I've been wanting to do a raw, 80s inspired shredder for a while.
George Lynch, Jason Becker, Joe Perry, Kramer/ESP
I picked up this light (3.5 lbs-ish) ash body from the showcase a couple weeks before the roasted ash bodies were announced - I woud probably have gone that route, but I'm happy with this body! Routed H-S with an angled neck pocket and contoured heel.
I also ordered a roasted maple reverse Slapshot neck with a black ebony board, 1 3/4 nut, big stainless frets, and Wizard profile. That arrives next week.
Build is going to be:
Here are some pics of the progress - more to come as the build progresses.
Freshly opened box
My finishing supplies. I live in a small apartment in NYC and don't have an outside space anymore, so I can't do any spray finishes, so it's an all hand applied finish. I'm going to bump up the grain with the Stew Mac dark grain filler, tint slightly with the Minwax oil-based stain, then top off with Tru-Oil.
Preparing to apply the grain filler. I sanded the body down to 220.
All covered
Scraped off the excess filler off and let it dry
Sanding the body down to 320
Here it's sanded out to 800
OK so I skipped some boring finishing photos here.
Here the body now - I did a soaking coat of Tru-Oil, buffed it out, and applied about 3 or 4 more coats. Buffed it out to a satin sheen with 0000 steel wool.
I also applied SM conductive shielding paint to the PUP cavities and the rear control cavity
More to come!
George Lynch, Jason Becker, Joe Perry, Kramer/ESP
I picked up this light (3.5 lbs-ish) ash body from the showcase a couple weeks before the roasted ash bodies were announced - I woud probably have gone that route, but I'm happy with this body! Routed H-S with an angled neck pocket and contoured heel.
I also ordered a roasted maple reverse Slapshot neck with a black ebony board, 1 3/4 nut, big stainless frets, and Wizard profile. That arrives next week.
Build is going to be:
- Top-mounted German OFR
- Duncan JB Trembucker bridge
- Duncan SSL-6 neck
- Single volume CTS pot in the Charvel San Dimas position
- 3-way Switchcraft SG switch
- Brass knob/switch tip
- Electrosocket jack
- Schaller locking tuners
Here are some pics of the progress - more to come as the build progresses.
Freshly opened box
My finishing supplies. I live in a small apartment in NYC and don't have an outside space anymore, so I can't do any spray finishes, so it's an all hand applied finish. I'm going to bump up the grain with the Stew Mac dark grain filler, tint slightly with the Minwax oil-based stain, then top off with Tru-Oil.
Preparing to apply the grain filler. I sanded the body down to 220.
All covered
Scraped off the excess filler off and let it dry
Sanding the body down to 320
Here it's sanded out to 800
OK so I skipped some boring finishing photos here.
Here the body now - I did a soaking coat of Tru-Oil, buffed it out, and applied about 3 or 4 more coats. Buffed it out to a satin sheen with 0000 steel wool.
I also applied SM conductive shielding paint to the PUP cavities and the rear control cavity
More to come!
