jch4v Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 Hello Everyone, First let me say that I have been reading the posts on this forum for a while, and you are all such kind and considerate people... helping us newbies and indoctrinating us into the wonderful world of guitar building. Your knowledge is priceless! Here are my questions: I am starting to build a strat. The body I ordered comes from the B. Hefner Company. (1) Does anyone have any experience with this company? Do they make good products? It is just a basic alder body. Supposedly, it is modeled after a '62 strat. The neck is also from B. Hefner. Solid one piece maple. (2) If I want to specify the specs of this neck to match the '62 body, what should I ask for. He offers different neck shapes, radiuses, fret size... I want the neck to feel like a '62 neck, but I don't know enough about them to be able to give him the specs I want. Does anyone have any ideas? I ordered the paint from ReRanch. IT is going to be sonic blue! I love that color. The neck is unfinished, so I am going to apply some Fender Neck Amber to it, and also a decal that I designed. Here is another question: (3) After I apply the lacquer to the neck, do I polish the neck and fingerboard the same way that I would the body? I.E, Sand with successive grades of wet sand paper. This seems like it would be difficult to do on the fingerboard. For the pickups, I choose Fender Vintage Noiseless. (4) are these good pickups? I think that's about it. I really appreciate your help! -John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 john, i'll do some research and see if i can find the neck specs for you. as to spraying the fret board i don't know for sure but i'd almost bet that in the factory it's done before the frets are applied. back in a bit.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 well i'm not going to be much help i'm afraid. i couldn't find anything on the actual specs. you might try the official fender site and see if they can help. sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meegs666 Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 i have heard the name, but i couldnt tell you anything. could you post a link or something, because i am interested in replacement bodies and necks for fenders. as for the fretboard and neck, i have had to finish a maple neck that had frets on it. i put tape over the frets and used a razor knife to make it so the tape only covered the actual fretbeading. i used satin amber stain and nitro which gave it an awesome glow. i did do some wet sanding afterwards but only to get rid of some sploches in the nitro from spraying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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