DMS-1 The King's 4th Pitbull build

[king casey]

Hi Oli.
Having already done one, I'm hoping for an easier ride this time.

Not having a router means making the cavity a bit of a saga.





Next comes the spring cavity.

cheers, Mark

[Sonic Mountain]

Cool looking bridge.

[robin]

Nice job Mark

[king casey]

Thanks Sonic and Robin.
Not having a router certainly makes a difference.



The red dye certainly looks different without the 40-odd coats of Tru-Oil


cheers, Mark.

[king casey]

Finally got it back in one piece.

Now comes a prolonged 'settling in' period.
Put the old strings back on in case some of them snap during the 'wearing in'.



cheers, Mark.

[Simon Barden]

Nice work.

Trem spring cover plate or no cover plate?

[king casey]

Nice work.

Trem spring cover plate or no cover plate?

Hi Simon. I put a cover on the Strat Trem-King but ended up just leaving it off.

Probably leave this one off the time being...Hendrix didn't need one (on at least one video).

cheers, Mark.

[Simon Barden]

Yes, but then again, his Strat did burst into flames.

[McCreed]

Judging by your post times, a lot happened between 3:51pm and 3:54pm!

Complete assembly in 3 minutes!

FWIW, if you're going to do more of these mods/conversions, you can pick up a fixed-based router (aka: laminate trimmer; edge router) pretty cheap. I think I paid $65 at the BGS for my Ozito. I only use it a couple of times a year, but it's handy to have and I didn't want to spend much for just that reason.

IIRC this build originally was undertaken specifically because it was a hard tail

[king casey]

Hi McCreed.
Sometimes I take a break and post some shots, whereas what happened here was various steps that I forgot to photograph.

Thanks for the tip regarding a cheaper rout alternative...I'll definitely check it out.

My first Pitbull guitar was a hardtail strat that I intended to be a Tele/Strat hybrid.

cheers, Mark.