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[Swampy]

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I'd probably send the pickguard to Pickguard Heaven and have them do a single hum beveled single ply gloss black.
Install a red Perpetual Burn. Sand all the satin finish off, including logo, and tung oil finish it. File the fret ends and roll the edges for a worn in feel. Install a Tusq XL nut, and anchor the bridge. Replace the tuners with Am. Std. tuners.

Been busy on the neck this evening.

 

[Gearjoneser]

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Yeah, that's the idea. Make the neck feel like a worn in Charvel.

 

[Swampy]

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So I did a little research in Tung oil. 8-10 coats with 24 hours in between? Really?

 

[ehdwuld]

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I'd probably send the pickguard to Pickguard Heaven and have them do a single hum beveled single ply gloss black.
Install a red Perpetual Burn. Sand all the satin finish off, including logo, and tung oil finish it. File the fret ends and roll the edges for a worn in feel. Install a Tusq XL nut, and anchor the bridge. Replace the tuners with Am. Std. tuners.

Guitarfetish has a nice selection of pickguards as well
http://www.guitarfetish.com/Strat-Sized-Pickguards_c_648.html

 

[Swampy]

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For now, I'm going to use the pickguard it came with, slightly modded. If I do new, I'll probably go to WD Music Priducts. Its a 20 minute drive.

 

[Diego]

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With a little love and elbow grease, cheap Squiers can do some serious damage.

I recently tried an Affinity at a luthier's place here in Santiago which had been setup for floating and the damn thing would not go out of tune no matter what.
Stock tuners but it had some upgrades regarding nut, string trees and some careful setup work of course. The guy had it dialed perfectly.

Keep posting pictures man!

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

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Prepped for Scalloping!!!

 

[KeeperOS]

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Looking forward to the transformation!!!

 

[bangbang1]

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Reminds me of my Charvel Model 1a. It's getting a HS setup with a new guard, and probably two volumes with push/pull switching, no visible switches.

 

[ehdwuld]

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Reminds me of my Charvel Model 1a. It's getting a HS setup with a new guard, and probably two volumes with push/pull switching, no visible switches.

is that a Carvin Pickup?
if so
which one
if not
which one

 

[Swampy]

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is that a Carvin Pickup?
if so
which one
if not
which one

It does look like an M22SD. I've got one in my first guitar, an old Roadstar.

Nice Charvel!

 

[astrozombie]

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Man I WISH I could get a little strat like this for $25!!


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[Silence Kid]

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Aww. The amber finish on the neck looked kind of good. Nm, GL with the project HS is awesome.

 

[Swampy]

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Installed some Hipshot locking tuners this evening after some screw hole filling and reaming the tuner holes to 10mm.








I ended up going with 5 coats of Tung oil on the neck and headstock.



After a little work to do on the new nut, the neck will be done.

 

[Clint 55]

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Wow cool. That finish came out looking really nice.