Conversation Between MF_Kitten and XeoFLCL

yeah, it does pretty much the same, as long as it gets absorbed into the wood. gunstock oil too. in fact, most oils that are made for furniture or outdoors use in general will do good, since they seal and waterproof the wood

hm.. I see, then tung oil will likely work just as well

i used some stuff meant for furniture, actually. it was called "wax oil" in norwegian. it was like a thick-ish oil that kinda looked like melty wax. it was even a little foggy-looking.

it soaked in and left the surface really saturated looking and water resistant.

Yeah, it's nice to have a job for once, because I can do things like this now

I'll prolly get a black hipshot transtone because I REALLY like how they look and the locking string saddles I'd imagine make worlds of difference in sustain. I don't know why no ones done it besides hipshot in the bass world, since thats what alot of bassists seek, sustain

As for the tuners, I'll keep the headstock black of course and see if it looks good with silver. This will be an over time thing, first will be the refinish.. did you tung oil yours or how did you reseal the grain?

it´s got passive pickups and active EQ (as opposed to active pickups AND eq like EMGs), so you can switch them out with any pickups that fit. the EQ shouldn´t be too hard to change either.

i always thought about changing the whole electronics setup too, but never got around to it.

the stock is:
neck volume-bridge volume
bass eq-tone eq

i was thinking about:
panning pickup selector-master volume
bass/treble stacked EQ pot-mids/mid frequency sweep stacked EQ pot

if you see what i mean?

you can get Q-tuners, EMGs, or Bartolini pickups for it, i think (not sure about bartolini sizes). i don´t know if changing the bridge would make a large difference tone-wise, but the quality is much better with hipshot, so i would go for it. could improve vibration transfer and intonation, which is awesome.

the tuners are good enough, so i don´t think that needs upgrading right off the bat.

however, if you´re changing the bridge and staining the whole thing red, you could get a black bridge, and then black tuners while you´re at it. if you then get black knobs for the electronics, you´re all set. it´d look awesome with the red stain.

updates will be necessary!

I see, I might consider sanding it down next time I swap strings on mine. Mine is a 2001 model so it has the older fender-style bridge.. considering swapping that with a hipshot aswell lol (Maybe a Transtone?) and a new active EQ setup.. We'll see, I'll be sure to post pics when I figure it out

yeah, agathis is just another cheap wood like poplar and basswood. nothing wrong with it really, doesn´t sound too bad either.

i originally planned to just fine sand the black finish to make it flat black, but then i messed up and went through the finish on this one spot, and so i just went on and removed all the finish. i could´ve stained it red like i did with my RG, but i liked how it looked natural. i even flipped the truss rod cover to show the white backside instead. it looks better that way.

Hm, who would've thought agathis would look that good natural

I might do the same thing to mine and stain it red lol

here ya go:
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5638/photo0141g.jpg
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3535/photo0140o.jpg
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/6774/photo0139l.jpg

i don´t have this thing anymore, so this is all i got to show for it :P

Hey! Do you have pics of that natural finished SR305 you did? I want to do the same and do a red stain..