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practice routing that is.......
First guitar I ever bought was a B C Rich Rave, cheesey, yes but it was the mid 80s, I was making a whooping $4.10 an hour. I stripped the neck, then eventually put one of those funky single locking string thru the back Floyd Rose II s on it, drilled a zillion holes and chiseled to recess it, ended up with it a little off center but it was playable, never put a locking nut on either.
Fast forward 32 years or so and I was feeling a bit nostalgic and found an unmolested one of craigslist cheap, Instead of soaking this ne in stripper and gouging the paint of the neck with a razor blade, I sanded itdown to bare wood and finished with 1500 grit. Bought a double locking Floyd knock off and the routing template. Now that I actually understand scale length and have decent tools and real straight edge it should go a little better lol.
Just finished practice routing 5 recesses in an old 2x6, this weekend I will carve up the actual body. I think for paint, Im going 80's thrash.. paint it white with blood spatter and trace an anarchy sigh on it in "blood" with my finger. I feel like Im resto=modding a 72 ford pinto, but Im old and it takes me back to my youth....
Any sage advice before I start making wood chips??
First guitar I ever bought was a B C Rich Rave, cheesey, yes but it was the mid 80s, I was making a whooping $4.10 an hour. I stripped the neck, then eventually put one of those funky single locking string thru the back Floyd Rose II s on it, drilled a zillion holes and chiseled to recess it, ended up with it a little off center but it was playable, never put a locking nut on either.
Fast forward 32 years or so and I was feeling a bit nostalgic and found an unmolested one of craigslist cheap, Instead of soaking this ne in stripper and gouging the paint of the neck with a razor blade, I sanded itdown to bare wood and finished with 1500 grit. Bought a double locking Floyd knock off and the routing template. Now that I actually understand scale length and have decent tools and real straight edge it should go a little better lol.
Just finished practice routing 5 recesses in an old 2x6, this weekend I will carve up the actual body. I think for paint, Im going 80's thrash.. paint it white with blood spatter and trace an anarchy sigh on it in "blood" with my finger. I feel like Im resto=modding a 72 ford pinto, but Im old and it takes me back to my youth....
Any sage advice before I start making wood chips??
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