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before and after sound test here:\r
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This is building tips, demo, and review of a guitar I built from a DIY (do it yourself) guitar kit I bought on eBay for $56.\r
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Guitar electronic upgrade specs:\r
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3 hot rail style humbucker pickups: \r
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5 way switch\r
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master volume - push/pull pot to ivate the bridge pickup (bridge on switch) for 7 way pickup blending:\r
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Body Stain - Minwax Special Walnut:\r
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Pickguard Stain - Minwax Golden Oak:\r
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Tung oil finish:\r
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Pickguard from \r
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master tone\r
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Step 1) throw away the strings that came with the kit\r
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Step 2) toss out the electronics that came with the kit\r
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Step 3) add additional 45 degree angle support screws to the neck and body. Putting these extra screws in before the rest of the neck screws will help the neck seat as tightly as possible into the cavity of the body. Making solid neck to body cont is critical to getting the best resonance and sustain out of your guitar. This is not a necessary step, in f, its rare to see this feature even on high end boutique guitars, but lets be honest, this guitar needs all the help it can get so why not?\r
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Step 4) straighten the neck and level the frets. To straighten the neck, use the included larger Allen wrench and twist the truss rod a quarter of a turn at a time, checking to see if the entire neck is level with your notched straight edge. Once its completely straight all the way across the neck, its time level out the frets. Using a sharpie, lightly mark a line across the top of every fret, then lightly sand back and forth across the whole fret board with your sanding beam setup with 320 grit or finer sandpaper. This will make every fret the ex same height in relation to the fretboard, which will fix the fret buzz and out of tune notes I had, as well as allow me to have a good fast low ion on the strings. Keep sanding level across all frets. Once youve touched the sharpie with the sanding beam on every single fret you will finally have completely leveled frets. I also recommend adding a few strips of masking tape at the 12th fret, and sanding all frets above the 12th some more, giving the higher frets a slight taper as you get higher up the neck. This, in my experience, allows for even lower ion with a straighter neck. \r
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Step 5) crown and polish the frets. \r
Using the fretboard guard, start sanding the sides of each individual fret being careful to not sand the very top part that we already sanded. Start with 320 grit, then Step up to 600, and finish by polishing each fret with steel wool.\r
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Step 6) sand the neck and body. \r
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Step 7) apply the finish of your choice. \r
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Step 8) wire in new electronics. \r
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Step 9) assemble all the pieces, and put a good set of strings on. \r
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Step 10) give the guitar a full setup.\r
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