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"Pay attention to the details, every gem even spaced"
(sequel to http://www.furaffinity.net/view/25485229/ )
Gathering the parts, researching how to put together an electric guitar, how to paint and finish, how to wire and solder, all of these things as well as buying tools, paint and waiting for the weather to cooperate means that this took well over a year for me to finish. I hope it plays halfway decent. Actually, I'm not that great of a guitar player. I should practice more now.
Anyway, painting. I hate it. I hate, hate, hate painting. I like the construction part, the putting together of hardware. But painting is sooooo, boring. Sand the surface, spray on primer coat, wait. Sand primer coat, apply second primer coat. Wait. Sand second primer coat. Mask off cutie mark with tape, paint with light blue. Mask off other part of cutie mark, spray dark blue. Mask off cutie mark, spray white x2. Wait. Sand. Spray clear. Wait. Wet sand. Polish. Ugh. If you see it in person, you'll see the finish isn't perfect. Lots of fine scratches and bits that didn't sand out because I didn't want to sand through the clear coat.
The purple pick guard and 3 way toggle switch was from Amazon. The purple Q-parts knobs were from eBay. The neck plate is from a Teisco or some sort of Japanese guitar from the '60s or 70's. Because I had to alter the neck pocket, a standard neck plate was too big. Fortunately the screw spacing worked on this used one found on eBay. The body, neck, pickups, bridge and tuners were all from GuitarFetish.com. The wiring, control pots, soldering iron were from Stewart MacDonald guitar supplies. And the spray paint I used was Zinsser BIN primer and Rustolium blue, 2x white and 2x clear. I watched quite a few YouTube videos about painting with spray cans from Brad Angove https://youtu.be/SX0lwcJTe0w
And I bought a "Team Rarity" button to put on my guitar strap from
hirurux at Anthro NW last week.
All in all, building a guitar is not for someone looking to for a cheap way to get a guitar. You can buy a good guitar cheaper than you can build one. And I used pretty cheap components. The bridge, for example, was under $20. But you can spend over $100 on a really good one. I was surprised I got the paint as good as it is, but I see all the flaws. I'm surprised that I seem to have followed the wiring diagram and that the damn thing works when I plug it in. As to how it sounds, well...I don't know how much of it is equipment and how much is musician (me). But with practice, maybe I'll learn me a song or two.
Now I have a Swift Heart themed Flying V to build...
(sequel to http://www.furaffinity.net/view/25485229/ )
Gathering the parts, researching how to put together an electric guitar, how to paint and finish, how to wire and solder, all of these things as well as buying tools, paint and waiting for the weather to cooperate means that this took well over a year for me to finish. I hope it plays halfway decent. Actually, I'm not that great of a guitar player. I should practice more now.
Anyway, painting. I hate it. I hate, hate, hate painting. I like the construction part, the putting together of hardware. But painting is sooooo, boring. Sand the surface, spray on primer coat, wait. Sand primer coat, apply second primer coat. Wait. Sand second primer coat. Mask off cutie mark with tape, paint with light blue. Mask off other part of cutie mark, spray dark blue. Mask off cutie mark, spray white x2. Wait. Sand. Spray clear. Wait. Wet sand. Polish. Ugh. If you see it in person, you'll see the finish isn't perfect. Lots of fine scratches and bits that didn't sand out because I didn't want to sand through the clear coat.
The purple pick guard and 3 way toggle switch was from Amazon. The purple Q-parts knobs were from eBay. The neck plate is from a Teisco or some sort of Japanese guitar from the '60s or 70's. Because I had to alter the neck pocket, a standard neck plate was too big. Fortunately the screw spacing worked on this used one found on eBay. The body, neck, pickups, bridge and tuners were all from GuitarFetish.com. The wiring, control pots, soldering iron were from Stewart MacDonald guitar supplies. And the spray paint I used was Zinsser BIN primer and Rustolium blue, 2x white and 2x clear. I watched quite a few YouTube videos about painting with spray cans from Brad Angove https://youtu.be/SX0lwcJTe0w
And I bought a "Team Rarity" button to put on my guitar strap from
hirurux at Anthro NW last week.All in all, building a guitar is not for someone looking to for a cheap way to get a guitar. You can buy a good guitar cheaper than you can build one. And I used pretty cheap components. The bridge, for example, was under $20. But you can spend over $100 on a really good one. I was surprised I got the paint as good as it is, but I see all the flaws. I'm surprised that I seem to have followed the wiring diagram and that the damn thing works when I plug it in. As to how it sounds, well...I don't know how much of it is equipment and how much is musician (me). But with practice, maybe I'll learn me a song or two.
Now I have a Swift Heart themed Flying V to build...
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Thanks! I'm glad you think it turned out okay.
A bass? I need a break from guitar projects. I have two more in the works I want to finish, don't add another one! Ha Ha.
I have considered a bass, but it's difficult to find a cool looking (to me, i.e. pointy) bass body style. The ones I do find a kinda expensive. I always liked headless basses, Steinberger style, but they don't have much of a body to work with. I like the look of Gibson's Thunderbird bass, but I wouldn't want to ruin a new one by painting it myself. I'm only painting the ones I have because they're cheap and I like the Frankenstein aspect of assembling miscellaneous parts.
When you say a bass version, do you mean a Rarity bass of some kind, or specifically a Warlock style Rarity bass? Or another pony or non-pony character theme? Just wondering.
A bass? I need a break from guitar projects. I have two more in the works I want to finish, don't add another one! Ha Ha.
I have considered a bass, but it's difficult to find a cool looking (to me, i.e. pointy) bass body style. The ones I do find a kinda expensive. I always liked headless basses, Steinberger style, but they don't have much of a body to work with. I like the look of Gibson's Thunderbird bass, but I wouldn't want to ruin a new one by painting it myself. I'm only painting the ones I have because they're cheap and I like the Frankenstein aspect of assembling miscellaneous parts.
When you say a bass version, do you mean a Rarity bass of some kind, or specifically a Warlock style Rarity bass? Or another pony or non-pony character theme? Just wondering.
http://www.watsonguitars.net/12B048.html These kind of bass are awesome and play like a charm. That said this web site http://www.rondomusic.com/WOB826WH.HTML have some relatively cheap bass and guitar wich plays really well their guitar range from 6 to 10 strings and their basses range from 4 to 7 strings. Do not buy short scales. Short scales are evil and sound crappy as f particularly the basses.
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