Gav's Super-Strat Build (Thank's Andy!)

[pablopepper]

Yeah, looking good, Gav.

[Andy40]

Damn those colour tone dyes are great.

[FrankenWashie]

Mmmm. Black Strat, nice.

[Kick]

Indeed very nice!

[stan]

I'm glad this is behind you now Gav, hopefully the typical buildfest you produce is on the way. And as usual - they will be awesome

[gavinturner]

Thanks guys,

Well, I got the chance to get another layer of black dye on today. I'm pretty happy with the amount of colour. I think I sanded too fine to get a really deep black, but I do like the fact that I can still see the grain quite clearly on what I have. It's quite a trans-black look, edging towards even dark walnut. Hmm. Here's what it looked like after the second round of dye dried.



After that I managed to get 2 soak coats of TO applied. Coat 1:



and now just after coat 2 has gone on. I do think it's coming up nicely.



I *may* chuck some Colortone dye into the next TO coat to darken the black a smidge, but I'm undecided. It's well past time I get started on the neck. I still have to cut the headstock shape, so hopefully I'll find more time this weekend to get that done.

Anyone else going to Sydney Supernova on Sunday 18th? I might see you there.

cheers,
Gav.

[wokkaboy]

looks great Gav, maybe a darker edge would look cool, leave the rest as is. Good to see you back in the saddle buddy !

Does this have a standard strat tremelo ? What pups are going in ?

[gavinturner]

Thanks Woks,

Yeah it's got a standard strat tremelo, gold hardware at the moment, but I might change that up, not sure. I'm thinking about bareknuckle pickups, maybe a zebra Tonerider Rocksong in the bridge and maybe a noiseless Entwistle single coil in the neck. Not sure yet.

cheers,
Gav.

[Kick]

Great color so far. I wonder how it will look with gold hardware. Could be a killer

[Drummerdude]

Looking good Gav.. I just stained my ib-5 kit and it looks very similar to yours.. I'm am also contemplating gold hardware but not sure.. I may wait to see how yours looks with it if you go that route.. gonna look sweet no matter what..