This is something I've wanted to do for a while - I wanted a Walnut bodied guitar (as IMHO, they look amazing) and I had a spare Allparts 70s headstock strat neck kicking around. BUT I really wanted to build one of the rare versions with a strat tremolo - nobody ever seems to have these for sale, and I've never seen a body spare either...
So I bought this fine body from BooBoo guitars...
It was in their listings because of a split on the lower horn (probably caused by router bit chatter when they body was being cut).
The split continues on the back of the guitar a little way, but is near invisible on the front.
I'm fairly sure I can fix this by injecting some Titebond into the crack then clamping it HARD. It certainly will stabilize it and I'm fairly sure I can loose the worst of it with some sanding. Plus bollocks to it, its on the back and the front is going to be under a socking-great pickguard!!
One thing I do need doing is the routing for a Strat trem. I did consider doing this myself but 1) I don't have a template and most importantly 2) I don't think I could do it neatly enough, so I shall probably farm that out...
The plan is for a black plate (black-white-black ply), Strat trem (wish I had the cash for a Wudtone), a pair of Wide Range humbuckers (not those Fender things, probably either from Mojo or Oil Ciy - haven't investigated that fully yet so not even sure what is available) and a Tru Oil finish to show off that gorgeous wood.
A question for those who have built Walnut guitars - when using Tru Oil, have you needed any grain filling or have you just sanded it and applied it?
Any comments/suggestions welcomed. :-)
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walnut does need a lot of graifilling if going for supergloss - or you can just not bother
If you read my tru oil thread it shows an examples of wetsanded walnut which gives a partial fill and a nice semi gloss
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I need to take some careful measurements to see if it's possible. I hope so...
I need to take some careful measurements to see if it's possible. I hope so...[/quote]
So game on!
The 'slurry' generated by the wire wool as you apply the oil fills the grain: easily enough for a final mirror polish.
Time consuming, but ships and ha'porths of tar etc...
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