First kit! STA-1

[MrFoster]

@Wokka
Sounds like a plan, would keep me occupied until I get the chance to get onto it

@Andrew
I'm pretty pumped for it too!

@Brendan
Thanks for the heads up there, I think I'll do this. Perry is a pretty cool guy, I'm sure he'd have no problem doing this. I'm going to ask the guy if I can do the transaction through Paypal as well, just for extra security

[MrFoster]

Update on the Ormsby!
Contacted him to see if I could pay for it through Paypal and he told me he already sold it
Ah well, I say. I have a bunch of money I can spend on this build. I can also save up some money and go to one of Perry's classes in Perth

[wokkaboy]

so was it someone else selling the Ormsby Mr Foster or Perry ?
Think his classes are at least $2.5k but sure you would learn alot.
Now you can splash out on some nice hardware for the STA-1 !

[MrFoster]

It was a guy posting on an Australian gear exchange page on Facebook. I ended up going through the Ormsby page and found the guitar in one of the images so it was legit. His classes are indeed around that mark, I might as well go to one myself next year.
I was mostly thinking of it for the fanned fret aspect, so I think I'll go through Halo Guitars for a fanned fret. Will be cheaper too!
Absolutely, I think I'll throw some money around tonight after I make up my mind on what bridge I'll get for this strat.
What do your guys think about wood branding on a logo for the headstock?

[wokkaboy]

so you mean heating up a logo and branding it on the headstock like they brand cattle ?
never seen it done but think it would look cool

[MrFoster]

That's exactly what I'm thinking!
I did some searching and there's people that do custom irons, if I make kit building a hobby I don't see why not.
But I think I'll still put the Pitbull logo on the back at least

[wokkaboy]

one of the forum guys Andyport has a sign/printing/logo business can make you a logo to stick on in decal paper or vinyl could be another option. His email is citysigns at internode dot on dot net

[MrFoster]

I'll be sure to keep that in mind if I ever want to do anything like that. Which is pretty likely because I plan to do a painted guitar.

I bet you guys were waiting for this question, but as for sanding; do I just sand with a certain grit until the wood has a consistent texture then sand some more and move to the next grit?

[wokkaboy]

yeah thats correct Mr Foster. Normally start sanding about 180 grit, then 220, 240 and 320 grit is normally fine enough for Dingotone, or if you are keen 400 grit. Wipe off all the dust and run your fingers over the surface and you can feel most machine marks and bumps/lower areas.
The Dingobass mantra is sand, sand, sand some more, then sand a bit more (or get the missus to sand haha).
Generally you are better to oversand than undersand as any machine marks are really highlighted by stains.
Don't sand past 400 grit on the body as it tends to polish the surface and the timber pores won't take the stain as well

[stan]

some great plans there, nice looking body on that one.
if you have the $ look at Babicz full contact hardware. Pricey, but the quality is amazing, using one of their bridges on my sister's LP build