guitar101 Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 I finished up a Strat I assembled for my son. I bought the neck and body and finished the neck with minwax poly. The body I sanded and prepped and took to a body shop to paint. There isn't any place for me to spray in the winter. I tried outside by warming the body and paint up but it didn't work out. I used a custom mixed auto metallic from Napa. The next guitar I build I will do from scratch. I have a semi hollow body that I like. I might try copying it but making the neck and body. Here are some pics of the Strat. http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/bugla/IMG_0902.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/bugla/IMG_0906.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/bugla/IMG_0909.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/bugla/IMG_0938.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 looks good. but you might want to warn people that those pics are insanley huge and might take a while to load. or resize them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bygde Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 (edited) Awesome! Only thing I'd like to change is black knobs, and black switch/trem arm tips. Otherwise, it's one of the nicer strats I've seen Got to love those maple fretboards Edited March 3, 2008 by Bygde Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andronico Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Simply beautiful ! Your son must to be happy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar101 Posted March 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Simply beautiful ! Your son must to be happy ! He is.The logo "Shan Yin" means Compassionate Cause in Tibetan. Last year he took vows in the Tibetan philosophy at a monastery in Vancouver. Prior to that we had Tibetan monks stay at our house for a week. My son was interested in Buddhism and I agreed to have them stay with us. They were on a tour of North America and needed a place to stay in our town. I'm not a Buddhist but it's a great philosophy So when we went to visit my daughter in Vancouver he took the vows at a monastary there. I was surprised that the monks agreed to it but they did. He was 16 at the time. I still have to set the intonation properly and install a tremolo cover. The Wilkinson tremolo has the strings staggered through the block and the cover I have doesn't line up with the holes. The tuners are locking Grovers. I love them. They have very fine control when tuning. I noticed that the string holes are very close to the peg head about the same distance away as locking Sperzels so he may be able to get away without string trees. The G string may have to have the slot filed slightly but everything else seems OK. Thanks for the kind comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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