Yeah your'e all probbly getting sick of me but here goes anyways. This one's a strat style with 25.5" scale wilkinson trem and I'm thinking about a reverse bridge pickup angle to try and get more of the hendrix vibe, not sure about the headstock though, I'm geting kinda fond of the 3 a side setup even though I do like the fender big head.....hmmmm so this is what i've been up to for the past 2 days. sapele 2 piecs body which has a blister type figure running through it , hopefully it'll show up better under finish
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and a bookmatched flame maple top, which as it happens has some scary looking faces in !!
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........ I promise you'll see faces soon... so to make the figure pop, I scraped the top smooth and added the first coat of red stain followed by a thorough sanding...
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... then I went to a yellow stain followed by another coat of red.... Its all just applied on a piece of old t shirt and rubbed in till its even..., the yellow brightens the red and highlights the darker red that soaked deeper into the curl..... while I think on ... can you see the faces yet?
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onto the back carve, fitted perfectly to my ample belly so it should fit pretty much any belly
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, still not sure about the head , bit its another neck from the same board I got the last couple from on the Tele and the first DC, nice flame through the board, which incidentally this top also came from
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just tring to work out whee everything should go.... I'm sorta winging it a bit, made one template, then rushed into making the body, time to make another template fot the neck pocket an PUP's. I'm sorta torn between a scrathplate or not cos' of the figure in the top....hmmm
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and this is the source on all the info I need
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acquired from a man smoking pot in a seedy guitar shop for £150 about 20years ago..... in dire need of a refret now though, but i just can't bring myself to do it !
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so thats the trem fromt route and neck pocket done..... total time so far 24hrs in 2 days..... I plan on making the neck tomorrow while I decide what to do about PUP's and controls