I'm building a strat FINISHED! (well, not quite ...)

duotone · September 2018

Credit for doing this on small portable workbenches!...been there and done that when doing DIY at home.

enjo · September 2018

Awesome, even down to the clay markers!
Please keep sharing - I'd love to do this one day. Do you mind sharing where you sourced the wood from?

Zoolooter · September 2018

Lovely work. Do you do commissions or purely for yourself? I ask as coincidently I'm after a strat neck with rosewood and clay dots.

Sasz · September 2018

It looks great - thanks for taking the time to document it all!

axisus · September 2018

enjo said:

Awesome, even down to the clay markers!
Please keep sharing - I'd love to do this one day. Do you mind sharing where you sourced the wood from?

This time I think I got the wood from http://www.exotichardwoodsukltd.com/ I don't always remember as I tend to get it some time in advance of making a guitar

Zoolooter said:

Lovely work. Do you do commissions or purely for yourself? I ask as coincidently I'm after a strat neck with rosewood and clay dots.

I'm strictly amateur, I don't consider my guitars to be selling quality! There are others here who make guitars to a higher standard.

axisus · September 2018

Body sprayed Sonic blue and aged

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Shielding done

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Start of neck carve. Usually a combination of worrying and very satisfying. Terrible pic unfortunately!

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axisus · September 2018

Basic neck shaping done

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levelling and rounding off frets

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Frets polished

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jaymenon · September 2018

That is absolutely beautiful...! And very exciting to watch...

jimboflojo · September 2018

Wow amazing work! Good choice going with sonic blue !

MLten80 · October 2018

excellent work!! just got myself some strat templates so very inspiring

where did u get your truss rod? is it single or double way?

thanks

paulnb57 · October 2018

Pukka job!

axisus · October 2018

MLten80 said:

where did u get your truss rod? is it single or double way?

2 way. I think it was from Warman, bought a couple rather a long time ago so the memory is a bit hazy. I have certainly had at least one from Warman in the past.

munckee · October 2018

axisus said:

planning placement of trem screw holes.

Mock up of guitar so far.

plastic and metal parts aged a bit. Doesn't show that well in this pic.

Love the pickguard, are you able to divulge your ageing secrets?

When this said 'building' a strat I didn't realise you were creating from scratch!

axisus · October 2018

munckee said:
Love the pickguard, are you able to divulge your ageing secrets?

No secrets with me. I read somewhere that you can get an interesting aged look on a pickguard by spraying it with tinted nitro varnish. I did that then rubbed it all over with fine wire wool, wearing some bits back more than others. Added some mock rust wear around screw holes with some enamel paint.

Simon_M · October 2018

This is really good @axisus ! I wish I had the confidence to have a crack at something like this. I've always fancied making a LP Junior but neck building worries me!

axisus · October 2018

OK so the whole thing is together and playable! It still needs rather a lot of sorting to get playability up - nut slots, some fret levelling, truss rod adjustment etc. but basically I am loving it already. New no 1!