Hi All
I am looking forward to receiving my kit, should be here soon. I have made an acoustic guitar, a Tele and a Strat, all from scratch so I have some guitar making experience. I will try to attach some pics from photobucket.....hope they come out.
I have decided to try out a pit bull kit so I purchased the LP 1 kit from the Sunday Special.
Looks like a great forum here and I hope to be able to help out as much as being helped out.
Cheers
welcome Neil,
your scratch builds look excellent so a kit will be a breeze. What sort of timber are the bodies ash ?
Are the necks scratch built too ?
I have started a build diary on the LP-1M kit hopefully you get a flame cap as good as mine.
I recommend popping the flames with a black stain first up.
Best of luck and look forward to the build diary
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Hi Wokka
Yes, swamp ash bodies and Tassi Blackwood necks. Tru Oil finish. I had to veneer the front and back of the Strat headstock. Some fool drilled 7 peghead holes....wonder who that could have been.....
nice work around then Neil, so you just mis counted the tuner holes and drilled 7 ? You won't do that again. Could have fit wider pups/bridge and made it a 7 string but alot more work.
Please start a build diary when the LP-1M arrives.
What stain colours you got in mind ?
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Going to try a Behlen tobacco burst. a guy called Will Kelly did a 7 part youtube instruction on it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEj4HhDX7cA
CHEERS
Neil
Hi Neil, welcome, you've done some really nice work there, they look great
Stan's LP Build for my Sister: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=3146
Benson Pickup Strat mod: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=5229
Epiphone LP headstock fix: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=3410
Martin Backpacker Repair: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...?t=5038&page=3
'57 Harmony Jazz guitar project: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=2972
Welcome along Neil - looks like you're going to be pretty right in getting everything together. Hope it all goes well for you.
Current builds:
GPB-4B: https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...548#post184548
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