Rubis Posted May 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 Well, this is it, pretty much finished now! I made a bone nut, put on some flatwounds and after a little bit of fettling, I christened it with a quick blast through "One Step Beyond" I have to compliment Musikraft on their necks, beautifully made, this one is an absolute beast, the fattest option they offer, which suits the size of my hands perfectly, and yet it's still comfortable to play, and it needed very little truss rod tweaking. I have tried to take some gratuitous, arty shots, but it's not really one of my strong points, so I'm sorry about the quality. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 Well, she really looks like I hope you do. I mean, perfectly functional with some marks of a fully lived life and some subtler hints about being on the second half when viewed closely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubis Posted May 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 Perfectly well said Bizman62, thank you very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 You are an artist. That looks incredible and such attention to detail. I'm not a fan of relics normally, but that is a work of art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 3 hours ago, Rubis said: Well, this is it, pretty much finished now! I made a bone nut, put on some flatwounds and after a little bit of fettling, I christened it with a quick blast through "One Step Beyond" I have to compliment Musikraft on their necks, beautifully made, this one is an absolute beast, the fattest option they offer, which suits the size of my hands perfectly, and yet it's still comfortable to play, and it needed very little truss rod tweaking. I have tried to take some gratuitous, arty shots, but it's not really one of my strong points, so I'm sorry about the quality. I can see 17 distinct types of "hell yeah" there. love it top to bottom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubis Posted May 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 Thank you very much mistermikev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubis Posted May 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 On 5/6/2019 at 7:44 PM, Norris said: You are an artist. That looks incredible and such attention to detail. I'm not a fan of relics normally, but that is a work of art Thank you kindly sir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 58 minutes ago, Rubis said: Thank you very much mistermikev thank you for sharing your build/methods/info with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Plumley Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 On 10/13/2018 at 8:22 PM, Rubis said: More hardware to finish off the body. Strap buttons, neck plate and I was lucky enough to find an aluminium pickguard shield on Ebay Germany which has saved on yet more import taxes as they don't seem to be available in the UK Next challenge is the aluminium pickguard shield. The red lettering on the back appears to say 'ALCLAD' but I can't make out what the rest of it says so I will probably just copy the lettering verbatim Hi, just to add, lovely build and that Kaiser in So Cal made the Aluminium shielding that Fender used to produce all the various plates. Iv'e got them on all my vintage '60's models. Fender workers would add pencil scribbles to the plates also. All the best, Kev 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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