one neck to do.

I've also got a nice mandolin that the truss rod has snapped on. It's still very playable, but it would be nice if I could flatten the neck a bit more. As the mandolin has a flat top, I can't lower the bridge any more without loosing almost all the downward force.