DrNomis_44's Gold Standard STA-1M Build.

[FredA]

Hey Doc, if you do another solid paint job I highly recommend this stuff:

$9.90 at the green shed and dried very nice!

I used these on my Star Wars ST jr and i'm super happy with the application and drying.
I started with 3-4 coats of primer, sanded flat and primer again and no more grain.
Then only added a couple coats of coloured paints and looks awesome.
I'm trying out adding a clear acrylic coat on top, and so far looks all happy.
Colour range is very nice too.

[DrNomis_44]

Hey Doc, if you do another solid paint job I highly recommend this stuff:

$9.90 at the green shed and dried very nice!

I used these on my Star Wars ST jr and i'm super happy with the application and drying.
I started with 3-4 coats of primer, sanded flat and primer again and no more grain.
Then only added a couple coats of coloured paints and looks awesome.
I'm trying out adding a clear acrylic coat on top, and so far looks all happy.
Colour range is very nice too.

Cheers, I'll give them a go next time mate.

[wazkelly]

Geez, I bought some Flat Black to repaint a bed head and base (as there was a bit of surface rust developing) at my local green shed for $11.95 per can and they had exactly the same colour range as Fred's plus more. Gotta wonder why I am paying an extra $2 per can from the same supplier?

[DrNomis_44]

Just so you guys know, I'm in a much better frame of mind than I was the last few days, I'm still going to go see the Doctors at the NT Mental Health Services this coming fortnight though, been thinking about what I could do with the Gold Strat body after I replace it with a new one, and I'm thinking of seeing if I can fix the dent in the body, so I can use it to build a second Strat (maybe make it into a Hank Marvin Strat and paint it red perhaps since I've been getting back into Hank Marvin and the Shadows), might see if I can get the right Red colour in those cans of Rust-Oleum paint and give those cans of Rust-Oleum a go.

[Brendan]

Great to hear you're in a better place - no one likes to see a mate struggling. Ultra worst case is drop Wokka a line and go for a Strat clock .

[DrNomis_44]

Great to hear you're in a better place - no one likes to see a mate struggling. Ultra worst case is drop Wokka a line and go for a Strat clock .

Cheers mate, yeah I don't like to see a mate struggling either,lol.


I'm currently doing a bit of work on my Squire P-Bass, basically (pun intended...lol), I'm swapping out the bridge that was installed on it for the one that was on my Yamaha ERB-300 Bass (the bridge on the ERB-300 is a nice Gotoh), just had to glue some splinters of wood in some holes so that the mounting screws would be tighter.

[Andy40]

I think that most of the forum members would agree with me that your mateship and continual support on this forum, for us, has been invaluable Doc. You have encouraged me when I have had major set backs in my builds and have inspired me to build pedals (and an amp someday). I can see that you have set exceedingly high goals for yourself and your pursuit of them is admirable, I just thought I should highlight some of your qualities that you may not get told sometimes. Building guitars is not easy, and when you put the better part of a year and finances into it it can be soul destroying if things go wrong. I've been there, and I've seen others go to that place as well. It's a rare thing though, after that time, when it's time to pick it back up and finish that build, I've seen some amazing builds come out of it. Take some time Doc, I'd love to see you finish this epic build thread

Andy

[stan]

take the time and effort to get yourself right Doc, we'll be here waiting

[DrNomis_44]

I think that most of the forum members would agree with me that your mateship and continual support on this forum, for us, has been invaluable Doc. You have encouraged me when I have had major set backs in my builds and have inspired me to build pedals (and an amp someday). I can see that you have set exceedingly high goals for yourself and your pursuit of them is admirable, I just thought I should highlight some of your qualities that you may not get told sometimes. Building guitars is not easy, and when you put the better part of a year and finances into it it can be soul destroying if things go wrong. I've been there, and I've seen others go to that place as well. It's a rare thing though, after that time, when it's time to pick it back up and finish that build, I've seen some amazing builds come out of it. Take some time Doc, I'd love to see you finish this epic build thread

Andy

Hey cheers for that Andy, though you and I have never met in person, I regard you as a great mate, hope you don't mind me saying that, I've read a few of your threads and found them inspiring too, your guitar builds have impressed me a lot with the standard of finishing on them, when you get round to building an amp, feel free to ask me any questions you like and I will answer them to the best of my ability, I agree, sometimes I do tend to set very high goals for myself, maybe subconsciously I'm trying to prove something to myself, I don't really know, but when I do achieve those goals I tend to feel good about myself, and yes, when I don't achieve the goals I've set for myself it does tend to feel a bit soul destroying, I think I need to learn how to deal with setbacks better, so, maybe that can be my life's mission, hopefully I'll get this project finished with the new Strat body, meanwhile there are a few other things I can work on.


The good news is that I managed to get my white Ibanez RG350DXZ guitar back into a playable/giggable state, with a new set of strings, it seems to be holding it's tuning a bit better now, so at least I have one guitar that I can play, I also did some other maintenence work on it to get the trem-system working better.

[DrNomis_44]

take the time and effort to get yourself right Doc, we'll be here waiting

Cheers mate, much appreciated.