Cheers Frankie, yours looks like it will turn out good. It just takes time and lots of patience before the finish starts to come together. Lost count of how many times I stuffed up on this one and had to sand back plenty before being happy with it.
Cheers Frankie, yours looks like it will turn out good. It just takes time and lots of patience before the finish starts to come together. Lost count of how many times I stuffed up on this one and had to sand back plenty before being happy with it.
Yeah, I'm rubbing back some rough spots now, the DT has been really nice to work with, though I've yet to try the finish coat.
That's looking great, Waz, you must be stoked with it now it makes sound!
1st build - Blue ES-12G ->-Build Diary-<-
2nd build - Father/Son collaboration MB-1 ->-Build Diary-<-
3rd build - GR-SF1 ->-Build Diary-<-
4th build - FS-1 ->-Build Diary-<-
Cheers Swanny.Originally Posted by Swanny
Big relief once you get some sound and no buzz. Took ages to wire up as it only has master volume & master tone but I decided to use push pull pots to coil split and was at one stage thinking about series parallel switching too. Good thing I changed my mind and just went coil split for each PUP as that made it a much simpler task plus there was not a lot of room to work with in that tiny rear cavity.
The individual splits provide some really good Strat like sounds and even allows one PUP spilt with the other doubled when on middle switch position plus both split to get even funkier out of phase sounds. Thankfully it worked out as planned and given me a truly versatile sounding instrument.
Once a final set up has been done will get around to doing at least a sound clip or maybe a video.
EX-1 is now all done.
Today was spent fine tuning the action which required only half a turn tightening of the truss rod to get the fret board level. Next was intonation and had just enough travel one each saddle to get that sorted too. Plugged in again for another blast and really impressed with how this ended up.
Next was to take some super model glama shots so that I can enter this in GOTM. Took heaps of shots trying to get that perfect shot and shall post most here before deciding which ones to use for the entry.
More shots......
And finally some more shots......
Got a work conference over next couple of days then away on holiday until Anzac Day so will have plenty of time to decide which 5 to use. Happy to hear any feedback.
Hi Waz,
Good to see you got the glamour shots in there. Its a shame that some of them are a bit blurry but I know that you got a lot on your plate at the moment. maybe in a few weekends time you'll have the time to take some hi qual ones.
The one in the case taken from halfway down the neck capturing the shine is my fav! looks like it should be a screen saver on my computer.
Build #1 - ST-1 - Completed
Build #2 - LP-1SS - Completed
Build #3 - TLA-1R - Completed
Build #4 - SGD-612 - Completed
Build #5 - ES-1G - Completed
Build #6 - STA-1HT | Completed
Build #7 - ST1JR - Completed
Current Build #8 - JBA-4
Build #9 - Semi-scratch build Tele x 2 - Completed
Current Build #10 - PRS-1H
Current Build #11 - AGJR-1 - Completed
Current Build #12 - ATL-1SB
Current Build #13 - GST-1
Current Build #14 - FBM-1
I've never been a fan of then pickup rings look, but it definitely suits the stripped back nature of this guitar. It looks like a no-nonsense rock machine. Great job.
Current:
GTH-1
Completed:
AST-1FB
First Act ME276 (resurrected curb-side find)
ES-5V
Scratchie lapsteel
Custom ST-1 12 String
JBA-4
TL-1TB
Scratch Lapsteel
Meinl DIY Cajon
Cigar Box lap steel
Wishing:
Baritone
Open D/Standard Double 6 twin neck
Hi Wazza, looks great mate. I love simple, stripped back guitars.
To tell the truth not a big fan of the explorer, but after seeing yours I could be turned.
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