Zandit's First Build Thread

[Andy40]

Damn that splame is awesome, I could never get enough of that.

[wazkelly]

Damn that splame is awesome, I could never get enough of that.

That would have to one of the best looking spalt finishes I have seen on this forum.

Sorry Andy, yours looks great too but the pure naked goodness of this one is just something else.

[Zandit75]

Damn that splame is awesome, I could never get enough of that.

That would have to one of the best looking spalt finishes I have seen on this forum.

Sorry Andy, yours looks great too but the pure naked goodness of this one is just something else.

Yep, this will definitely be a keeper. No doubt though I will still have a lot of competition in the GOTM when I eventually get there.
There are so many great builds going on. I'd hate to be a judge!

[wazkelly]

Yep, the standard of entrants each month is unbelievably good but never let that put you off as yours is worthy to be amongst any that have been entered so far this year.

[Zandit75]

Yep, the standard of entrants each month is unbelievably good but never let that put you off as yours is worthy to be amongst any that have been entered so far this year.

Thanks Waz, again, most appreciated.
Just realised this build has already taken 3.5 months!!
I put on a second coat of clear on the back tonight. I also gave the back of the neck a light rub with 1200 and it is super smooth now. It will be interesting to see how it comes up after the second coat dries.

I also need to fix up a mistake on the front of the head stock. I wanted to clean up the finish a bit, so I used some 1200 wet and dry but didn't expect the marker pen I used for the logo to wipe away with 2 coats of clear over the top!
I'll need to touch it up tomorrow night. Not happy, it's my first real setback.

[Andy40]

That would have to one of the best looking spalt finishes I have seen on this forum.

Sorry Andy, yours looks great too but the pure naked goodness of this one is just something else.

Waz, I would have to agree....

[FrankenWashie]

[QUOTE=Zandit75;116184]
Just realised this build has already taken 3.5 months!!QUOTE]

That's a quickie Z, EXA-1 is at 9 months already, 10 months if you include the agonising over how to start.

[Zandit75]

Not Happy Jan!!
Tried to touch up the head stock logo, and the marking pen decided to blow it's load all over the place!!
Back to square one.......

[wazkelly]

Hey buddy, maybe order some decal transfer paper, easily found on ebay, and use an ink jet or laser printer to print your logo.

One thing I figured out after doing a couple of decal transfers, and shall do on any future builds, is to print the logo in the middle of a large area so that you can trim it all back to the edge of the headstock thus avoiding any obvious tell tale signs.

Not that you should hide the beauty on this headstock but for others wanting a black background simply drop the logo in the middle of a black background and reverse it out in whatever colour you want remembering that white on the computer screen comes out clear on the transfer paper.

[Zandit75]

Hate to break it to you Zandit, but those are 473 caps, meant to be paired with single coil pickups. These caps might lead to a muddier sound than desirable. Humbuckers are usually paired with 223 capacitors which allow more treble through to combat a humbucker's naturally duller tone.

OK, now I'm confused. I just had a PM from Stan about the Orange Drops he was going to send me, so I went and double checked the ones supplied in the kit, and they are 473's also.
Can I please get confirmation on what are the correct cap's for an LP?