Community Kit Build Number 4

[Dedman]

will have to see if I can get a mate over with his camera, I have no way to record things.
I dont have a distortion pedal but some gain on the amp and the tiniest bit of overdrive and the speaker is flappin LOL

[nitroburner1000]

Great looking axe Dedman, another one for the collection

[Dedman]

I was never really happy with this build, I loaned it to a mate after replacing the hardware and pick ups with the stock stuff,he decided to go buy a Squire after a few months and gave it back. Since then the bridge pick up had found a home in the DM-1S, the bridge itself and the tuners found their way onto my black strat and the neck ended up on the Jag/surf/master. So I had the body which is the bit I was never happy with. My attempt to hide glue spots looked like crap, so I took the decision to just paint it. I've sanded it back and am doing it in Caribbean Turquoise metallic ( the colour of the family Kingswood in some of my pics) with a black burst edging. I've ordered a new rosewood neck , gold Wilkinson trem, gold staggered tuners and black and gold Gold Foil pick ups for it.

[wazkelly]

Is that colour from around 1976 vintage Kingswood, HJ perhaps?

Nice burst effect and should look great with gold trimmings.

[Dedman]

HZ Waz

[wazkelly]

HZ Waz

End of the series and also that shape for Holden as Commodore came along next.

[Dedman]

this guitar is cursed.
Today I planned on putting the clear coats on but noticed the burst needed a touch up in a couple of spots so masked it all again, got out the air brush, did the job. I was doing this out doors in the car port as I had set up to spray the clear with a bigger gun. As I'm peeling the tape off a stray gust of wind grabs the tape, flips it to a plastic cup of thinners, I'm still pulling on the tape so over goes the cup.....all over the guitar! The air went a different shade of blue to the guitar. Sand it all back. Redo the top colour and burst. Took it inside under under a infrared drying lamp. Back outside. I put on the first clear coats then went for lunch leaving the guitar impaled on a dowel in the jack socket , the dowel supported in a vice clamped to the bench. On returning from lunch the dowel is still in vice but the guitar is laying on the ground! I looked it over, BIG dent in the top horn and a few scratches. the dowel is still in the vice. But the air hose wasn't where I always leave it, it had been moved. Some DIRT BAG had come in picked it up and thrown it on the floor! There is no other way it could have got off 6 inches of dowel. I can only think it was a passing school kid or vagrant who though they were going to steal it till they found it was still wet as the carports contents are visible from the street. So I had to bog up the dent, sand it all back yet again . Finally ended the day with 3 coats of clear on it and the body safely locked away.

[pablopepper]

Bloody hell. What a ridiculous series of unfortunate events.

[Sonic Mountain]

Ugh.. Man I hate days like that. If it were me I would have walked away and drunk some beer by now.

[Dedman]

I figure these days are to test what it takes for me to finally go postal. Having dealt with Australian gov depts for years........it will take more than this.
However I would not like to be the dirt bag if I ever found out who it was." We have such wonders to show you........