MIM Strat refinish

[JB_From_Hell]

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Oooo, good color choice. The Minwax "Tung Oil" is a good polymer-based finish.

Thanks man. I’m really happy with the reliced way it’s coming out.

How many coats of tung oil would you do on the body? The neck has 4, and after steel wooling, it feels great. Mine ax is the one I’m using.

[TVFV]

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It’s coming along. After sanding out the first coat of clear, I decided to try tung oil. Think it was a good choice.

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I've always wondered what purpose those three circles are routed out for.

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[Ayrton]

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Thanks man. I’m really happy with the reliced way it’s coming out.

How many coats of tung oil would you do on the body? The neck has 4, and after steel wooling, it feels great. Mine ax is the one I’m using.

You can do as many as you like. I used the same finish on my Nuno Washburns and I want to say it was just 2-3 costs with scuff pad in between.

[JB_From_Hell]

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I've always wondered what purpose those three circles are routed out for.

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My guess is to differentiate American bodies from Mexican.

[JB_From_Hell]

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It's all done and ready for reassembly... and I'm too tired after work tonight to fire up a damn soldering iron to reconnect the ground wires. Oh, well... tomorrow I suppose.

[Chistopher]

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I've always wondered what purpose those three circles are routed out for.

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They align the body for the CNC machine.

[JB_From_Hell]

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The lighting made the first pic a little bright, the second is more accurate to how it really looks.

[Mincer]

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Well, I dig it. It is a unique looking strat, which isn't easy to do.

[Securb]

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I've always wondered what purpose those three circles are routed out for.

Pretty sure they are for the CNC machine to anchor the body while it routes the top. Could be wrong but I think I am right.

[JB_From_Hell]

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Well, I dig it. It is a unique looking strat, which isn't easy to do.

Thanks! When my pickups get here, I’m going to install a treble bleed and eventually a TBX tone for the neck pickup. The nut, tuners, tree, and saddles will all be getting upgraded down the line, as well. For now, though, I’m amazed at how blurry the line between American and Mexican Strats is, once that plastic armor shell is gone.

[Chistopher]

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Thanks! When my pickups get here, I’m going to install a treble bleed and eventually a TBX tone for the neck pickup. The nut, tuners, tree, and saddles will all be getting upgraded down the line, as well. For now, though, I’m amazed at how blurry the line between American and Mexican Strats is, once that plastic armor shell is gone.

Just from my experience, the best way to wire a TBX is as such:



The only thing that I'd change on this schematic is the the treble cap should be .018uf and the bass cut should be .0018uf. The entire range of a tone control is crammed into one half of the pot so it is better to keep that value low so that adjusting it is easier, and the bass cut isn't all that obvious unless you have a value .0022uf or lower.

[ICTGoober]

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NICE color combo.

[JB_From_Hell]

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Chistopher- I had one in my last Strat, and loved the extra sizzle it gave the neck. Left it wide open most of the time. I prefer having the TBX effect only the neck, standard 250k on the bridge, no tone on the middle. In this case, since I’m using a humbucker in the bridge I’ll probably use a 500k tone, but it sounds great as-is.

Goober- Thanks man! I’m really happy with it.

[Cdwillis]

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Reminds me of a nice worn in pair of jeans. I dig it