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Getting ready to start my next build using a prefinished body. I picked up a swamp ash chambered jazzmaster body during the recent sale.  It will have 2 P90 pickups, 1V 1T, Am. Std. trem and a 4-way switch.  I ordered a set of Bare Knuckle Blue Note P90 pickups. It will have a maple neck with...

I am getting prepared for my next build.  It will be a Tele with Flame Maple front and back and Mahogany in the middle.  I would like to dye the maple (bright color burst) using the black dye and sandback method, but want the Mahogany to be a natural color. Is there any trick to get a perfect...

Anyone have experience with the DiMarzio PAF Masters?  There is a good Paul Gilbert video on their website where they sound amazing, not sure how much of that is the player versus the pickup.

After having a body sit on the shelf for a couple of years, I am finally ready to finish the build.  I am starting with a poplar Stratocaster body, rear routed with a Wilkinson trem.  For the neck, I was able to buy a Warmoth quartersawn rosewood neck with a pau ferro fingerboard, stainless...

I have a quartersawn rosewood neck where I want to paint the headstock.  I will be using an automotive basecoat and Spraymax 2K clear. Do I use my sanding sealer, primer and then paint?  Or is there something else I need to do with the oily wood? Thanks! Greg

I want to paint my headstock on a Warmoth clear satin finished neck.  I'm thinking I just need to sand the area to be painted with 600-grit and spray (clearing with Spraymax 2K). Does that sound right, or should I put a base down (primer, dewaxed shellac)?  I'm not sure what Warmoth uses for...

I am getting ready to paint a poplar strat body I've had laying on a shelf.  I was thinking of using HOK spray cans to be able to put a 2-part poly finish on it. According to the spec sheets, clear needs to be applied within 24 hours of color.  Since I want to lay down multiple colors and do...

I have always been nervous about ordering a body from the showcase without the trem routed before paint.  Has anyone had experience with having a painted body routed? I am curious, first if the sides of the hole are painted (I'm assuming not).  If it is raw, is the wood visible?  How does the...

I am assembling my Iceman project and I ran into an issue.  About the build, it is a Iceman with 3-way toggle (horn), S-X-S pickups, TOM, V-V-T pots.  The pickups are beefy DiMarzios - ProTrack/Air Norton S. The problem I am having is with the depth of the neck single coil rout.  The switch...