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Well, finally finished my daughter's guitar for her! It all started as a "I yant a Hello Kitty guitar"-request, which got me thinking - wouldn't a shell pink machine be just as cool, but usable by her when she got older? Hmmm...so my mind got thinking as I looked at the stack of Saga kits in my garage...
Here's the details:
Saga 3 piece soaked in liquid cement bass wood body :ROTF:
Saga maple neck
"Imported by me" tuners and pickguard
GraphTech trees
Charvel Model 2 trem bridge, with GraphTech saddles
GraphTech pre-slotted Tremnut
3 EMG Select single coil pickups
CTS pots, CRL 5-way switch, Switchcraft jack, orange drop cap and cloth wire from ALLparts
70's "F" neckplate and transition decal (under lacquer)...so no one can claim I'm making a guitar worth a damn...
No S&S, half can ReRanch white primer, one can ReRanch Shell Pink, and 2 cans ReRanch clear on the body; 2 coats ReRanch S&S, 2 coats ReRanch neck Amber and about 10 coats ReRanch clear on the neck...
Turned out ok, save a couple bugs that got (mostly) sanded out before the clear, and the white pearloid trem plate I was going to put on it won't go...as the body is only 1 5/8" thick, making the trem stick out the back ever-so-slightly...
Still need to set-up/intonate, but my daughter could really care less - she's 5 and can hardly wait to start relicing it it the way it's SUPPOSED to be done - with Barbie dolls as slides! :ROTF:
Anywho, here the pics!
Here's the details:
Saga 3 piece soaked in liquid cement bass wood body :ROTF:
Saga maple neck
"Imported by me" tuners and pickguard
GraphTech trees
Charvel Model 2 trem bridge, with GraphTech saddles
GraphTech pre-slotted Tremnut
3 EMG Select single coil pickups
CTS pots, CRL 5-way switch, Switchcraft jack, orange drop cap and cloth wire from ALLparts
70's "F" neckplate and transition decal (under lacquer)...so no one can claim I'm making a guitar worth a damn...
No S&S, half can ReRanch white primer, one can ReRanch Shell Pink, and 2 cans ReRanch clear on the body; 2 coats ReRanch S&S, 2 coats ReRanch neck Amber and about 10 coats ReRanch clear on the neck...
Turned out ok, save a couple bugs that got (mostly) sanded out before the clear, and the white pearloid trem plate I was going to put on it won't go...as the body is only 1 5/8" thick, making the trem stick out the back ever-so-slightly...
Still need to set-up/intonate, but my daughter could really care less - she's 5 and can hardly wait to start relicing it it the way it's SUPPOSED to be done - with Barbie dolls as slides! :ROTF:
Anywho, here the pics!
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