Who's working on a build right now? Let's see your stuff!
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BriGuy1968
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All right... found the short. It WASN'T what I thought. The Super 3-Way is a little taller than normal, and when I re-did my wiring I also took the time to do some shielding. With the pickguard laid into place everything was fine, but when I screwed it down one of the contacts on the 3-way was touching the shielding! A couple strategically-placed strips of electrical tape did the trick... and SHE'S DONE!
Stay tuned for a thread dedicated to Ashleigh, my new BriGuy Georgiecaster! :fing2: : party: :banana:
EDIT: Link to the thread: https://forum.seymourduncan.com/sho...D!-BriGuy-Georgiecaster-GFS-Gold-Foil-Content
All right... found the short. It WASN'T what I thought. The Super 3-Way is a little taller than normal, and when I re-did my wiring I also took the time to do some shielding. With the pickguard laid into place everything was fine, but when I screwed it down one of the contacts on the 3-way was touching the shielding! A couple strategically-placed strips of electrical tape did the trick... and SHE'S DONE!
Stay tuned for a thread dedicated to Ashleigh, my new BriGuy Georgiecaster! :fing2: : party: :banana:
EDIT: Link to the thread: https://forum.seymourduncan.com/sho...D!-BriGuy-Georgiecaster-GFS-Gold-Foil-Content
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Peter Crossley
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just finished with a charcoal burst... more clear coats required..
just finished with a charcoal burst... more clear coats required..
kramersteen
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Well you already know what i think. **** it i will say it again, Nice work Pete it's truly inspirational.
YOu need to do a floyd version one of these days. Just make it happen because it has to be done.
Well you already know what i think. **** it i will say it again, Nice work Pete it's truly inspirational.
YOu need to do a floyd version one of these days. Just make it happen because it has to be done.
Rich_S
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What's on my workbench? In a word, Nigel.
I'm upgrading the electronics in my '90s MIK Hamer Slammer Series Sunburst model. I put in a pair of Josh Gravelin pickups a while back, nearest thing to the PAF-style pickups Hamer used in the late '70s. Now, despite all the help I'm getting, I'm replacing all the other little bits: new CTS pots, Switchcraft jack and switch, and a set of real-deal Schaller M6 tuners up top to replace the cheesy MIK look-alikes. Controls will be two volumes and a tone, with a push/pull coil-split for the bridge pickup on the tone pot.
And here she is, finished.
I believe the original Slammer Series guitars were built by Cort. It's a great guitar, nice solid hunk of mahogany with (I assume) a flame veneer on top. Nice chunky neck, but not TOO big. Its only failing was the cheap hardware, and that's fixed now. Awesome little guitar for short $$$.
What's on my workbench? In a word, Nigel.
I'm upgrading the electronics in my '90s MIK Hamer Slammer Series Sunburst model. I put in a pair of Josh Gravelin pickups a while back, nearest thing to the PAF-style pickups Hamer used in the late '70s. Now, despite all the help I'm getting, I'm replacing all the other little bits: new CTS pots, Switchcraft jack and switch, and a set of real-deal Schaller M6 tuners up top to replace the cheesy MIK look-alikes. Controls will be two volumes and a tone, with a push/pull coil-split for the bridge pickup on the tone pot.
And here she is, finished.
I believe the original Slammer Series guitars were built by Cort. It's a great guitar, nice solid hunk of mahogany with (I assume) a flame veneer on top. Nice chunky neck, but not TOO big. Its only failing was the cheap hardware, and that's fixed now. Awesome little guitar for short $$$.
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metalchurch79
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Wildkat
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That fiddle is cool! Now I wanna get one :headbang:
What's on my workbench? In a word, Nigel.
I'm upgrading the electronics in my '90s MIK Hamer Slammer Series Sunburst model. I put in a pair of Josh Gravelin pickups a while back, nearest thing to the PAF-style pickups Hamer used in the late '70s. Now, despite all the help I'm getting, I'm replacing all the other little bits: new CTS pots, Switchcraft jack and switch, and a set of real-deal Schaller M6 tuners up top to replace the cheesy MIK look-alikes. Controls will be two volumes and a tone, with a push/pull coil-split for the bridge pickup on the tone pot.
And here she is, finished.
I believe the original Slammer Series guitars were built by Cort. It's a great guitar, nice solid hunk of mahogany with (I assume) a flame veneer on top. Nice chunky neck, but not TOO big. Its only failing was the cheap hardware, and that's fixed now. Awesome little guitar for short $$$.
That fiddle is cool! Now I wanna get one :headbang:
BriGuy1968
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That's badass!
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That's badass!
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Bluesman62
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Hello forum, I have a question about stripping the Polyurethane off my Frankenstrat. I want to bring it down to the bare wood as it has an Sunburst paint scheme and i want to get it down to wood as i want to change it to a Pewter or a Lake Placid Blue as i am changing the color i want to spray a primer coat of white and then paint over the white undercoat BUT what would i need to strip the entire body clean? I'm in Canada so i need to know how to do the stripping safely as not to damage the wood and make the total color change easier. Any suggestions would greatly. Thanks
Hello forum, I have a question about stripping the Polyurethane off my Frankenstrat. I want to bring it down to the bare wood as it has an Sunburst paint scheme and i want to get it down to wood as i want to change it to a Pewter or a Lake Placid Blue as i am changing the color i want to spray a primer coat of white and then paint over the white undercoat BUT what would i need to strip the entire body clean? I'm in Canada so i need to know how to do the stripping safely as not to damage the wood and make the total color change easier. Any suggestions would greatly. Thanks
The Posh Mushroom
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Hello Threaders,
I'm making a homemade body, but with a stratocaster neck!
I'm almost done, and I just finished up the wiring. It has purely strat wiring, from a stewmac kit. Its going to have a sting-thru hardtail bridge, and has tex-mex pickups. I just have to sand and then finish this puppy. I want to leave the wood looking how it is and use no stains, and I'm eventually going to lacquer it from rattle cans, as I don't have a high volume low pressure sprayer. It was made from a Stewmac knotty pine body blank and is loosely based on Jerry Garcia's "Tiger," with strat wiring of course. If anybody here has experience with this exact wood, or pine in general, I have a few Q's
1) Do I need to fill the grain or use sanding sealer?
2) do I need to do the above just to get the lacquer to stick?
3) How high (grits wise) should I sand before finishing?
Here it is:
Anyways, I just can' wait to finish
P.S. sorry for the crappy lighting
Hello Threaders,
I'm making a homemade body, but with a stratocaster neck!
I'm almost done, and I just finished up the wiring. It has purely strat wiring, from a stewmac kit. Its going to have a sting-thru hardtail bridge, and has tex-mex pickups. I just have to sand and then finish this puppy. I want to leave the wood looking how it is and use no stains, and I'm eventually going to lacquer it from rattle cans, as I don't have a high volume low pressure sprayer. It was made from a Stewmac knotty pine body blank and is loosely based on Jerry Garcia's "Tiger," with strat wiring of course. If anybody here has experience with this exact wood, or pine in general, I have a few Q's
1) Do I need to fill the grain or use sanding sealer?
2) do I need to do the above just to get the lacquer to stick?
3) How high (grits wise) should I sand before finishing?
Here it is:
Anyways, I just can' wait to finish
P.S. sorry for the crappy lighting
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thebingopete
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My current project. Time to clear.
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My current project. Time to clear.
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thebingopete
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This one got finished on Turkey day.
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This one got finished on Turkey day.
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MetalManiac
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it's with great humility I present this as an assembly, not a "build", because I am only just putting parts together, not a master builder like some here. I will say t took me a long time to assemble parts guitar properly though.
Anyhoo, I had a Warmoth Koa neck up for sale for almost two months, and no one bought it, then this 3 piece Warmoth 4.5 pound Alder body came up for sale in the early morning a few days ago by a guy in Austin Tx., very close to me. I nabbed it ( the body) for for 250.00 shipped ( after ebay bucks) , which i consider to be a great deal . I thought, what the hey, might as well just hang onto that Koa neck and utilize in in a parts assembly and maybe I'll end up with something more valuable than the sum of it's parts.
I have many parts also in the drawer to minimize the considerable expense of hardware and pickups.
Well, here the Lemon Burst Strat body, Maple Top and also finished back- this is a pricey body new from Warmoth . I am going to include the mockup picds with the Insanely flamed Koa neck ( Ziricote fretbaord). I don't like the wizard profile on the neck, but now I'll guess I'll just have to adjust to it.
This one is going to be fitted out with premium hardware, and some Duncan SSL-1's pickups-can't go wrong with those- that's what the resident master Jeff puts in his "Old Dear". As far as pickguards, I do not want plastic on this. I am looking for most like a Maple, like the one pictured here, or possibly a dark Ebony.
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it's with great humility I present this as an assembly, not a "build", because I am only just putting parts together, not a master builder like some here. I will say t took me a long time to assemble parts guitar properly though.
Anyhoo, I had a Warmoth Koa neck up for sale for almost two months, and no one bought it, then this 3 piece Warmoth 4.5 pound Alder body came up for sale in the early morning a few days ago by a guy in Austin Tx., very close to me. I nabbed it ( the body) for for 250.00 shipped ( after ebay bucks) , which i consider to be a great deal . I thought, what the hey, might as well just hang onto that Koa neck and utilize in in a parts assembly and maybe I'll end up with something more valuable than the sum of it's parts.
I have many parts also in the drawer to minimize the considerable expense of hardware and pickups.
Well, here the Lemon Burst Strat body, Maple Top and also finished back- this is a pricey body new from Warmoth . I am going to include the mockup picds with the Insanely flamed Koa neck ( Ziricote fretbaord). I don't like the wizard profile on the neck, but now I'll guess I'll just have to adjust to it.
This one is going to be fitted out with premium hardware, and some Duncan SSL-1's pickups-can't go wrong with those- that's what the resident master Jeff puts in his "Old Dear". As far as pickguards, I do not want plastic on this. I am looking for most like a Maple, like the one pictured here, or possibly a dark Ebony.
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