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#1 HNB

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Posted 04 July 2012 - 05:01 PM

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.
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This is what I am thinking of doing.
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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.
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Posted 05 July 2012 - 08:56 AM

Here is the diagram I plan to use.

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 09:33 AM

I have some Lollar strat pickups I am going to use. :) Should be fun.
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Posted 05 July 2012 - 12:00 PM

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 08:47 AM

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
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Posted 07 July 2012 - 01:40 PM

Picked up paint! :D
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Posted 07 July 2012 - 06:24 PM

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

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Posted 07 July 2012 - 07:32 PM

Do you mean the neck? I am not sure. It won't be here until the 12th. :(
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Posted 09 July 2012 - 07:21 PM

following this one bro!

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 08:03 PM

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?

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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.
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The gut shot.
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Spring area. (See the screw holes? Normal?)
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That white paint is over the CAR finish. Heat should strip it off. :)
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Posted 09 July 2012 - 10:21 PM

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.

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Dowel
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Wood filled.
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Wife comes home later with the new heat gun. Should be fun.
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 02:01 PM

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.

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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.
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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.
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 05:51 PM

Finished sanding it up.
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Made cardboard masks for when I paint it. :)
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Glued in the dowel from where that one pickguard screw was.
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 10:16 PM

The dowel is cut and sanded down.
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No more empty pickguard screw hole.
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Z-Pozy on as grain filler.
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Tomorrow I will Z-Poxy the back.
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Posted 11 July 2012 - 08:44 AM

Z-Poxy on the back. :)
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Posted 11 July 2012 - 05:07 PM

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. :)
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Posted 11 July 2012 - 10:02 PM

Back is Z-Poxy'ed and drying. Tomorrow I will lightly sand it and it will be ready to spray with primer. ;)
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SEXY curves.
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Posted 12 July 2012 - 10:35 AM

Prepped for painting. (Goodbye multicolorness.)
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Hung and ready to rock.
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Primer grey. :D
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Posted 12 July 2012 - 11:57 AM

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.
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Headstock looks much better.
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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...
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Posted 12 July 2012 - 12:37 PM

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. :)
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