Very stylish! Looks like you've made some room also for housing a Humbucker in the bridge position? ...We'll wait and see how it comes out when you're ready to show us your finished beauty in metallic black diplicolor finishoipunkguy wrote:I hope it comes out great, it's gonna have a amber maple neck and a tortoise shell pickguard.
My First Attempt In Recreating Semie's Black Diamond Finish
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yeah, I ordered the body from a company that makes fender replacement bodies and necks. the first body was a popular body that split on me (long story)
which sucked cuz I really liked that popular body. It's a great sounding wood, despite how soft it is. I original ordered the guitar with a humbucker in the bridge, but it came with the single coil cut. ggrrrrr....
which sucked cuz I really liked that popular body. It's a great sounding wood, despite how soft it is. I original ordered the guitar with a humbucker in the bridge, but it came with the single coil cut. ggrrrrr....
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i found this cool pic on the web today
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Funny thing that you post those pics Aaron as forum member GTSP actually owns that guitar.
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thats cool, i'd like to see more pics of it
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a small update on the strat. I removed the blue masking tape inside the control cavities and replaced it. I did this because I don't want the finish to be too thick inside the cavities when i remove the tape because this can start a crack in the finish. So before I let the finish build up too think I just replace it after spraying roughly 5 coats of clear.
after I replace all the tape I have spray 3 more coats of clear; this time heavier coats then before.
after I replace all the tape I have spray 3 more coats of clear; this time heavier coats then before.
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Hmmmm....that's gonna look good when the strings are on! How about the neck...all Maple or Rosewood fingerboard?
Don't tell...we'll wait and see
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i got the neck already refinished, I finished it up in April before relocating our workshop. it's the original neck to the guitar, just replaced the satin finish with a neck amber colored glossy nitro finish.
I have the pickguard, and most of the parts (from my old strat) but I'm thinking of upgrading the electronics. so far I was thinking of a seymour duncan 59er in the bridge with a coil tap option and some hot fender noiseless single coils in the middle and neck positions.
since most single coils use a 250k volume pot and humbuckers use a 500k, I was thinking of adding a second volume just for the humbucker, and a master tone control, instead of the typical volume, tone, tone set up of a strat.
also thinking of adding a treble bleed mod for the single coils to get that extra fender twang, but still have decided on anything yet. if anyone have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them
I have the pickguard, and most of the parts (from my old strat) but I'm thinking of upgrading the electronics. so far I was thinking of a seymour duncan 59er in the bridge with a coil tap option and some hot fender noiseless single coils in the middle and neck positions.
since most single coils use a 250k volume pot and humbuckers use a 500k, I was thinking of adding a second volume just for the humbucker, and a master tone control, instead of the typical volume, tone, tone set up of a strat.
also thinking of adding a treble bleed mod for the single coils to get that extra fender twang, but still have decided on anything yet. if anyone have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them
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almost done with this guitar, pics coming soon
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Look forward in seeing it.
Hey Aaron, aren't you afraid of stripping those 2 (of the 4) neck screw holes with your temporary 'painting screws' ? ...just a thought
Hey Aaron, aren't you afraid of stripping those 2 (of the 4) neck screw holes with your temporary 'painting screws' ? ...just a thought
oipunkguy wrote:a small update on the strat.
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