CNKXU1 ST1 build

[Bass Guy]

This looks fan-blinking-tastic!

Definitely go with the pearl guard now.

Thanks everyone for the support, encouraging comments and advice.

This is turning out to be a very enjoyable project. One of those ones that you do not mind taking your time, avoiding the rush and letting it happen. But you can take that to extremes.

Thought I would show you what's under the guitar project - my workbench project that turned 21 this year. I started building it in 1992 when we were living in Sydney. I went to the timberyard with my cutting list and asked about wood - the gruff answer was "Wood is for burning. We supply timber." I bought a load of undressed hardwood, redgum and river gum and started cutting it to size on the Triton sawbench - a fantastic device for ripping and crosscutting that has probably saved me many fingers and eyes. Arrived at the point where the top was mostly together and then it sat for a while. We moved back to Melbourne and eventually, I constructed the legs from Oregon and mounted the top without fully completing the end pieces or the vices. I had cut everything to size and test fitted it all but had not glued it all together except for the longitudinal pieces of the top. I even mounted a metal vice to the top for metalwork and then proceeded to spill cutting fluid, machine oil and filings all over it.
Before the guitar, I thought I had better get organised and finish off the bench, so after finally finding some suitable wood vice screws, I completed the tail and side vices, made the benchdogs, removed the stains, filled the holes, sanded down the top, and finished off with Danish oil (which I should have done many years earlier as the timber had shrunk across the grain by a considerable amount but all the joins were solid. The endpieces are bolted and fixed with dowels for which I had drilled all the holes and test fitted right at the start and I was surprised how much shrinkage there was but a bit of drilling and rasping and it was all good).
It was such a pleasure to finally finish the bench that I am trying to treat it with respect and not just abuse it and use it for storage like it had been for many years. I think that is the key to any project - treat the tools with respect and they will do the right job for you.
A shot of the rest of the man cavern which I will move onto cleaning up when the guitar is finished - Yamaha YZF750R with 1000 motor and Aprilia RS250 daily rides, one of the Yamaha RZ250/350 projects and the race car to be completed - VS Commodore built by Dencar and HRT that never made it to the V8 race series.
Sorry for digressing, but you have to do something while the wudtone dries. I could start on the neck but do not want to create dust until the body is complete.

[Bass Guy]

Busy chap, what with the benches, bikes and Strats... Great story!

[stan]

coming along well, and that bench is a beaut!

Third and final top coat for the body. Still quite a bit of the top coat left in the bottle, only used about half. Have I applied it too thinly?

[pablopepper]

Can't help with your question, but I love the colour. Love it.

Thanks pp. Just saw your gloss TL-1. Magnificent. And your headstock got me thinking of options.

[Gavin1393]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from cnkxu1 on August 24, 2013, 12:05
Third and final top coat for the body. Still quite a bit of the top coat left in the bottle, only used about half. Have I applied it too thinly?

No, DB is just a bit heavy handed on the pump when he provides you with the paint....plus he doesn't want you to run out!!! This is why there is usually paint left over unless your name starts with 'P' and ends with 'est" and that's only because he tells us he drinks the stuff!

A fanciful headstock idea embodying a profile reminiscent of a pitbull - a small curved fretsaw cut on the end, some sanding and a bit of dremel carving - black stain in the nose and mouth.

Reminiscent of Snoopy now I look at it again - needs a bit more work to give it a bit of attitude. More of a snarl and drop the nose a bit.