robs STA-1M (Lyn #8)

[vh2580]

With Black jewellery/pickguard I think this would look pretty damn good.

[robin]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from vh2580 on September 27, 2014, 15:10
With Black jewellery/pickguard I think this would look pretty damn good.

Hey Tony, that never occurred to me. But I think you might be right. Hopefully the eye will be drawn to the black bling.

I will give it some more thought, but I suspect that Adam will be sending me another parcel in the near future.

Thanks for the tip mate,
rob

[robin]

Now with a dozen coats of TO on, she has darkened up a bit, but I still don't know what happened to the colour. It still looks a non-descript brown to me. I've still got about another dozen coats to go, so it should still darken up a bit more. I have been rubbing it down with 000 steel wool between coats but as of tomorrow I will start with wet and dry starting with 1000 and going through to 2000.

I've ordered the "blackify" kit from Adam, (thanks for the idea Tony) so I am hoping the black might contrast nicely with the wood grain. I'll do a mock up of both the chrome and black hardware and decide what looks best.

rob

[Nickosaurus]

Definitely turned an interesting colour. Most TO finishes I've seen (mine included) tend to go more towards an amber/yellow tone rather than brown. It's kind of unique which is nice.

[wokkaboy]

looks excellent Rob, you are patient applying 24 coats of TO (once the next dozen are done)
Nice touch recessing the trem cover plate. I think black hardware will look sweet mate, good choice.
Must be good to be building again

[gavinturner]

Looking great Rob. I think black hardware will look cool.

Cheers,
Gav.

[robin]

@ Nick
Yeah mate, I've done quite a few TO's and this is the first time is come out brown. Quite strange. But you are right, it will be a bit different.

@ Warren
Thanks mate, encouragement always appreciated. 24 coats sounds a lot but up here in Brissie, I can usually get 3 coats done in a day.

And you are right its good to be building again. Its a slow road back but I think I'm getting there.

@ Gav
Thanks Gav. I wish I could take credit for the black hardware, but it was all Tony's idea.

Cheers guys
rob

[robin]

Just a quick update.

After 25 coats of T.O. the colour is still un-inspiring, but if you turn it just the right way to catch the light you can just see the gloss. I have seen some Suhr guitars in this kind of colour, so although not my favourite, I guess I can live with it. Lol.

Plus I finally finished the wiring. Whew!

It took hours because I suck at soldering and circuits etc. But I think its working. I held a tuning fork over each of the pickups, seems to be OK. HSH configuration with coils splits on the HB’s, and 50’s wiring.

I am still not sure how well the mix of Toneriders and Entwistle pickups will go. I will have to wait until the guitar is finished and strung up to give it a proper test.

Cheers
rob

[Nickosaurus]

Your soldering is looking okay mate. Just make sure they're all silver and shiny. It looks like a few on your DPDT switch are a bit dull. If you get issues I'd be checking them for cold joints.

Also try to avoid using a ton solder - you only need enough to just flow over the joint.

[wokkaboy]

looking good Robin, nice and shiny. Nice mods to the electrics, so have you got tonerider humbuckers and the single middle pup is entwistle ?
Have you got a mock build pic with the neck and pickguard on ? can't see the colour of the pickguard