Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: gwEm on May 22, 2008, 12:21:00 AM
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Twinfan stole my thunder a bit - but not much since he did a really cool job :) Finally I finished my Squier Cyclone project. Heres the details:
Squier Cyclone - ebay UK
Locking Sperzels - ebay USA
Graphtec nut - Feline
Rolled fretboard edges - me :) (tip from Wez)
3 ply solid colour scratchplate cut for 2 single coils - Feline
Tele 4 way switch - Feline
Mustang stripe - ebay USA
Jim Dunlop strap locks - AxesRUs
and of course the Slowhands, which you can read about in the pickup forum
If you want to see how it looked before - http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8799
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I don't really like this shape, but looks as nice as a Tornado could look in my eyes! :D
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looks great - i love the speed stripe!
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Looks spot on! Nice work!
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Very strange body shape: it kind of draws on many aspects that I hate and pulls them into one guitar!
But good work, nonetheless :)
Roo
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Wow Very Odd Guitar, both shapes and control placemnt :lol:
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Wow! I keep thinking i want one of those offset guitars, but the scale lengths or bridges put me off. What the length of the neck on that bad boy?
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AWESOME!
I need to do up a cheap guitar!
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These threads have almost got me wishing I'd kept my blue sparkle Squier Supersonic.
How did you do the stripes? Are they sprayed on or just some kind of stickers?
Oh, and how did you do the rolled fretboard edges? I've often been tempted to try that.
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These threads have almost got me wishing I'd kept my blue sparkle Squier Supersonic.
i miss mine as well(technically my girlfriends) , we sold it last year :cry:
if he followed my method for rolling the edges it involves a very sharp stanley knife or razor blade gently scr@ped back and forth between the frets
You hold it really lightly and start with the blade edge almost touching the face of the fretboard and roll as you go
you can just do it with sandpaper but i find the scr@per easier and quicker
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Love the 'Go faster' speed stripe! LOL!
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if he followed my method for rolling the edges it involves a very sharp stanley knife or razor blade gently scr@ped back and forth between the frets
You hold it really lightly and start with the blade edge almost touching the face of the fretboard and roll as you go
you can just do it with sandpaper but i find the scr@per easier and quicker
I'd considered doing that, but thought you'd end up with a bit of a "step" in the wood each time you hit a fret end. Unless you also round off the fret ends a bit? Or is the rolling too subtle for that to be noticeable?
(I've probably described that very badly, but can't think how else to put it)
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the step is there, basically like a little wedge of wood uner each fret end
but its barely noticeable on a subtle roundover and neater than it sounds..
basically this method gives a consistent roundover down each edge of the fretboard... technically speaking its not vintage accurate because natural wear leads to a roundover that is more pronouced at the mid point between two frets
i bet you have a spare neck somewhere you can try it on!!!
here is a pretty good article on the technique - i believe fender have a team of light handed women doing this job
http://www.musicianshotline.com/archive/monthly/mean_gene/02_05.htm
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i bet you have a spare neck somewhere you can try it on!!!
You know me too well, Wez! :lol: I do have an old Squier neck I could use as a guinea pig.
Thanks for the link - the technique is pretty much what I always imagined, good to have it confirmed. I guess it must work pretty well on bound boards too?
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yeah its just the same, but you need to be a bit more gentle on a bound board because plastic scr@pes away a bit too easy
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Wow! I keep thinking i want one of those offset guitars, but the scale lengths or bridges put me off. What the length of the neck on that bad boy?
24 3/4" - Gibson scale length on the Cyclone. Thats partly why I went for this model.
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These threads have almost got me wishing I'd kept my blue sparkle Squier Supersonic.
How did you do the stripes? Are they sprayed on or just some kind of stickers?
Oh, and how did you do the rolled fretboard edges? I've often been tempted to try that.
Wez's technique for rolling the edge of the fretboard worked very well... it still feels a bit cheap (I was very careful though - only took a bit of material off) but its at least 40% nicer feeling.
The stripes are vinyl stickers which are avaibable on ebay in the US. the guy also sold go-faster-stripes for cars etc. The sticker doesn't go all the way round the guitar - just the front, but its quite easy to apply because of this. i'm sure it will be damaged with use, however the vinyl is actually pretty high quality, so hopefully it won't be too bad. i'd buy another of these stripes.
i like the offset body. i'm going round to strats, but i like the mustang/music master shape of this guitar, looks a bit unique, and more futuristic.
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That guitar looks cool 8)
I have Slowhands in a similar guitar myself:
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/Browsif/Guitars/FenderMusicMasterClose.jpg)
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now that is gorgeous
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These pimped Squier threads have got me thinking about getting a cheap squier to mod instead of an expensive Warmoth or Fender :idea: :lol:
The Deluxe Hot Rails strat is interesting me now even if it does have a basswood body :oops:
Brow, love how your guitar looks. Would be even better with black pickups and switch tip I reckon :)
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Awesome guitar nice work dude.