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    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





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    GAStronomist wokkaboy's Avatar
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    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

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    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.....

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    GAStronomist wokkaboy's Avatar
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    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

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    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

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    GAStronomist stan's Avatar
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    Hi Neil, welcome, you've done some really nice work there, they look great

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    Welcome along Neil - looks like you're going to be pretty right in getting everything together. Hope it all goes well for you.

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