Wazkelly's EX-5

[wazkelly]

Hmmm, been a bit slack and didn't realise where the past 2 months went in relation to this baby?

Made a start on the bridge replacement tonight. Removing the old one lifted a bit of finish off that will be obvious just in front of the newer one as it has a much smaller footprint. Old one on the left and newer one on the right which has slots on the back to make string changing a whole lot easier than feeding through tiny holes and risk scraping string across the finish as you draw them through. Feeding them back out was not a lot of fun either so I wont miss the stock kit bridge one bit.



Also had a few holes to fill with bamboo skewers and PVA glue.....the reason why so many holes? It was my 1st build and located the bridge too far across on the treble side initially and had to move across by about 5 mm which was well hidden until doing this modification.

[Andyxlh]

Can u fix the finish with a small paintbrush? Nice colour, especially with the black hardware.

[wazkelly]

Hi Andy, my plan is to leave the masking tape where it is in those shots to sand back the bamboo skewers then remove a bit more tape forward towards neck and apply a few coats of Tru Oil with a rag. The lifted part will mostly be under the new bridge.

Deliberately taped it up that way as reference marker points for a few things and to help with placement and intonation too.

[Airwick]

Can u fix the finish with a small paintbrush? Nice colour, especially with the black hardware.

Agreed the colour goes great with the black hardware best of luck patching those holes Waz.

[trv]

Love the contrast you get between the amber body and the black hardware!

[wazkelly]

Deliberated long and hard about the replacement bridge and ended up biting the bullet last weekend. Also relocated front strap lock to the neckplate to help with a better balance and reduce neck diving to some degree as these these have a very long neck....Also some shots of the neck break angle which shows bridge PUP needed to be lowered and most likely neck one a little bit too. Will wait for neck to settle after truss rod tweak before re-stringing and then re-check all measurements again.

[wazkelly]

Front Strap lock relocated...

[blinddrew]

Shaping up nicely.

[wazkelly]

Thanks mate.

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[JohnH]

Looks killer Waz