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Thank you.. Quite the compliment. So she wouldn't mind if you bought it then ;) Ohh and one last thing. I weighed it today.. Comes in at what I feel is a perfect 8.5lbs

Ohh and since photoknobs killed our last thread.. I went and had a look at my initial design idea... But I always knew it would look better in real life :)

Ok.. no more mucking about.. ITS FINISHED .. YAY :D Some shots Im REALLY happy with the action on this... Low as you can go and no buzzing.. And intonates surprisingly well for a wrap around So... All done.. Whoopee .. I did a very rough demo.. Its done on my phone and through a rubbish practice amp so don't expect it to sound great but after all this time I just wanted to get something up.. I will get a full quality demo done soon. :) I will say now though.. Sympathetic vibrations my arse ;)

Ohh and by the way, since Photobucket wiped it out.. This is the plan for the next build Which will be very similar in design to the Korina one but with this Walnut body (which I also cut with the grain the other way around ) and currently looks like this

Thanks one and all. Yeah, even though I have had people tell me that it wont sustain well because of sympathetic vibrations that are going the other way on the neck because the grain is going a different way to the body It does look cool though ;) We may all find out tomorrow. And yes... GREAT job there Dub.. Proper looks the business

Ok.. Got all the hardware on... Just needs soldering and a setup and we are done And almost forgot the strap pins .. They didn't come with washers but I have some spare.. Gotta have a fluffy washer :) Sorted Hopefully barring anything weird going on I will actually get this finished tomorrow

Nice... Dub I have a small update today.. I realise how long this build has taken so wanted to say theres a good reason.. Ive been dealing with my father whos very sick... Been happening since last November and is taking most of my time up at the moment... But im not far from finished now... Today I did some extra polishing and got the trussrod cover done.. And as usual I use my offcuts to make a nice matching cover... So I get an appropriate sized bit of Korina This is often how I flatten and shape small bits of wood (I know, I know :)) Then I drill the holes while its in place Counter sink the holes And oiled And did some extra polishing on the top So, im so close to finishing its almost painful.. But my schedule at the moment is unpredictable to say the least. So, hopefully more very soon....

Nice... And yes I noticed that too.. That its very CTS like.. which would make it from 1979 no?

Which I seem to remember was the result of a few too many drinks that night... Or at least that what I was told :D

You can say that again :) I was doing some more looking. That other tone pot is a Dimarzio pot... And looking at the paint/lacquer.. That's some proper checking going on there

Lol.. Yes and yes.. :) And that volume pot.. I don't know who changed it but that looks like a cheapo one to me... Grrrrrrr... Ohh no.. Actually the switch was replaced from a 3 to a 5 way one. But its also old.

Righty.. So I took her apart today... Pickups Bridge Mid Neck Then neck specs 7.25" radius

That is frikken SHWEEET man... Happy playing

Oh man.. I somehow missed this and what can I say The same troll back again.. and yet again just pages of nonsense from him.. Pathetic... So you had no idea about the PRS weight relief and now you know you want to return it even though you loved it... You sir are an idiot... And I don't normally say such things on here... But you take the biscuit, cake and all the pies.... just ridiculous...

Lol.. Well actually all I have in my work area is a small Marshall MGFX so it probably wont ever sound great through that. I should bring it home to play through my tube amp but will probably wait till I finish so it has new strings :) Maybe it will be one of those moments in a players life and manages to turn me to the dark side with its seductive quacking

And you would be very welcome too :) Yeah its cool to be able to have the chance to examine such a specimen..

Yeah I will do that before I take anything apart and see whats working and what may need a clean... I may video it and do some measurements... Its the kind of thing people seem interested in, those small details.

Yeah.. its one of those things you need to be a REAL expert on to tell... While I know a fair amount im still learning too (as we all are :)) Which is why small projects like this are cool it makes me want to learn about the history more. But as I say, I spotted it within seconds of picking it up.. I will give it a good look over when I service it... And the guy is on holiday now till the 2nd Aug so when I give it back to him I will see what he knows about its history

He just said he knows that it was a sunburst.. that's all I really know... And it wasn't so bad that it had runs but you can see the brush strokes sort of thing... I need to look closer as I only gave it a quick once over but the paint job itself seemed old.. So I think it probably was done in the 60s, the second I looked at it I knew straight away so thus I know it wasn't a great job. But those strokes may actually be cracking... If you look close at these pics

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Interesting.. Cheers, I didn't know that.. Even though I did know that a lot of people painted over tham at the time... My first thought was oohh, wouldn't it be cool to try and strip down.. But if that paint job was done in the 60s its just as much a part of the history of the guitar as anything and should be left as is. And yes, its an honour to be trusted with something like this.. Another one of those steps I had to take. Working on a vintage instrument :)

Ha.. Sorry I should have said.. to do a service on, which is why ive posted I here rather than a New Vintage Guitar Day thread ... Lol, me with a Strat.. I don't think so :P I did have a quick strum though and have to say it was quite resonant and loud unplugged. The guy hasn't played it for years and one of the pots are a bit scratchy.. So im going to try and clean it up as good as I can with some electrical lubricant and cleaner and then give the fretboard a clean and then re-string and do a set up.. UNLESS I find something else wrong with it, in which case there will have to be obvious discussion if I find I need any new (or old rather) parts which will of course have to be vintage too. BUT you want to hear how much he paid for it? He bought it off his brother quite a while ago for £150 :o

Well I still haven't managed to get back to the Korina build yet BUT I did pick this up today and thought it may be of interest. Its a 62 Strat... Things of note.. Its been painted black (fairly badly) and its a burst under there... Second you can tell its age because of the thin curved fretboard.. In 63 (apparently) they went to the thicker slab boards which are flat at the bottom.. So here it is.. Nothing fancy but nice to get my hands on such an old instrument. I will post some more when I open her up :)

My fault... After I realised how huge the pics were I deleted them from imgur and have just re-uploaded them smaller and am about to update now.

Ok cool.. let me start with the last pics from my Black Kroina build :) Wiring I get a small panel of wood (still from one of the doors I took apart when I started all this :)) and mark the positions of the controls by putting the guitar on top and using a drill bit to mark the holes Always use a small alligator clip as a heat sink in order to avoid damaging the cap with the soldering iron :D