60s duo-sonic project

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 5:05 pm

Thom wrote:Looks really good so far Stewart.

thanks! i'm looking forward to getting it completed, only thing is it's getting a bit chilly to be painting nitro in the shed. i'm hoping i won't have to hang on til spring to get it painted...

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:03 am

yea, that looks really great.

what scale is the neck?

and dang, if I'd known you needed some conversion bushings, I could have sent you some I was using with those tuners (the ones I gave you were the originals that came with those tuners).

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:57 am

mage wrote:yea, that looks really great.

what scale is the neck?

and dang, if I'd known you needed some conversion bushings, I could have sent you some I was using with those tuners (the ones I gave you were the originals that came with those tuners).

it's a 22.5 i think.

um, yeah, the conversion bushings i ordered fit the holes in the neck but the heads of the tuners don't fit through the bushing! i'm flummoxed, as they were listed as being for klusons. i checked with a vintage kluson thinking maybe the measurements were different, but nope- didn't fit either. will see if i can get a refund.

could i have the conversion ones you were using? i'll sort you out for cash/postage etc.

TITS!

Post by **Mike** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:08 am

I think you need to drill them out, that's what I had to do. I couldn't find any correct ones.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:16 pm

drilling works!

(sorry for the massive pictures, photobucket's being a cock:

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quite pleased the bushings don't look too hideous, i've seen some conversion jobs that look bloody awful.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:50 pm

Nice.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:59 am

you shouldd have asked me! i have.... 29 vintage sized coversion bushings! and i only need 5 of what i have! i would have basically given them to you!!!
still very ace!

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:50 pm

robert(original) wrote:you shouldd have asked me! i have.... 29 vintage sized coversion bushings! and i only need 5 of what i have! i would have basically given them to you!!!
still very ace!

ah well, never mind. they were pretty cheap anyways.

i got them on eventually, i had to enlarge the holes in the headstock ever so slightly to get the bushings in, and for some reason the third tuner overlapped the one next to it slightly, so i had to file the sides down a fraction. i suspect whoever drilled the bigger holes in the first place made a bit of a cunt of it and one of them was ever so slightly off.

i'm hoping to make a start on the colour coats on monday, depending how cold it is in my parents' state of the art spray booth shed.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:02 pm

looks great dude. those tuners went to a good home.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:18 pm

thanks!

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:03 pm

Nice work, the headstock looks great. I love them old MM necks.
Where d'ya get the Nitro from? <3 Dakota.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:14 pm

Fran wrote:Where d'ya get the Nitro from? <3 Dakota.

got it from manchester guitar tech. pricey (Â£30 all in for the colour and clearcoat) but i think the results are generally much better than halfords type stuff.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:46 pm

stewart wrote:
Fran wrote:Where d'ya get the Nitro from? <3 Dakota.
got it from manchester guitar tech. pricey (Â£30 all in for the colour and clearcoat) but i think the results are generally much better than halfords type stuff.

That is really good, possibly a cheaper outcome than Halfords actually. Is that in Aerosol form or are you applying it with an air sprayer?

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:48 pm

it's in a rattle can. hurb used the same product on his faux XII and that looked spot on from what i remember.

matocaster · Post by **matocaster** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 6:02 am

glad to see you are back on this one! Lookin' good!