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  1. Yeah...took me a while to figure out the headstock design...I wanted something classy, but not too boring... I am totally hooked on building now!! I think my next project will be a strat....who knows. I have been thinking though that I might want to change out the pickups on this guitar to some Gibson BurstBuckers...so the next project may have to wait a bit as these are $$
  2. Oh, sorry about that! It's a Saga HT-10 "PRS" style - body is basswood - neck is maple with rosewood fingerboard - the head design was created by me, including an inlay using a lab created blue sapphire in triangle cut - the hardware is fairly generic, all chromed...tuners/pickups/bridge/tailpiece - the paint is DupliColor Mirage Blue/Red - clearcoat was hand sanded and buffed/polished That's about it....obviously not a built from scratch guitar, but a lot of work went into it and I'm pretty happy with the results...especially being my first one. Thanks for the consideration of GOTM!!! <steve>
  3. Here is my first guitar project...someone mentioned I should enter it here? <steve>
  4. Hey all, thanks for the kudos!! It is my first guitar...and I enjoyed it so much that I am ready for the next one!!! (my wife is gonna kill me ) As for the bridge, it's called a "Tune-O-Matic" style bridge/tailpiece. The hardware is actually not too bad, but I found a engineering company that makes a REAL SWEET version of the T-O-M Tone Pros The ferrule thing sounds interesting...might make a cleaner looking back...I'll have to take a look at it on my next project.... The DupliColor Mirage paint comes in several colors, including a new "Ice" color and a pretty cool Silver/Green color that I would like to try. Thanks again!! <steve>
  5. Hey all, well I finally finished my guitar! I am pretty happy with the results...although not sure about my head inlay idea. What you see inlayed into the head is a simulated triangle cut blue sapphire. It doesn't have the "presence" I was hoping for, the the cutout in the head was quite difficult...so it doesn't look perfect. Other than that...everything came out ok...and it plays fairly well. The action is real smooth. There is just a bit of fret buzz on the lower strings, but a little more adjustment should take care of that. I am thinking of upgrading the pickups though to the new Gibson BurstBuckers....anyone used these before? You can fing the picures here: My Guitar Pictures Comments are welcome!!! Thanks! <steve>
  6. Thanks Brian...I kinda figured there was only one way around it...and you mentioned it. So, that's what I did. I was able to sand it down...but ended up going through the primer down to the wood becuase the gouge was so deep...but I was able to use 1000 grit to level the entire area and throw a splash of primer down and then some more color coats...looks pretty good. Pheww...saved that one! Hey...maybe you know. I think the clear coat is a poly of some sort. Is there a major difference in hardness between a poly and a nitro coating? Thanks! <steve>
  7. Hey all...thanks for the replies. I decided that I couldn't wait for the peel away to come in the mail so I went to the hardware store and picked up some spray medium duty stripper. I put the stuff on TWICE...and it still didn't take it off....I finally gave up then figuring with my luck I would end up screwing up the entire body... I had to go with plan 2...I purchased this paint called DupliColor Mirage which is a color shifting paint..I got the blue to red pack which comes with a base black, a middle "color" and a top coat clear in a 3 spray can kit. I made this cheap little guitar body stand using a particle board "round" with a threaded pipe mount base (3/8") screwed to it. I screwed in a 12 inch iron pipe. That is the "swivel" base. I also picked up a 2 foot 1/2" PVC pipe and screwed it to the guitar body at the neck mount. This works great for keeping a hand free and holding the body up...and swiveling. I got the base black coat on with 3 coats. I then put two coats of the "color" coat on...but when I lifted the guitar up off the iron pipe, I went a little too high and scratched the front of the guitar on my bicycle handlebar which is hanging from my garage rafters.... Damn!!! So...I guess I should wait for the paint that is on there to fully dry and then break out the sandpaper to try and diminish the scratch.. Anybody have done a bonehead thing like this before? What is the best thing to do with the paint scratch in wet paint?....(it took a couple of layers of the paint right off...so it looks like a pretty deep gouge...didn't get the wood luckily!!) THanks All!! <steve>
  8. Ok...well, from reading other people's info on sanding the veneer...I was hoping that would be my last resort as it is so thin. Hopefully the Peel Away will come in tomorrow and I'll give that a try... Yeah, that's exactly the color I wanted...I bought some test maple veneers to try out some color combinations...the best one I found was to put down an initial layer of black transparent stain and then sand down the "high" points of the veneer, removing the black from them. Then using two coats of a blue transparent stain....and everything looks nice! I am actually amazed that Saga builds this body with a real pretty maple veneer and then coats the whole thing?! Their instructions assume that you are going to paint the thing...but why put such a nice (relatively speaking) veneer on it if you won't see it? Well, either way...it's a fun project...I just can't wait to get all the staining and clearcoating done so I can put it together!!! Thanks for the feedback! <steve>
  9. Hey, I am trying to create a PRS-style look on my quitar body (kit Saga HT-10). I finally got the stain mix just right and went to apply it to the body. Well, wouldn't you know they sealed the body with some crap that won't let the stain take. Anybody know the best thing to use to take whatever this stuff is off? I tried the safe route Orange stripper...didn't do crap. I ordered a can of the Peel Away 6 which is supposed to not damage veneers or raise the grain... Anybody with similar experience on removing this stuff, I'd like to hear from you. Thanks!! <steve>
  10. hehe...well let's just say that some guitar dude named Steve Fister...aka the "Shadow King"... took my domain name!!! No, I'm just someone that happens to have the same name as this guy...sorry to spoil it for you <steve>
  11. Just picked up a Saga HT-10 guitar and am looking at painting the front of the head black and then clearcoating the entire head/neck. Does it really matter which paint type I use? i.e. flat, semi-gloss, gloss? It'll be covered by the laquer...which will give it the shine, so it wouldn't matter what the paint type is, right?? Thanks!!
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