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    BryBry Posts: 652Member
    in Guitar Builds, Modifications, Repairs & Maintenance
    It's Tru-oil time!

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    You can just make out on the last pic where the burning has opened up the join in the wood. It hasn't gone far, I hope it wont be a problem.
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    • nicholaspaulnicholaspaul Posts: 891Member
      oooo nice burning! That's a great way to do a burst. Is it going to be shiny, or matte? Nice job mate.
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    • BryBry Posts: 652Member
      Not sure yet, it's really soaking up the tru-oil. Few more coats tomorrow and see what happens.
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    • Ninja_RebornNinja_Reborn Posts: 124Member
      That does look really cool - I like the way it works like a burst, I've seen too many scorch jobs that look like a lunatic has been let loose with a blow torch.

      My faith in the power of fire has been restored!
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    • BryBry Posts: 652Member
      Bits have started to arrive... only waiting on knobs and a trip to Homebase for some new sanding pads
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      Already planning what to do with this...
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    • nicholaspaulnicholaspaul Posts: 891Member
      Nice, love those knobs. Very classy.

      That's funny - I know what that's like: barely finished one and you're planning the next. At least it's a legal and healthy drug :)
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    • BryBry Posts: 652Member
      Those knobs are just placeholders, waiting for these
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    • nicholaspaulnicholaspaul Posts: 891Member
      Actually they look slicker still!
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    • BryBry Posts: 652Member
      Plan made...
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      I've dyed it black before sanding it. Will be green as soon as Northwest Guitars have some more green dye in stock.
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      All other bits will be cheap and Chinese, at least to begin with, upgraded later when funds allow.
      Prewired scratchplate £15, bridge for a tenner, neck for £30... what could possibly go wrong?
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    • BryBry Posts: 652Member
      Didn't wait for Northwest Guitars, just mixed up my own dye and have begun the Tru-Oiling
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    • nicholaspaulnicholaspaul Posts: 891Member
      No time like the present... looks great! Beautiful, even finish.
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    • Kevin PeatKevin Peat Posts: 3,089Member
      Lovely. Are you going to do a gloss varnish on it ?
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    • BryBry Posts: 652Member
      I'm Tru-oiling it but might not go for a glossy finish this time as it looks a bit awesome after one coat.

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    • Kevin PeatKevin Peat Posts: 3,089Member
      edited October 2017
      http://tntcustomguitars.com/images/1366677280345-1937071194.jpeg

      It's a temporary scratchplate you have there ? Do you think one of the above would work with it ?

      I think the original plan looks deadly but to pull it off needs a gloss finish otherwise the black scratchplate will drag it all down. I'm probably wrong though. BossGirl is in charge of all the decorating in this house.
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    • BryBry Posts: 652Member
      It is temporary, the black one is prewired and only £15 so that may well be temporary too. Out of those pictured I'd say the aged or the aged pearl might suit. I'd be happy with the tortoiseshell but already have a green strat with tort plate so it'd be nice to do something else.
      I forget who suggested the stock sheen and conditioner with tru-oil, might have been Jocko, but I have a bottle of that waiting to be tried so that's a silk finish possibility. It could easily end up glossy though.
      It's probably a good thing I dont have all the parts yet or else they'd be fitted now just as it is. The scorchcaster thing is almost ready for final assembly so I'll have a think about it while I do that.
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    • Kevin PeatKevin Peat Posts: 3,089Member
      Yeah. A really nice problem to own.

      Looks great. I like the matt finish btw.
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    • MegiMegi Posts: 7,116Member
      I seem to remember you doing green with tort before Bry? It's unusual, but also a great combination I must say - looks ace! :)
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    • BryBry Posts: 652Member
      Megi said:

      I seem to remember you doing green with tort before Bry? It's unusual, but also a great combination I must say - looks ace! :)

      At least twice...image
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    • BryBry Posts: 652Member
      Bits have begun to arrive
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      I can confirm that a bridge costing less than £9 is every bit as light and flimsy as you would expect :)
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    • LesterLester Posts: 1,619Member, Moderator
      edited October 2017
      A flimsy tremolo, maybe, but a flimsy bridge is a definite no. What next, Bry?
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    • nicholaspaulnicholaspaul Posts: 891Member
      You had me at cream plastics on black 'guard. Yum!
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    • BryBry Posts: 652Member
      edited October 2017
      Lester said:

      A flimsy tremolo, maybe, but a flimsy bridge is a definite no. What next, Bry?

      Well I raided the spares box to finish a guitar my daughter painted when she was 3 so there's room for this tin-foil trem in there. I cant imagine using it anywhere else :)

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      If she learns three chords I'll wire it up.

      I reckon I'll get a Wilko bridge to go on the green one instead.
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    • BryBry Posts: 652Member
      The difference...
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      Just waiting for a jack socket and set-up. I think I love this one.
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    • Kevin PeatKevin Peat Posts: 3,089Member
      Wow !

      That is bang on !

      (Looks well suited to the garden too.)
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    • nicholaspaulnicholaspaul Posts: 891Member
      What a looker! So how does it sound? Any videos coming up? :smile:
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    • BryBry Posts: 652Member
      It's yet to meet an amp. It came close, I dug out an old socket to temporarily wire it up while I wait on the post but it was badly rusted and I didn't bother.
      I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out with the ultra cheap neck but now I reckon it has earned an upgrade to IronGear pickups. It's turned out really nicely and has had me playing more than I have in many months. When I'm not playing it I'm staring at it :)
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    • nicholaspaulnicholaspaul Posts: 891Member
      Oh yes I forgot it doesn’t have an output jack.
      Irongear picks up are great! I have a pair of Pigirons but always fancied the Smokestacks. Which ones are you getting?
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    • BryBry Posts: 652Member
      Not sure yet but I was thinking the Smokestacks with a pull switch.
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    • nicholaspaulnicholaspaul Posts: 891Member
      That would be a great setup. Best of both worlds. It would be like having a regular strat with a supercharge switch.
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    • MegiMegi Posts: 7,116Member
      Terrific looking guitar there Bry, and thanks for posting the pics.

      May I ask what is involved in fitting a two-post trem like that? - is it at all tricky drilling the body for the inserts and what kit do you need? I have half an idea for a future HSH super-strat project that might use a similar trem, but it I have to invest in some sort of fancy drill press thing, it's maybe a no-go for me. I've done all my previous builds with just a simple hand drill.
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    • nicholaspaulnicholaspaul Posts: 891Member
      Re: drill press vs hand drill, I blu tack-ed a spirit level bubble to the back end of my drill and made some (if I say so myself) rather straight holes for trem posts. You can get them off eBay for a couple of quid or less. Worked for me.
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