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Strat Project (Hard Ash & walnut + Rosewood FB)


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hi..

i'm not skill english.. so i find this area(In Progress and Finished Work) .. recent T_T

it is not easy to unserstand another language.. ^^

my new project is that

BODY: Hard ash(20mm), Jelutong Back(25mm)

Neck: Black walnut, Rosewood FB, 22 Fret

Scale: 25.5

Yesterday i start this project.

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this pic is yesterday final setting check.. it OK..

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this pic guitar is 1 pieace Maple Body. walnut neck Ebony FB..

it not bad sound.. i like this sound..

today i will setup pickup.. when my office job is end..

my woking is allway some mistake.. yet not perfect ^^

but today is better than yesterday ^^

slow.. slow.. like tortoise ^^

i will use this area in progress of my work..

have nice day..

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hi ..

finish is Lacquer,

i use Lacquer Sanding Sealer + Lacquer mixed,

not hardcoating.. smooth.. easy to scratch.. T_T

i have no buffing.. so.. use hand sanding.. final #600 sandpaper use..

finish is too difficult to me than make neck & body..

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iuse brush and thick paint one time..

it's finish thick is allmost 1mm ..

i paint this 7 times, paint, sanding, paint sanding..

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i use brush paint & air dry & sanding & brush paint & air dry & sand

sorry.. english is not my language..

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once again a very nice and well built guitar hyunsu *applauds* I always enjoy seeing your work and i have to say you get very nice woods ^^. I can't wait to see the strat, post some progress pics :D

BTW how are you going to fix the control panel plate on? the only way i can see is to make it bigger then the whole and fixing it on, but that means its would stick out. Is that what you want?

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thank..

yesterday my Ash laminated is end..

and satday.. i will buy jelutong back wood..

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Ash & Walnut top Strat.. ^^

i will make neck walnut.. and Rosewood..

yesterday my new guitar is complete end..

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Duncan 59 Humberker(Front)

Duncan JB Humberker(brige fickup)

have nice day..

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Very nice work. I love that maple body. Many people will say that an all maple body is too bright but I love the sound of maple bodies. In fact, I have a guitar with a maple body, maple neck and maple fretboard and love the way it sounds.

You've got access to some beautiful wood and I'm glad you treat it so well.

For buffing the lacquer - (if you want to try it) - the buffing wheels that stewmac sells for drills work very well. You have to be careful to not let the plastic portion hit the guitar but other than that - they bring out a great shine to a lacquer finish (while using buffing compound with them of course).

Keep those pics comming!

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hyunsu, first off great job on your guitars. What I'd like to know is, are you going to cut out some tone chambers like Fender did with the Thinline Telecasters in 72 when they started to use some Northern Hard Ash. If not that guitar is gonna weigh a ton. Even using Southern White Ash, it's weight tends to vary, I had to chunk my Driskill copy because the weight of the wood was simply a little more than I wanted. Sometimes you don't know until you've cut it out. I try not to go over 2.5lb's a board foot. Just curious is all. Keep up the great work, it makes coming to this site so much fun.

Matt Vinson

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yesterday's work..

nextday i will buy body back wood & Fingerboard(Rosewood),

have nice day..

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Ibanez & fender body is some same.. diffrent spoon cut,

so i use fender or ibanez same templaite and once more work spooncut.. ^^

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i use power planner.. and hand planner and use scraper..

if i have this tool it is reall easy.. ^^

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i will buy this tool someday.. T_T

if i have this tool , woking is really easy.

and when use power tool.. very fast cut wood.. but adjust blade depth..

it is not difficult..

thank..

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Yes lucky1, the wood I got for this body was too heavy for me, I didn't quite notice it until after it had already been cut. I could have cut out some tone chambers in it and placed a cap on top, but right now it's just better to move on since the wood was free anyway.. haha I'm also not sure I'll do a Driskill after all, since I've been making some designs of my own and I want to get something started along those lines. I plan on buying alot of lite ash if the deal comes through, in the next couple of weeks, but right now I'm gonna be using honduras mahogany with quilted maple 13/16" carve top. I'll keep you guys posted on how things are going.

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today my strat body's work process..

hard ash & soft wood back..

if body is all hard ash.. sound is not good.. but use softwood back.. it will be good sound..

have nice day..

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thank.. i will end this project in this week..

i wonder this guitar's sound.. so quicky end..

and i buy fingerboard in fingerboard making campany..

i allway slot my fingerboard and make radius is my hands.. but it really long time need.. and i dont have auto planner.. so it is diffcult in my all guitar making work..

but use buy sloted and radius FB . it not bed..

Fingerboard wood selection is mine..

i order 20 Fingerboard, Rosewood, Ebony, bolivian Rosewood..

when fingerboard will arrived i will pic and upload..

all 25.5 scale..

i selected 20 FB Wood in 300 FB Woods ^^,

i think it will be lucky..

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