robs JR-1DC (Lyn #7)

[stan]

great mods robin, looks good

[wokkaboy]

Yes agreed with everyone Robin, you should remove the ugly tag, its looking nicely modified already and you are working around any problems arising. The recessed control knobs and pickguard should look awesome and you are giving this model a unique look which is cool.
Keep up the good work and keep us updated on the forum, everyone is happy to have an old forumite back who has many outstanding PBG builds !
Its a real inspiration to other builders that you have done all these mods with a rasp, file, chisel and sandpaper proving that you don't need many tools to modify these axes !

[robin]

@ Stan,
Thanks mate, appreciate that.

@ Warren,
Thanks mate, not sure about "inspiration"! I think I'm just stubborn, pigheaded and a glutton for punishment, with too much spare time on my hands lol.

I've had a productive couple of days of late.

Firstly I had my first crack at grain filling. I thought I would use Timbermate. I wanted something dark to enhance the grain, and as I already had some Hardwood Timbermate I bought a small tub of Jarrah with the idea of mixing them together to get a nice dark fill. Unfortunately it turned out a bit too red for my liking. But one never knows how it will react to a stain, so the jury is still out on that one.

I also finished shaping the headstock. Nothing flash, just trying to keep a Gibbo vibe going.

cheers
rob

Pic #1 the body before grainfilling
Pic #2 after
Pic #3 the Headstock

[gavinturner]

Nice grain fill Rob! I think it will come up beautifully with a little stain.
I must remember to do this to all my basswood builds.
Wish I had've remembers for my jnr. This is going to look sweet!

Cheers,
Gav.

[kells80aus]

Hi Rob,
I like what you've done with the cuts. It sure makes that lill baby stand out in a crowd.

Like you I am doing a Double cut LP Jnr. well I will be when it turns up. It's due some time in the next few weeks.
Just in time for me to finish off this strat I am building.

On the point of P90's I noticed there are a lot of spacers(Shims) avaiabale for dog eared P90's on ebay. Also dogeared mini humbuckers if you wanted to go that way.

I am thinking about how to get more tone varaition out of mine, and the Gave-Myster pointed out Stellartone make a drop in tone switch replacement for the tone control. Certainly worth looking at.

http://www.stellartone.com/index.asp

Cheers PK

[robin]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from gavinturner on March 22, 2014, 17:49
Nice grain fill Rob! I think it will come up beautifully with a little stain.
I must remember to do this to all my basswood builds.
Wish I had've remembers for my jnr. This is going to look sweet!

Cheers,
Gav.

Thanks Gav, my first attempt at grain filling. Boy its a messy job with Timbermate but well worth the effort for the finish you get. I wish I hadn't bought the Timbermate on impulse, but that's the way this build has gone so far lol.

cheers
rob

[robin]

Thanks Paul.

I got some shims with my P90 from Lollar, but they look pretty crap so will probably use the one that I have made. According to Lollar you need to get the pole pieces as close as possible to the strings. Approx 2mm!!

Those Stellatone thingoes look OK but I have already spent too much already. I guess if you're after a variety of sounds, a single P90 is not the way to go anyway lol.

Good luck with your builds mate.

cheers
rob

[pablopepper]

Good to see you back Rob, and come back in style. You have taken this kit to a whole other level. Can't wait to see more.

[robin]

Thanks Craig,

Good to be back mate. Still not properly on my game but getting there.

I wanted to do a bit more on it this week but as my workshop is my back patio the rain in Brissie has put a stop to that.

Chaffing at the bit to get going again though.

cheers
rob

[robin]

Finally got a chance to do some more work on the 'Jnr' over the weekend.

After many, many, MANY hours of sanding I applied the first coat of stain, and it was immediately obvious that I hadn't sanded enough. Sheesh!! You would think that after several builds I would have DB's mantra ingrained into my tiny little brain, but 'nuh'. After letting it dry I applied a second coat of stain and it improved somewhat, it'll have to do.

So today I managed to get the first coat of Tru-Oil applied. It's only the first (soak) coat so fairly rough and uneven, but the grain has "popped" nicely. It will take several more coats before a gloss starts to really show.

Just a couple of progress pics. You can tell by the mat under the guitar that phone/camera has done weird things to the colours but it shows how the grain is going.

cheers
rob

Pic #1 - 2 coats of stain
Pic #2 - 1 Coat of Tru-Oil