San Dimas copy build: Done !

[AniML]

I am happy as a pig in sh!t. It came out better than I could have expected, especially as my first build.

The alder body is from KNE Guitars (Thanks Mitch) sanded to 1000 grit and finished in Tru-Oil (no stain) then topped with Butcher's Bowling Alley wax. My only concern is that it is a soft finish, but maybe it will just relic faster?

Toneful and versatile as all hell. Wired 50s style (see last picture)

...and please forgive the pre-spring cleanup debris

I am using the solderless pickup connecters I assembled and posted yesterday. Push-pull pot is for tone bypass.

 

[Fikealox]

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Nice work, man! I like everything about Good work on the finish, and that's a nice clean electronics compartment. Man I'm gassing for a strat >.<

 

[darnright]

Re: San Dimas copy build: Done !

Very Very Nice!!! Beautiful hunk of wood and super job building and finishing.

-dave

 

[ErikH]

Re: San Dimas copy build: Done !

Hey, cool! My Frankenstrat has a baby brother...LOL. Seriously, toss a matte pickguard on it with 2 black humbuckers and traditional Strat controls and there you have it. Well, mine's not a hardtail but you get the idea...LOL.

Very nice work. It looks great. What pickup is in there?

 

[Gamera]

Re: San Dimas copy build: Done !

Sleek, sexy, classy, brilliant and understated. Nice job!

 

[open]

Re: San Dimas copy build: Done !

Good job,that's a beautiful wood grain on the body.

 

[AniML]

Re: San Dimas copy build: Done !

Hey, cool! My Frankenstrat has a baby brother...LOL. Seriously, toss a matte pickguard on it with 2 black humbuckers and traditional Strat controls and there you have it. Well, mine's not a hardtail but you get the idea...LOL.

Very nice work. It looks great. What pickup is in there?

Thanks. I wound the pickup myself - 7.35K Alnico 4 unpotted

 

[darnright]

Re: San Dimas copy build: Done !

I'll have to admit, I have come back to look at that about 10 times now...That is so simple and so beautiful....You done good!!!! Real Real good!!

-dave

 

[JumpMarine]

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That's BEAUTIFUL!

 

[scottish]

Re: San Dimas copy build: Done !

awesome dude, im not a big fan of the shredder looking 1 bucker guitars, but that one is sweet.

as for the finish, if you used something like birchwood casey tru-oil then dont worry about it, i wouldnt call that a soft finish at all. it should have plenty of durability in it

once again, congrats

 

[Artie]

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Wow . . . the essence of simple & clean. Nice job.

I gotta ask . . . can you hear a difference, with the tone on "10", and you bypass it?

 

[JacksonMIA]

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Oh my! That looks awesome!

Great work!

 

[AniML]

Re: San Dimas copy build: Done !

Wow . . . the essence of simple & clean. Nice job.

I gotta ask . . . can you hear a difference, with the tone on "10", and you bypass it?

Ah back to that subject. The answer is sometimes -- with gain and mids cranked up.

Cool thing too is with the tone on 1 it comes darn close to a LP neck tone

 

[KeeperOS]

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That is very beautiful indeed, as stated before beautiful grain, extremely clean work and just a hell of a good vibe.

Congrats man, it's a winner!

 

[JustWendell]

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Awesome, this is giving me serious gas to finish my all tru oil superstrat project.

And zebra was the right color choice for the pickup.

 

[Ayrton]

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Nice job sir!

 

[Jocelyn]

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Nice job... very clean control cavity..... I too wanna how much diff does it make when you bypas the tone control.

 

[WhoFan]

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who made the neck? I like that axe.... single humbucker hardtail is all i really need and want most of the time

 

[H8Red442]

Re: San Dimas copy build: Done !

Sweet. Not my style as it has no points but simple, clean and slick looking. Nice job.

 

[AniML]

Re: San Dimas copy build: Done !

who made the neck? I like that axe.... single humbucker hardtail is all i really need and want most of the time

It's a Mighty Mite. I got it from a guy on eBay who also leveled & polished. Very nice