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I had previously posted a thread about a Sky brand RR V copy. I only had $70 in the guitar and I could really see some potential. I've always loved the off-set V design so I figured I could put a little effort into it and see if I couldn't come up with a nice player that was eye catching.
The first big issue I had was a slant in the neck pocket. the low E side was about a 1/16th higher than the high E side. I basically sat with a sanding block and slowly evened it out.
Next was the neck. the head just screamed jackson knock off. I reshaped it to something a little closer to a Kramer pointy, but not exactly. I really hated the thickness of the neck. I took a wood rasp to it and carved it into something about the thickness of an Ibby wizard neck.
I gave the head a quick wet sanding, which removed the SKY logo, and then buffed it up.
I kept the neck on the back burner and started working on the body. the routes were really bad. one of the real signs its a cheap guitar. I took a file to some of the cavities and sanded the shelf the trem posts are on making sure there were no spots where the trem made contact with the route.
the finish, including the points, were in great shape so a quick couple of coats of primer, with a wet sanding in between,
And we're too the color coat. I am a fan of this color so when I found it in a rattle can, in wal-mart, I couldn't help myself.
with the body drying I went back to the neck. I thought it looked a little strange to have binding on the fret board but not on the head so I masked it off,
And painted some foux binding on it.
after several coats of green, the whole can, I sprayed it with clear gloss lacquer wet sanding between coats.
I had some burrs to file off the trem blades but it stays in tune beautifully now.
As one side note, I lost two of the hex screws for the nut. I went down to my local Ace Hardware and they had the correct metric screws with the right allen wrench size. they were a little long but after a touch of grinding and filing they were a perfect match. Steel lock nut screws for .48 Cents each! I'm gonna see if they have the rest of the screws to fix up the Licensed Floyd.
With the new neck profile and low action it plays like butter.
The first big issue I had was a slant in the neck pocket. the low E side was about a 1/16th higher than the high E side. I basically sat with a sanding block and slowly evened it out.
Next was the neck. the head just screamed jackson knock off. I reshaped it to something a little closer to a Kramer pointy, but not exactly. I really hated the thickness of the neck. I took a wood rasp to it and carved it into something about the thickness of an Ibby wizard neck.
I gave the head a quick wet sanding, which removed the SKY logo, and then buffed it up.
I kept the neck on the back burner and started working on the body. the routes were really bad. one of the real signs its a cheap guitar. I took a file to some of the cavities and sanded the shelf the trem posts are on making sure there were no spots where the trem made contact with the route.
the finish, including the points, were in great shape so a quick couple of coats of primer, with a wet sanding in between,
And we're too the color coat. I am a fan of this color so when I found it in a rattle can, in wal-mart, I couldn't help myself.
with the body drying I went back to the neck. I thought it looked a little strange to have binding on the fret board but not on the head so I masked it off,
And painted some foux binding on it.
after several coats of green, the whole can, I sprayed it with clear gloss lacquer wet sanding between coats.
I had some burrs to file off the trem blades but it stays in tune beautifully now.
As one side note, I lost two of the hex screws for the nut. I went down to my local Ace Hardware and they had the correct metric screws with the right allen wrench size. they were a little long but after a touch of grinding and filing they were a perfect match. Steel lock nut screws for .48 Cents each! I'm gonna see if they have the rest of the screws to fix up the Licensed Floyd.
With the new neck profile and low action it plays like butter.
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