Strat / TB500 build

wildebelor · Post by **wildebelor** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 7:07 pm

I'll have to dig up some emails - they've been a pleasure so far!

osbornkt · Post by **osbornkt** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 6:48 pm

Sweet. Would they be interested in doing...Say...Another aluminum neck?

goroth · Post by **goroth** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 2:17 am

wildebelor wrote:Goroth - this looks ugly as hell!
Plus, today when testing the sparkle on a pedal, the can exploded on me.
Not happy! Glitter everywhere!

Made some progress today -

Drew up the pick guard template for real!

very stoked on that.
The pickguard will be black 3-ply, so I can go with a black body incase the wood underneath the hideous donor body sucks.
Ordered everything, just waiting for it to arrive now.

Jesus, that's terrible!
Haha.

wildebelor · Post by **wildebelor** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:19 pm

So the donor body I received was beat to hell - had cracks into the wood!
I decided I would fill them and try and save it, which I have.
Today I will seal and prime the body and tomorrow I will do my first coat of paint… which I have decided on; storm blue (almost grey).

Anyway, here is the pick guard I struggled with making by hand! I think it turned out alright.

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:12 pm

wildebelor · Post by **wildebelor** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 4:10 am

And here is the colour with the pick guard all routed!

Just waiting on the colour to dry and then it's clear coat time!
After that, I'll polish it and then assemble…. :snax:

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:14 am

Did you get the neck already??

spacelordmother · Post by **spacelordmother** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:39 am

Looks slick!!

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:40 am

Agreed. Also, for future reference, what did you use to cut the pickguard?

imJonWain · Post by **imJonWain** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:05 pm

hotttt

wildebelor · Post by **wildebelor** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:20 pm

Haven't received the neck yet.
I am going a different direction with this guitar all together.
I will be using the original neck with a matching headstock until I receive a maple neck with black binding and black block inlays.
This will be the final neck for this guitar in particular.
the aluminium neck will go on a jazzmaster build later in the year! :excellent:

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:24 pm

Still awesome!

How did you cut that pickguard btw?

wildebelor · Post by **wildebelor** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:38 pm

So I cut the rough shape with a dremel, however I did it poorly because I had lost my cutting bit.
I then proceeded to use a sanding drum drill attachment to get it closer to my shape.
I then hand sanded it all to its final shape and used a razor blade to get the beveled edge.

A lot of work but I think it's well worth it!

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:44 pm

It looks damn good dude!

spacelordmother · Post by **spacelordmother** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:19 pm

skullservant wrote:It looks damn good dude!

Ridiculously good for doing it all by (unguided) hand!

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