Ooh, speed holes! The arm rest is a cool addition too. Getting less and less strat like.
Ooh, speed holes! The arm rest is a cool addition too. Getting less and less strat like.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
Hahaha speed holes, more like 'how am I gonna cover up the bits of veneer that I sanded through' holes:-)Originally Posted by pablopepper
looks very cool Barge, where you been hiding bro ? the Barge and Woks show fan club have packed up and left !
Love the latest colour and the mods. Did you glue veneer to the perspex piece on the headstock ? looks way cool cuz
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Hey bro, yeah unfortunately I've been neglecting the guitar building (and the Barge/Wokka show) lately, but I thought it was about time to get stuck in again.
I totally took the old finish off, re-bound it, drilled some "speed holes" and bound those. And yeah I just used SM super glue to stick the veneer to the pickguard plastic, hope it holds:P
nice one Barge, glad your back to building again. Probably worth putting some clear coats over the veneer on the plastic. Speed holes a great workaround and bet they look cool with binding !
You made page 24 on your diary, getting close to Pests record !
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
looks awesome Nige. Cant you just redrill the bridge holes and mount it closer?
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It's a bit hard to see in the pics but all those veneer/plastic bits have been clear coated, I'm way ahead of ya Wokks;-)
Hey you've put 24,000 of these thing together now bro, what's up with the scale length of these and have you had issues?
Not without enlarging the cavity Stan to compensate for all the meat on the underside of the tremolo.
Hey Barge, I'll check the scale length on one of my 24,000 ST kits tonight and post it on this thread tonight. I haven't had any issues with scale length so not sure if its your new bridge but you said the stock bridge isn't giving you good intonation distances
You are always a step ahead big fella hahah
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Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
hey Barge looking at the pics of the mock build the front of the bridge usually butts up against the bottom of the pickguard, so are you saying thats as far north the bridge will go with the trem cavity ? Looks like its got to shift closer to the nut, you may even need to cut small holes in the pickguard for the pivot screws. Hope you got enough meat to re-drill the pivot screws. Looks like you may have to route out a larger trem cavity if thats the case
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
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