Amid' s GR-1SF Build

[Amiddaru]

Hey peeps,

As my wife didn t know what to buy for christmas and was sick of another guitar i asked her to offer me some wood. So she bought me a GR-1SF kit

I m already planning some upgrades for that kit and i prefer to say i m a total noob at guitar building. I m more used to build motorcycles actually.

As i said in my greetings i own some tools in my shop like a spray booth and power coating oven so i would like to use it in this build but still don t know if it will be doable.

So yeah i have a ton of question!

Do you think some parts will be powder coatable like Bridges, bigsby and other stuff ?

Next question is about pickups. I plan on uograding pickups so i m struggling about choice. You can imagine with that kind of style of guitar i won t be playing heavy loud metal with it but i don t want to be stuck in a rockabily style even if i would love a pickup able to give that result. So i m after pickups for rockabily, bluesy, and rocky style. That s how i discovered this vid but i m not sure how they sound overdriven and if they will fit the GR-1SF.


Last question (for now) is about string mechanics. Can you put any mechanics with this kit ? I heard that it was better to have locked mechanics with a bigsby style bridge. For now Schaller locked or Grover locked ones. Good choice?

Well and for now my kit seems to be in PBG offices so no wood porn for now

[dingobass]

Cant go wrong with either TV or Dees, both have a good range of sounds.
Deffo go for locking machine heads.

Not sure about powdercoating the hardware, the Bigsby style trems are made from Mystery Metal so some experimentation may be in order..

[gavinturner]

Hey Amid, great kit - very interested to see what you do with it. If you are ordering the TV Jones, you'll probably want the humbucker mount I'm guessing. Personally I am also very happy with the guitar fetish Surf 90s. Awesome rockabilly pickup and sound great overdriven too.

cheers,
Gav.

[Amiddaru]

@Dingo : The problem with powder coat is that it s kinda hard to "experiment" as the powder is kinda hard to sand after it s on the piece But i would really love to customise the mechanics of that guitar.

@ Gavin : That s what i was wondering, for the GR-SF1 i need to get the humbucker version of the TV's, right?

[wokkaboy]

welcome Amid,
love the plans for this build.
Experiment with the powder coating and if it doesn't work then you may have to replace the hardware.
TV pups would sound great. Sure you will get great results with a spray booth.
Look forward to seeing the build diary.
I'd say PBG staff should be back on deck today so hopefully the kit will be posted to you soon.

[Fretworn]

Welcome Amid!

[Amiddaru]

Ok so far for pups is :
Neck: http://tvjones.com/pickups-2/filtert...le/super-tron/
Bridge : http://tvjones.com/pickups-2/filtert...-classic-plus/

This way i Will have a super bright clear without being too twangly and a good crunchy rock sound with the Classic plus

@wokkaboy : i m not worried about color matches or applying powder correctly. My main concern is how it Will sound with a layer of powder on the mechanic as powder feels like plastic when it s cured... :/

@fret : thank you

[pablopepper]

I've seen powder coated hardware used before, it looks great. I wouldn't worry about how it will effect the sound, it will be minimal at most.

I might just be reading this wrong, but you're not planning on powder coating the guitar body are you?

[Amiddaru]

I've seen powder coated hardware used before, it looks great. I wouldn't worry about how it will effect the sound, it will be minimal at most.

I might just be reading this wrong, but you're not planning on powder coating the guitar body are you?

Of course not the body because wood won t stick and definetly not love the 200°C oven. No, i m planning on powder coating hardware like the bigsby

[pablopepper]

Good, good. Here's an image of the guitar I thought of when powder coated hardware was mentioned.


Jack White's tele. Tidy as.