Started an STA1 this week and after the obligitory headstock shaping ( still to be cleaned up) and a bit of colour on the body the "Green Manalishi" is born.
Have ordered a black upgrade kit to compliment the colour.
At this stage looking to keep fairly standard but I do have some SD Single coils floating around somewhere in the garage and may upgrade if i can find them.
Tony
Nicely done - love the satin finish on this!
looking good there!
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LP-1A
TL1-A
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Yamaha rebuild: Completed
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nice colour Tony, did you stain it black before the green stain ?
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
@wokka No didnt stain black. Made up a green colourtone mix to get it as close to a forest green as I could and gave it a good 3 continuous coats of green. Added a bit of black to the mix and did a darker burst around the edges over the top. When it dried i gave it a really good steel wooling and blended the burst ( can hardly see it now at all) then made up another green mix and probably coated another 4-5 times until it didnt seem to take any more colour. Using Isophropinal alcohol as the base and seems to get more colour in. Also was a nice piece of Ash.
Tony
Finally unpacked some pitbull parcels and got the black upgrade for the ST.
Starting to get a good shine on the body.
Tony
Looks great!
looks unreal with the black hardware Tony, is that naughty oil you using ?
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
@Wokka yep is the product that shall not be named.
Tony
Love the colour. That is an awesome ash body grain.
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