as for your neck get a bit of masking tape and stick it on side on the neck then put some filler (bondo car filler) on the tape and squeeze the neck in to the joint leave it to dry it will leave a nice fit that's what i do
as for your neck get a bit of masking tape and stick it on side on the neck then put some filler (bondo car filler) on the tape and squeeze the neck in to the joint leave it to dry it will leave a nice fit that's what i do
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George said it was an alder, not ash body (though the STA-1M should come with an ash body). It's difficult to tell from the photos as to me it could be either. But ash would certainly need grain filling, whilst alder wouldn't.
yeh i got a sta-1m its ash gave me nightmares when i grained filled it Simon doubt i use another ash body it was a real pain don't think pitbull do a alder do they ? ah well who cares lol the maple neck does look pretty nice on them thats why i got the ash
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It is an alder body. It's a custom order with basis the STA-1M.
Simon i fixed the jack plate just like you said. I just set the screws right and its ok.
phrozin thanks a lot for the advice! And for the links you shared!
Now as for the neck pocket i will fix it with a liitle veneer piece glued to the side.
Not that much of a problem at all. I just want the neck to sit as good as possible at the pocket because i think the better the fitting the better sustain and tone you will get.
I've already made some sanding today both neck and body to soften some factory imperfections.
And if i find the correct template i will do the cutting of the headstock today also.
I love strats and I love your build George. Can wait to see it unfold.
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Hi Andy!
Strats are beautiful but when i saw Gimours, man she is perfect..!
I cut the headstock today and its prety good. Tomorrow i will finish sanding it and i will post some photos of my progress.
I couldnt imagine that building a guitar was so fun!!
Now i am searching the market for some upgrades i want to do.
First of all i want to install a bone nut.
I want to buy the spring for the tremolo arm which was not included in the kit.
And i want to find some better tuners and i think i'm going to use black ones.
I'm also thinking to change the bridge but i might leave it for later as it looks prety much ok.
G'day & welcome George,
The neck pocket on my STA1 was slightly loose so I used some of the PB copper shielding tape to line the sides, now a firm fit
You'll certainly want some white pickup covers and control knobs. I believe the Pitbull kit pickups have the narrower pole-piece spacings that most of the Asian made guitars have, so don't get ones designed for US made pickups.
Simon for starters i will leave the black covers as is. When i will do the final assembly and can listen to the pickups i will decide. If the pickups sound ok i will only change the covers. If i dont like the sound i will get new ones. As for the knobs i've already bought new ones! I'm also thinking if i'm gonna shorten the tremolo arm.. I don't know if it is comfortable for pkaying.
Mine came with a short tremolo arm and it's pretty hard to use as you need to provide around double the force on it with your hand. A two-spring trem setup might be easier (I'm using three).
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