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here's what has gotten done so far:

just barely scrapped the edge on the body just to see how hard it would be.... it's going to be a battle


just about done with the headstock


i bought some Formby's paint remover, same stuff from the Projectguitar.com tutorial, and i might give that a try this evening. I'm hoping for some decent results because this body is going to be a pain lol

[turmoil]

so i sanded this front part of the guitar by hand and it took me about an hour to do


so i broke down and bought a nice random orbital palm sander and did this in 30 minutes.


it's coming along alright. i still have a lot of sanding to do to the body and right now i'm trying to figure out the best way to remove the dot inlays because i found a guy on Jemsite.com who is making me up some neon green dots to match my green blaze pickups.

the only other thing i did was finish sanding the head stock and strip the shine off the back of the neck because i'm going to tung-oil it.
more updates to come!!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by turmoil

so i sanded this front part of the guitar by hand and it took me about an hour to do


so i broke down and bought a nice random orbital palm sander and did this in 30 minutes.


it's coming along alright. i still have a lot of sanding to do to the body and right now i'm trying to figure out the best way to remove the dot inlays because i found a guy on Jemsite.com who is making me up some neon green dots to match my green blaze pickups.

the only other thing i did was finish sanding the head stock and strip the shine off the back of the neck because i'm going to tung-oil it.
more updates to come!!

Nice job
One way to remove the inlays is to insert a screw into the inlay itself, and then pull on the screw.

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the only thing is that these inlays are reallllly tiny. i think they're like 1/8" in diameter so i need to get get some screws lol

[turmoil]

alright, so i went ahead and pulled out the inlays like so:

1) prepare to suck it inlay


2) check out mah drillz


3) mmmm i b drillin'


4) u gotz a hole there buddy??


5) let me show you my screw, my screw let me show it to you


6) IN!


7) time to yank on it


8) OUT!


Finished board


and the headstock i finished sanding


not too much left except finish sanding the body.
i'm also thinking about reshaping the headstock. maybe something along the lines of an Ibanez meets a Caparison. thoughts???

i.e.

and

[Edroz]

nice! i can't wait to see the finished product.

i'd leave the headstock as is. 1. i really like strat headstocks, and 2. i've yet to see someone reshape a headstock that didn't look like utter shit . but hey! it's your guitar, not mine .

[turmoil]

Originally Posted by Edroz

nice! i can't wait to see the finished product.

i'd leave the headstock as is. 1. i really like strat headstocks, and 2. i've yet to see someone reshape a headstock that didn't look like utter shit . but hey! it's your guitar, not mine .

thanks man, i can't wait to see it myself haha

yeah, i might just keep it because i have a feeling with my (lack of) wood working skills i'll probably end up turning it in to a piece of crap. we'll see though.

i'm still waiting to see how the wood grain turns out on the body. i'm thinking about just doing a nice transparent blue like technomancer's KxK with the neon green pickups/inlays/knobs, ebony fretboard (once dyed) and black tuners/trem.

[ibznorange]

Im with ed, but do your thing to it man

Also, your legs are as hairy as mine! IM NOT ALONE!!!

[turmoil]

Originally Posted by ibznorange

Im with ed, but do your thing to it man

Also, your legs are as hairy as mine! IM NOT ALONE!!!

lol my entire body = hair. it's hilarious

[ibznorange]

I understand completely.
Does that ever cause woman issues for you? I always expect women to run away or get freaked out, but its not once caused me an issue. I wonder if i think of things oddly, or if im just lucky...

So i seem to have missed it, but what else are you doing to the git besides paint and the neck dye?