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I have my concept drawings of the Squire Stratocaster that I drew up with the Seymour Duncan Pearly Gate Hum-buckers. One I did in the chrome hardware and the gold hardware. What do you guys think?

Received my Squire Stratocaste today. So I will be starting on modifying this very soon. Very excited to have another guitar that I will be able to modify and build it out with upgrades. The biggest upgrade that this guitar is going to get are the Seymour Duncan Pearly Gate’s (as pictured above). I am also not sure if I want to go with gold hardware on this one or if I want to stick with the Chrome. I will be upgrading all electronics, Machine heads, all the electronics, pick guard and electronic plate (on back) and string trees. Once I get that part figured out I will be posting a concept drawing. More to come, as always God Bless and keep building out that perfect guitar just for YOU!

I got another light coat on it and it has been drying for days (now it’s getting a little colder here in FL). So I was able to go back to 600 grit and do some more fine sanding. What I had neglected to do was take out the two pos that I had in for the bridge before I started my priming process. So I went to remove those two and one of them came out with a small chip. Very glad I realized my mistake at this stage because had I waited to removed them AFTER I had done all of the work more than likely when I would have pulled it out later I would have been with an issue all the way down to the wood. That would been a very disastrous out come after all of the work I would have done. SO ... I leave you with this thought ... MAKE SURE you REMOVE all your hardware before you start you prep for priming and sanding. At the point that I already was at ... I still had paint and saw dust down in the threads of the post and the primer had already dried. More paint more saw dust and primer in those threads would have been even harder to clean out later on on-top of the fact that your screws would more than likely strip going back in the wholes with all that junk in them. Hope this helps guys ... Learn from my mistakes, glad it wasn’t as bad as it is already.

This is the diagram that I used when I installed my DiMarzio Dark matter pickups on my Ibanez RG370DX.

Received my Kramer Baretta kit today to start building my No Bozo Tribute to the 80′s Guitar. Very excited. The quality is amazing!

Hello, everyone! First photo is a concept drawing for a the No Bozo guitar case I want to do to go with my No Bozo guitar. Next couple of photos I am sharing are of the other guitar I am currently working on. These are photos of after I sanded down the guitar after the first coat of primer that i had added. What I am doing is taking out the uneven areas and focusing on getting it shaped back to normal and take out any drips runs or problem areas. It has been days sense I put down my first coat of primer and as you can see there are some areas that are a little then and other areas that covered well. That is not just doe to uneven coats its because I have worked on more areas that needed attentions than others. The reason that it has been days is because the humidity is rather high and it’s been over cast and raining from time to time. That got me to thinking of a couple fo things I would like to share with you all. Although you might really be excited about finishing projects that you are working on it is very important that you don’t rush the process. As you all know paint takes time to dry and weather and conditions can be a factor unless you have a controlled environment. Also if you play or are learning to play ... be sure to leave yourself with at least one if not two guitars that you can always practice on in down times. Even if it there are things you want to do with it ... at least leave yourself something to practice on. Today has been a very down day for me as far as builds but I spent most of my day working non the less. I spent a great deal of time working out the guitar case and some freehand sketches of guitar necks I would like to design. I was able to do some sanding but that has been over the last several days. In some areas it just wasn’t really dry enough to work in so it has been very slow going. Anyway, just ta few things I thought I would share with you. As always, Good bless and Build that guitar just like YOU want it!

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First coat of primer, need to sand and make it look pretty. Some issues on the bottom left side. I will fix that before the next coat. Next coat in about a day and a half.

As you can see from the photo. I drilled out the dow rod that I had put in. The next photo shows the increments that I used. First I started out with a small bit then I used a slightly later drill bit to open it up a little more. Finally I used the the next tool so I could message the volume whole to finish it out. The reason that I did this now is because was for two reasons. First being that I could still see the dow rod and it helped me with finding the center of it. The next is because if there was any chipping from drilling I could smooth that out before I started my primer (base coat) and then painting. I was fortunate because of the the great tools that I had that no repair will be needed. SO, now on to whipping it down with denatured alcohol and laying down my primer.

Sanded down to 500 grit. Removed all the paint and preparing it for my base coat of primer. Waiting for it to get a little warmer for that. I should be able to do that in the next couple of days. Need to go over the whole guitar before I do with some denatured alcohol, and get all the saw dust off of it. Completed my concept drawing for the paint job and the build and the design. Will be painting it with a pearl strip down the middle and around the top side and painting it with Blue Metallic. Installing pick up rings in chrome and Seymour Duncan pickups along with chrome tone and volume knob’s with a blue top. Ibanez bridge and 5 way switch. Still lots to do with the paint job. Lots of spraying and sanding and clear coats to follow before I even get to the installation.

For now this is the method that you all use to do this. However, I am currently in the process of designing a different more accurately way of doing it without any tools

Hey guys I shot my second Video on installing Schaller locking strap buttons .... Check it out and let me know what you think! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXzqPvza8UA&feature=youtu.be

I used Gluboost... my first repair to such a big damaged area. What do you all think? Good repair or do i need to work a little harder at this? Please note that I have no high or low areas. When I run my fingers over it I can’t even tell there was damage to the area. Sorry I can’t seem to get the photos that back that part of it up.

Hey guys It’s Richie with Axe Modifier. I shot my first video on youtube using Gluboost to repair a damage area to my Ibanez guitar .. you can check it out at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mB_5xwxqhg

Ok guitarist, How good are you at knowing guitar logos. Take the challenge below. Great fun.

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This is the Modification to my Ibanez RG370DX. I did detail drawings of the modifications that I wanted to make to my guitar. I am about 90% done. What I am lacking is in the last drawing and that is the trust rod, the back tremolo plate and the electronics plate. I stared out with only the neck and the body to this guitar. All the modifications that I have made to this guitar include. German original Floyd Rose Tremolo, Dark Matter DiMarzio pick ups in the neck, middle and bridge, 5 way switch, 500k potentiometers, Cloth wiring, Emerson capacitor, tremolo bleed, jack switch and plate, chrome with pearl top tuning and volume knobs, Schaller locking guitar strap buttons, Floyd Rose locking nut, Graph Tech Ratio locking machine heads. What I am lacking to finish out my Guitar build and modification is the fabrication of the last photo.

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