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[HNB]

So I have this Cyclone on the way. While I think the Sonic Youth look it has is kind of cool, I think I would really enjoy painting it.

Here is it as it is now.

DSC_0772 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC_0775 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

This is what I am thinking of doing.

Cyclone by Eleventh Division LLC, on Flickr

New custom pearl pickguard. (From Pickguardian probably.)

Three strat pickups. (Not Jaguar)

Lower two wired in series like a humb####er. (Bacially it will be sort of like stock, but look like a II with a toggle.)

500k pots.

New white (hopefully metallic) finish.

[HNB]

Here is the diagram I plan to use.


Cyclone by Eleventh Division LLC, on Flickr

[HNB]

I have some Lollar strat pickups I am going to use. Should be fun.

[MuckleRoe]

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

[HNB]

Thanks! I am also going to try to relic it. (By relic I mean make it look old so it matches the neck and headstock better.)



And no, I won't be dragging it behind my car with a rope. LOL

[HNB]

Picked up paint!

DSC04681 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

[LordTrazaza]

This is going to be pretty cool, is that bridge pickup in it upside down?

[HNB]

Do you mean the neck? I am not sure. It won't be here until the 12th.

[lazyjedeye]

following this one bro!

[HNB]

The guitar came today! Teardown was fun and interesting. There was chisle work done inside for the bridge pickup it had. I will use the router to clean that up a bit and I will glue a new piece of wood in there where the one pickguard screw went. Should be an easy enough repair and I am going to strip it and paint it anyways. I could try gluing wood back in the lower area, but there isn't really a reason to.

One question though, where the bridge screws down the screws go all the way through the back of the cavity where the springs go. Is that normal or are the screws too long?


DSC04691 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC04690 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Neck dates May 1998. There was a bunch of sandpaper layered under the neck and in the pocket. Took that out. I will see how it goes without it.

DSC04692 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC04694 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC04697 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

The gut shot.

DSC04701 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Spring area. (See the screw holes? Normal?)

DSC04702 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

That white paint is over the CAR finish. Heat should strip it off.

DSC04703 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

[HNB]

I cleaned up the chisle work and then put in a little wood filler to smooth out some chips. Looks cleaner. I also drilled where that pickguard screw went and cut a dowel to be glued in after I strip the paint out.

Routed

DSC04705 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC04706 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC04707 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC04708 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Dowel

DSC04709 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Wood filled.

DSC04713 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
Wife comes home later with the new heat gun. Should be fun.

[HNB]

So stripping the body caused me to find some interesting things. There was a thin layer of wood on the top and bottom of the body that came up with the paint.


DSC04720 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC04714 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC04716 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC04717 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

A six or seven piece body... Good thing it will be a solid color.


Some of the seams were showing a little and just to be safe I pushed some wood glue in to the thin cracks and clamped it up to sit for a day.

DSC04718 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

I am going to seal it with z-poxy so I am not too worried about the little seam cracks. The z-poxy should seal it up again.

[HNB]

Finished sanding it up.

DSC04722 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Made cardboard masks for when I paint it.

DSC04724 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Glued in the dowel from where that one pickguard screw was.

DSC04726 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

[HNB]

The dowel is cut and sanded down.

DSC04728 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC04730 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

No more empty pickguard screw hole.

DSC04729 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Z-Pozy on as grain filler.

DSC04731 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

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DSC04734 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Tomorrow I will Z-Poxy the back.

[HNB]

Z-Poxy on the back.

DSC04735 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC04737 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

[HNB]

Sanded down smooth and a second (probably final) coat of Z-Poxy. I will flip it in six hours and do the back. Looking much better.

DSC04739 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

[HNB]

Back is Z-Poxy'ed and drying. Tomorrow I will lightly sand it and it will be ready to spray with primer.

DSC04741 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr


SEXY curves.

DSC04744 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

[HNB]

Prepped for painting. (Goodbye multicolorness.)

DSC04745 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Hung and ready to rock.

DSC04750 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Primer grey.

DSC04757 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC04758 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC04759 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

[HNB]

While I waited on the body to dry to get it's white on, I worked on getting some of the misted white spray paint the punk (previous previous) owner managed to get on the headstock while painting the body.. No idea how that freaking happened. LOL It actually came up pretty easily. I will do between the tuners when I wetsand the body.

The heel is all clean.

DSC04763 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Headstock looks much better.

DSC04765 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

It wasn't bad, but I didn't want anyone to see that and think it was ME being sloppy with white paint. LOL I wouldn't ever paint a body with the neck on...

[HNB]

It is white now. I had a run so I am going to let it dry overnight so I can lightly sand it flush before doing a second coat of arctic white.

DSC04778 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

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