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El Chiguete

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my custom guitar build
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So this year I decided to make my own custom guitar build, so far I have:

- Body: mahogany strat body with a black veneer quilted maple top
- Neck: mahogany strat neck with rosewood board

The idea is to have a LP wood combination for the classic heavy metal tone with dual Dimarzio Super Distortion pickups and a chromed OFR!  :metal:

Updates comming when I get the other parts  :banana-dance:

PS:
Since the neck came raw with no painting or clear I think I will oil it up like on the other thread that was posted here :)
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Hey El,  :whoohoo!: , lots of fun  :thumb-up: ,  I'm thinking to do the oiled thing on a squire strat I have.. (based on SCs posts), so you are stuck with standard strat bridge without some routing ?? but I like where you are going with this.. Will be a nice guitar  :thumb-up:
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, so you are stuck with standard strat bridge without some routing ??

I got that body on offer because those bolts where done not in the correct place and they are actually closer to the neck than they should, so when the Floyd Rose post go in I wont use them (but this will be a players guitar and not a show guitar). My thoughts on the proyect is to have a Harley Davidson look with chrome hardware and black body that with that quilted top looks like a nice paint job on a bike!
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Re: my custom guitar build
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- Neck: mahogany strat neck with rosewood board
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Since the neck came raw with no painting or clear I think I will oil it up like on the other thread that was posted here :)

Well Mahogany and oil are hard to combine, as mahogany will probably soak up more oil than you want.  :-\

I did get a good result with just 2 filler coats of nitro (to seal the wood somewhat) and then finishing of some natural clear beeswax coats.  :crazy:
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Hey SC, Well that makes sense, mahogany is much courser and softer grained than sugar maple (or other hardwoods) so will suck up the oil. Moreover, it won't be as smooth a finish so a couple of light coats of NC lacquer is maybe a better way to go.

Hey El, be really careful where you drill the FR post holes (hopefully you won't have to plug the 6 strat screw holes). I put a Shaller FR on my tele which I'd previously installed a Gotoh, I used the same holes as the Gotoh and now the saddles poke over the front edge a little and I had to file the bridge PU metal mounting plate a bit so it doesn't catch/foul.  But I also did a full floating install (I copied my Anderson's routing) so the top of the FR plate is almost flush with the top (otherwise you have to shim the neck so it's slightly angled to get the action down). The other issue is neck radius as FRs are typically designed for fingerboards with less radius than fender style fingerboard.  I ended up buying some FR saddle shims as the tele has quite a bit of radius (probably 7" circle) so when it has good action on the G and D the other strings were to high (so I shimmed from the outside in (and none under G and D)).
So scale length maths/geometry, the theoretical point for the saddles (not taking string thickness and angle/height into consideration) is the scale length (and 12th fret is 1/2 scale length (should be 25 1/2 " scale length and 12th fret should be 12 3/4" from the nut)). So line the bridge up so the top E saddle is in a good position on the bridge and is 25 1/2 " from the nut, all the saddles will need to be moved back away from the nut slightly to compensate for thickness of string and angle/height above the fretboard, make sure the bridge is perpendicular (use a set square ?) and in the centre to mark the FR post holes. While there is a fair bit of saddle adjustment available on a FR, you don't want to end up like my tele where they poke over the front a bit. I'm going to have to plug the holes and re-drill them at some point to get it just right. (which is why I mention it  :thumb-up: :wave: )
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Well Mahogany and oil are hard to combine, as mahogany will probably soak up more oil than you want.  :-\
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No issues with the Birchwood Casey Tru-/Gunstock Oil. Used it, apart from the obvious Maple, also on Mahogany and Pao Ferro with the same results...
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Wow didnt think there would be this much concern over the mahogany with neck. So SC you have used the Birchwood Casey Tru-/Gunstock Oil on other mahogany necks? Any tips? Would I need to reapply it because is a softer wood?
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I posted the YT vid somewhere....just follow the steps and you'll love it
http://adadepot.com/index.php?topic=1288.msg10941#msg10941
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Yep I know, I just didn't know you had done it to a mahogany neck guitar.
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The mahogany necks I worked on were initially treated so I had to sand off the original finish.
Since your neck is completely unfinished, you might wanna start by applying some (2-3) coats of Birchwood Casey Sealer/Filler, sanding with 000 steel wool in between before applying the Gunstock Oil and Wax....
Check out this thread from the Kramer-Forum:
http://www.kramerforum.com/george/kollection/caliwarmoth.html
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Thanks for the link!!!
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Ok so quick update, here are the parts that have arrived so far:

- body
- neck
- tuners
- neckplate
- straplocks
- pickguard

I will experiment with the a Dimarzio Super Distortion and a Bill Lawrance XL500 I have on another guitars and decide what to use in the bridge, then latter I will choose the neck pickup. Also onther parts are on the way including the Gotoh Floyd Rose that will probably be here next week.
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 :whoohoo!: :thumb-up: :wave:
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Looking forward to see it!!!  :thumb-up:
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Me too!!!

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My thoughts on the proyect is to have a Harley Davidson look with chrome hardware and black body that with that quilted top looks like a nice paint job on a bike!

Hey El, my HD is completely de-chromed, matt black and downright nasty looking ... does that qualify?  :lol:
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