Maverick Build / Restoration

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 3:00 am

I am sure the paint will snug it up.

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 3:10 am

HNB wrote:I am sure the paint will snug it up.

I sure hope so. It doesn't look that bad. I'm thinking it will once the finish on the neck is on. Since Polly is pretty thick.

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 10:24 am

Yeah, you won't even notice anything once the bodies painted and the neck has finish on it.

J0K1 · Post by **J0K1** » Sat Nov 15, 2014 6:10 pm

Awesome!

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:52 pm

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speedfish · Post by **speedfish** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 5:30 pm

Awstin wrote:
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That's looking really kick-ass!

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:28 pm

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Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 7:48 pm

Small update. Kinda. Looks amazing. Rowyco does some top shelf stuff. Oh and Cross, I took some lemon oil to the fretboard. Looks real nice. Check out that grain! It's kinda like taking a trip back to '69. Next step is Spitfire tort.

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Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:00 pm

It's looking great!! Spitfire tort is lovely but I'm a big fab of BWB guards on scumburst.

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:09 pm

I actually like the black but I'm going for vintage correctness.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:14 pm

+1

Depending on the colour and pattern of the tort, burst+tort can look oh so right or OH NOEZ WRONG, but black always works.

edit- aimed at Thomas's comment

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:16 pm

It's gonna be a darker burgundy tort. Should look nice.

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:55 pm

Thomas wrote:I'm a big fab of BWB guards on scumburst.

Me too, would have to be some special tort to surpass a black guard.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 5:51 pm

To be fair the spitfire stuff is really amazing.

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:18 pm

Had a go at the neck heel stamp. Not perfect. Could it fool a Guitar Center employee? Sure. But good enough for me. I did it in a fine sharpie, lightly sanded it for age, covered it in nail polish clear coat, and then lightly hit it with some unwound copper pickup wiring for some dullness. lol. (This is the neck stamp the neck that was on this body had)

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CROSS · Post by **CROSS** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 8:18 am

Gavin wrote:
theshadowofseattle wrote:
DGNR8 wrote:Who is CROSS?
Some dude from the switch tip forum. Didn't he rip some kid off or get ripped off by a kid back in the JS.com days? Or maybe he built one of ICey's guitars? I don't remember.
I don't think he ripped him off in the end, he just took, like, a year and a half to build one neck.

Ooh. I just stumbled across this.

I did in fact build a custom jag-stang for a forum member at JS.com.
He had seen some of the guitar builds I had done on the forum and commissioned me to build him one.
It was my first attempt at building a bound neck. I didn't quite have the skills back then to pull it off.
I guess I was a bit too optimistic about my ability.
This is almost ten years ago now.
The build did take some time because I was still learning and attempting things I hadn't done before.
He was very patient throughout the whole process
I'm quite happy to admit I did a poor fret job. I didn't realise I had done such a bad job until a while later when he posted his dissatisfaction of my build.
I instantly messaged him and gave him a full refund. I felt pretty bad about it.
Since then, I have been very cautious.
I now know not to promise something I can't follow through on and I have become much faster and better at building bodies and necks.
I'm still making these in my bedroom/studio.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 12:45 pm

You've come a long way!!

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 3:13 pm

Correct vintage trem arrived. Coming along piece by piece. Want it to be authentic. Notice the Pat No.

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Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:00 pm

Not long to go!!!

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 4:05 am

Spitfire finished the guard! Subtle 60's burgundy he modeled after the pictures I had of the original guard. Love the bright red in bright light and the dark burgundy in less lighting. Looks like a brand new '69 guard.