new project sta-1m

[D.K]

Hello everyone, I am new to this site, just ordered a sta-1m kit from Adam this week. I have built a couple of kits last Christmas various other suppliers whose names shall not be mentioned, one sg style for my son and an lp style for myself. I have found this forum most helpful and informative, and not bad for a laugh also. I am planning to put this build on the forum so any advice would be great, hoping the kit will turn up next week, until then I will try to work out how to post photos of my two other builds.

[stan]

Welcome DK, plenty of friendly advice here.
But from the look of your builds, you'll probably be giving it !

[andrewdosborne]

Welcome to the forum DK. The ST is a great kit looking forward to seeing this progress.

[D.K]

Thanks Andrew, big fan of your es-1 cant wait for the st-1 to get here. just have to remind myself to take time with this one.

[keloooe]

Hey D.K welcome to the forum! Nice SG and LP!
My Strat came out beautifully under a nice stain, I'm certain the ash will really pop if you can get a really nice colour scheme!!

Cheers,
Callum

[D.K]

Thanks Callum, that strat of yours did come out nice. Haven't decided what colour scheme yet , thought I would wait and see what the grain looks like when it gets here. Would like to try the black dye to pop the grain then a mahogany red dye with a gloss clear finish and a light stained timber or aluminium pickgaurd, or possibly a lightly stained body and a darker pickgaurd not really sure yet

[keloooe]

Both sound like good plans DK! Also cheers for the comments about my Strat!
You could do anything over a black grain pop, just not black... Maybe try a red / mahogany burst? Might need to add another colour in between them to get the blend better.

[Matney]

I agree with Dad(D.K) your guitar was pretty good callum

[keloooe]

Welcome to the forum Matney (and cheers for the comment)! The Strat I built wasn't perfect I'll have to admit, the only real flaws in it were the headstock shape being a little rough and I misdrilled the holes for the string trees, but other than that the kit is great for starting out. Plus the stocl pickups will sound better than you think.

[D.K]

We went with the stock pups in the sg kit and they sound pretty good for stock. The lp has got a set of entwhistle X3's in it with a push/pull 500k volume pot for coil splitting that sound pretty cool, although my playing doesn't do them justice [only been playing six months].the finish on the paul isn't great but will enjoy redoing it at some stage. I was planning to put a set of lace pups in the strat but will have to check out the stock pups now that you have said that.