This month is ridiculous. Beautiful builds everyone!
It took nearly a year to complete, here is my first attempt at building a kit: the Spalted Maple 'Halcyon' LP-1SS
It features Lace Dissonant Aggressor pickups, modern wiring and two coil-split push/pull volume controls (no treble bleed)
The build diary can be seen here: trv's Spalted Maple LP-1SS
Upgraded parts:
- Grover Keystone tuners
- Modified Gibson truss rod cover
- Graphtech TUSQ nut
- Switchcraft 3-way toggle switch
- Lace Dissonant Aggressor pickup set
- Gotoh Tune-o-matic bridge
- Gotoh 'Stop' tailpiece
- CTS push/pull DPDT 500K volume pots & CTS 500K tone control pots
- Orange Drop .022uF caps
- Switchcraft output jack
- Grover strap buttons
- Various guards, rings, knobs, etc.
Finish:
- Minwax Oriental Ginger, Saman Hop & Saman Black stain
- Sunburst painted with Createx Wicked Jet Black airbrush paint
- Tru-Oil finish (38-44 coats depending on the area of the guitar, not counting touch-ups)
- Hand cut celluloid logo inlay
- Screen printed wordmark
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