+1 for leaving it as is. Looks great
+1 for leaving it as is. Looks great
Unless you make any scratchplate yourself, or get a custom one made, note that the standard Explorer ones will have a hole for the pickup selector switch at the pointy end of the scratchplate. It will look a bit odd (unless you cover the hole with a sticker or some ornamentation).
The PBG kits have the selector switch located between a master volume and master tone knob. When I get round to putting my EX kit together, I'll be routing out a cavity and cable channel and filling and re-drilling the normal selector switch hole so I can have the selector switch and the two volume + one tone control as per a Gibbo EX.
hmmm. you are making me wonder if I want two volumes now...
Chopped a tiny bit off the end of the fingerboard. Not too much harm done. When I find a stone to sharpen the chisel the rest will go and the pickup surround will fit tight up against the fingerboard with no visible hole underneath.
Last edited by djk7; 19-01-2018 at 04:12 AM.
Nicely done. When you're all done I'm sure it will look great.
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very nice body. oh and the guitar looks great too. nice work
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Wonderful work, you were right not to pick guard this, it would have been a shame to over up that wood.
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Looks great. I hope you've managed to get it intonated correctly after your hard work on the end of the fingerboard?
Looks awesome djk7! Although it's not helping my growing covetousness for an EX.
Completed Projects:
non PBG LP Custom - Hetfield 'Uncle Milty' Iron Cross replica
non PBG Brownstein Stratocaster
Current WIP:
non PBG Stratocaster - Canadian Red Ensign
PBG FV-1G Custom
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