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If you expect the vibrato to work reliably, this would be the excuse you need to justify Gotoh or Grover locking ‘heads.
I reckon I may just have budget for locking keys and a Wilkinson Trem.
Edit: I have budget for locking keys OR a Wilkinson Trem, unless anyone can recommend some inexpensive tuners?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wilkinson-Vintage-Tremolo-WV6-For-Stratocaster-Guitar-Steel-Block/111289621225?var=410285647000
I am going all gold on the hardware for this. I think it will look good with the colour I have in mind.
Currently very slow going as I wait for parts and tools to come in.
Mainly waiting on a heat gun or fret crowning file before I continue any further.
The dyes did come today and though, so I'm going to do some practice runs on some scrap wood for the finish.
Fully Stripped Body:
Full coat of "fuchsia", then sanded back:
Then first coat of "Rose Petal Pink", which in reality is very red despite what the packaging would have you believe:
Just waiting for that to dry before I move onto the final colour - "Rose Quartz"which will go all over. I expect the whole thing to be a different colour once all dye is on and dyed and then the tung oil goes on.
What's the white stripe?
Dyeing is done and oil is on. It's lifting some of the dye that hasn't settled and is making the whole thing redder than I wanted. It won't look how I planned but I think it'll still look good.
It's all turned too red and streaky with the oil on there, so I'm somewhat tempted to just get a vinyl wrap for it or order some nitrocellulose from Northwest Guitars to do it all in shell pink.
The key with stain and oil for me is to burnish the stain as much as possible before the oil, and with a burst rub the first few coats of oil with the burst pattern, working inside to out.
That's just my experience.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/61134/sarge/p1
I'm thinking of either Crimson's stunning stains for only £7 or so a bottle, or just some good old nitro which blows the budget but looks fairly easy to if a little time consuming.
I too want to paint so I will be looking at your progress .
I was thinking to get valspar paint from B&Q in the colour I want , but not sure if this is a good idea or not ?