Recent content by kevin_guitars

Wow I’m jealous of that. I just got a Goncalo neck that isn’t even half as Striped! Good for you!

I had about an hour of free time after work last night to shield off the pickguard and screw in the pickups and pots and super switch. Parchment color pickguard and cream color knobs and switch tip. Pickups I went with a set of Bareknuckle '63 Veneer Boards with a zinc plate mount on the bridge...

Thank you!

Thanks so much. I really appreciate that.

I buffed out the front of the headstock and reamed out the tuner holes which were quite built up with lacquer. Gently tapped in the bushings and lined things up with a straight edge to mark my drill holes. I went with the trusty vintage style Gotoh tuners, I've been a fan for a long time of the...

Alrighty time went by fast and I got 3 1/2 weeks of dry time on the Nitro so time to get to work. Wet sanded from 600, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000, and then 2500** Then got out my trusty Harbor Freight Drill with a buffing chuck adapter (I save my nicer drills for actual housework) and buffed it with...

That body looks amazing and I love the Ken Lawrence headstock design

My 2 cents here is to do a rear route for the ability to make lots of alligator clip leads to test some of these experimental tones before committing with the solder and putting the pickguard on. A wiring scheme as complex as yours is somewhat of a nightmare to troubleshoot and dial in/tweak if...

Much like the Strat project I'm building simultaneously I took to the frets on this last night. Taped off, leveled, crowned, sanded, and polished to a mirror shine. I think my technique on rounding off the fret ends is getting in the realm of passable and I'm very happy with it!

Few more pics of the job all done there is still some black residue from polish on the last pic before I wiped it down. My only experience with this is a long time ago with the Telecaster in my profile pic and I was not as thorough, also those frets were nickel. I learned a bit of technique I'm...

Update: I have about 2 more weeks for the nitro to dry so last night I took to the frets. 1) squared up the neck with a notched straight edge 2) taped up the frets -- this took an hour :| 3) Sharpie and fret level w/ 240 grit then 400 grit 4) Crowned frets with Hosco file. I read online how...

Thanks Eddie. Forgot to mention a fun little fact @Aaron and those of you who watched his video on using rattle can nitro. I too felll victim to the index finger blister from those damn tiny little nozzle caps 😂

4 coats of sanding sealer and 10 thin coats of nitro all done. I battled some blushing along the way because it's so damn humid here in Florida. Now it's time to wait about a month to cure before I wet sand but I snapped a quick picture of it laid out with the neck and parchment pick guard to...

Ok so quick update here. I was VERY unhappy with how the wipe on poly was going with this so I sanded it back and went with rattle can nitro. I was using Oxford brand on the Red Strat in my other post, and ordered Colortone nitro from Stew Mac for this Z Body and boy am I happy with it. I have 4...

Spent most of the weekend playing with waterbased poly sanding sealer and level sanding. I probably won't have any progress pics for about a week as there is not much to update as I stack on the coats. I will probably only be able to do one a day as my work schedule is rather demanding during...