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New build (I'm gonna finish this one)

#21
So today I finished sanding off the black and started putting on the green just like I had done with the black. Took LOTS and LOTS of coats to get it look green.

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Then I noticed that there were sanding marks in the top, and that wouldnt do.....

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So, I sanded it off again, got it smooth, and got it green again.

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The first coat of clear is drying as I type this. So we'll see how it turns out this time.....
 
#25
So now I'm getting down to the last details. After I got the black on the headstock;

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I then sanded that off and put the green on-a couple of times-and then cleared it;

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Then I went back and polished up the body again....

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Last Friday (the 19th) I put it all together and threw on a old set of strings to make sure it worked. I made a temporary nut out of a scrap of maple just to see if it would make a sound. With no set up or neck adjustments, it played pretty well! So then I got excited and made a nut from Corian, went down and bought a new set of strings and tookit to a gig I was doing that night. After tuning it up and playing around with it during practice, the sound guy tells me thet it was sounding amazing and that I should play it for the gig. The rest of the band concurred, so I did. It sounded great, played pretty well (still needed setup) and was looking pretty sharp if I do say so myself! Anyway, Ive been tweaking the setup a bit this week, and played it again this Saturday for an outdoor church meeting. Into the set a ways, it just wasnt sounding right and I figured the sound guy was killing me, but during a break, I decided to change the battery, and WOW! What a difference! I must have had a pretty weak battery in there to begin with, but it now plays and sounds REALLY good so Im happy. Have some gold knobs on order-OH! I forgot to mention that I changed the hardware from black to gold. I put the black bridge on it and it looked terrible with the green, so I put it together in gold-much better!

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#30
Ol'Bass'ead said:
Ive been trying to figure out how to record some sound clips. Anyone have any suggestions?
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On the cheap- Get a 1/4 to 1/8th inch adapter from Radio Shack and plug into the line in on your computer.

Less Cheap- Get a USB audio interface which can be had for around 50 bucks on ebay, atleast when I was hunting for them a few weeks ago.

You can record the audio with Audacity which is free.
 

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