Rohans ST-1

[WeirdBits]

Quote from Rohan on July 16, 2013, 11:21
[...] it looks like a Basswood neck is not suitable for use with the neck kits. [...]

Product Description
Pit Bull Guitars ST-1 Kit Includes:

• Basswood body
• Maple Neck and Rosewood Fingerboard

Your ST-1 neck should be Maple, unless it's a special order, so any of the Wudtone neck kits should work fine with it. It's only really when you're wanting to use body colours on Maple necks that you have to be careful.

[Rohan]

Thanks Scott.

I should not rely on my memory - it got confused between the fact there is a Maple and non-Maple (Rosewood) fingerboard not neck!

Time to order I think!

[Rohan]

Have been planning out the build and ordered some stuff.

As usual, I get excited and jump into things too quickly. I soon realised that I didn't have a workbench that I could perform all this work on. And also did not have anything to grip or hold the guitar while working on it.

So I got myself one of these. I can clamp a sheet of board on it and it can become my work bench. And I can also use it to hold the guitar as required.

Getting closer to starting!

[keloooe]

Hey Rohan, where'd ya get that and for what cost? I'm looking at getting a portable workbench myself!

[Rohan]

I actually got it from Ebay... http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-WORX-...-/221227088539

It was actually quite hard to get in Australia and that page says they won't have any stock for a while.

That model is actually the same as the US Rockwell RK9000 Jawhorse - but rebranded as WORX PROFESSIONAL here.

Rockwell have a Jawhorse in Australia but it is a smaller model. http://www.rockwelltools.com.au/benchtop_jawhorse.html - which they apparently sell through Mitre 10.

Apparently there is a Titan Superjaws which is people claim is good as well.

Hope that helps a bit... it took me a while to find what I was looking for!

[Rohan]

Thanks PBG!

Time to get sanding!

[Rohan]

Hey guys,

Was doing a mock up of my kit this afternoon and I think a couple of wires have become disconnected from their solder. The wiring diagram for the ST-1 only shows the new connections that need to be made rather than the whole circuit.

Could someone point me in the direction of a full diagram? I am not entirely sure what I should be looking for on the internet.

Cheers,
Rohan.

[WeirdBits]

Seymour Duncan: Strat 3 singles, 1 Volume, 2 Tones, 5-way switch
GuitarElectronics.com: Strat 3 singles, 1 Volume, 2 Tones, 5-way switch

[Rohan]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from WeirdBits on July 23, 2013, 20:00
Seymour Duncan: Strat 3 singles, 1 Volume, 2 Tones, 5-way switch
GuitarElectronics.com: Strat 3 singles, 1 Volume, 2 Tones, 5-way switch

Legend. Will check it out tomorrow.

[Rohan]

So the last few days have seen quite a number of hours dedicated to sanding.

The main thing I found with the damp rag technique was that there were a lot of deep scratches at the top of the body where the curves are carved out and along the bottom of the body.

I spent quite a considerable amount of time working with the 180 Grit for those areas but the scratches were being very stubborn. I ended up finding in my cupboard some 100 Grit and this worked much better and I was able to get those deep scratches out.

Today I went over the body one last time with the 240 Grit and it's looking good. If I wipe it down with the damp rag I can no longer see any scratches.... Does this mean I am in a good place? Does the damp rag technique show all the scratches? Or should I keep going over it just to make sure there is nothing hidden?

Anyway, it seems good to me. Tomorrow should mean that I can get the first deep colour coat on. Scary!