Partscaster/DIY guitar Appreciation Thread 2009
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Indeed, it is signed by my guitar God himselfAcquintance in the US offered to trade it for a brand American Deluxe Strat straight up when he saw it ol
Oh well. And it turns out the Japanese pots from TYMC won't fit the ones that came with this CIJ Strat of mine.
Lace sensors in the neck and bridge? What's the middle pup?
obzervr
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I just learnt today that my 'demo' of the Mighty Mite Pickups is linked to http://mighty.mite.product.info/ and it has the third highest hit. Maybe they should start paying me for that.
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observr: how chicken mascot ok anot? or u prefer cow? : )
no royalty from m.mite nvm as long got lifetime supply of guitar parts
dodgethis: change the pick guard & submit for project guitar of the month?
@the same time can tidy up the cavity shielding if you decide to project it again
ps. i finally managed to get started on making the movie from lost archived clips, kind of abstract for now..
observr: how chicken mascot ok anot? or u prefer cow? : )
no royalty from m.mite nvm as long got lifetime supply of guitar parts
dodgethis: change the pick guard & submit for project guitar of the month?
@the same time can tidy up the cavity shielding if you decide to project it again
ps. i finally managed to get started on making the movie from lost archived clips, kind of abstract for now..
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working on my project strat soon
here's the design that i want
acquring the body and neck already. Not sure what pickups should i use on it yet
any suggestions??
it will be definitely a combination of Humbucker sized single coil(bridge and neck) and single coil(middle)
any suggestions? I'm thinking to go to safe direction by deploying lil 59-hs2-JBjr
I have another strat with lil 59(neck) and duckbucker(bridge) which i really like the sound
here's the design that i want
acquring the body and neck already. Not sure what pickups should i use on it yet
any suggestions??
it will be definitely a combination of Humbucker sized single coil(bridge and neck) and single coil(middle)
any suggestions? I'm thinking to go to safe direction by deploying lil 59-hs2-JBjr
I have another strat with lil 59(neck) and duckbucker(bridge) which i really like the sound
weissritter
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Hello guys. I'm a newbie in the whole partscaster process and I'm currently starting out on my first project. So, don't mind me asking newbie questions
First, I'd like to ask how much is needed to be sanded down before its ready to be wood filled and then primed? I'm still in the midst of removing the paint from the body using just sandpaper and my hands (Can't afford an oscillating sander). Here's a pic of what I have so far:
So, is this sanded down enough? By the way, if you are wondering about those 'patches' on the wood, I tried sanding them down but it doesn't seem to go away. What's the problem?
Secondly, I'd like to know if its possible to install a 24-fretboard on a strat-body guitar like the one in my pic. If so, where can I get such fretboards?
First, I'd like to ask how much is needed to be sanded down before its ready to be wood filled and then primed? I'm still in the midst of removing the paint from the body using just sandpaper and my hands (Can't afford an oscillating sander). Here's a pic of what I have so far:
So, is this sanded down enough? By the way, if you are wondering about those 'patches' on the wood, I tried sanding them down but it doesn't seem to go away. What's the problem?
Secondly, I'd like to know if its possible to install a 24-fretboard on a strat-body guitar like the one in my pic. If so, where can I get such fretboards?
kahuna
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Hey, welcome to the wonderful world of DIY-ing haha! If you want to fill the grains of the wood, you have to send it down until the wood, up to the point if you brush your finger over it you can feel the grains.
But you dont have to sand it so far, you can just sand till its smooth and prime and respray.
Just my $0.01, people may have other ways but this is just mine.
Cheers
But you dont have to sand it so far, you can just sand till its smooth and prime and respray.
Just my $0.01, people may have other ways but this is just mine.
Cheers
weissritter
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Thanks for the tip and welcome Kahuna 
I've sanded it all the way down and my fingers now hurt
I've sanded it all the way down and my fingers now hurt
obzervr
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Thanks for the tip and welcome Kahuna
Did you used a sanding block?
Anyway, on the question on 24 frets neck. There is always a possibility to do that but with some modifications to the body if the original routing was design to fit a 21/22 frets 25.5" scale length neck.
reezrock: the only pink strat i like is hello kitty..ehe
Hahaha...Yeah man...I was keen on the hello kitty strat also...but sadly it only comes with 1 humbucker
obzervr
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LadyInTears
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holy cow! the gap isnt enough to put my hand in to play the smaller neck!
dodgethis
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Broke out some flat black spray paint and gave the pickguard a layer. Now just waiting for the paint to dry for about an hour before I wet sand it to get rid of dust and any paint imperfections. Probably will give it a satin finish.
Wet sanded progressively with 1200, 1500 and 2000 Tamiya sandpaper. Wondering if I should go another step and use polishing compound on it.
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