Cato's "making of a copy of Jay's strat" blog

**hillbillyhell** · 05-02-2007, 02:37 AM

Thank you , Thank you .. I got A tip for the people ( like me ) that plays guitars with floyds . After years of diving you posts will waller out the holes making your trim slide up and killing your intoe .. When you 1st see this happening to your ax just pull the posts( and a lot of peole will put a dail rod in the hole and re drill it but 95 % of the time it will go off center and make a bigger mess ). If you will take super glue and put in the post hole ( use alot ) it ill soke in the wood around the hole will get harder and be less likely to to get larger with heavy use of a floyd..

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**Cato** · 05-02-2007, 08:57 AM

Originally posted by hillbillyhell
I got to ask , Is your stain , paint going to stick to your resin ? If so is it going to have a tint to it ? And if it does gave a tint i can tell you a little trick i used for years in my wood shop ... If you use a good wood puddy you van mix your sanding dust in it and the stain will stick and not have any tint ..

that's a grate idea. I'll try it next time.

**jhale667** · 05-02-2007, 09:29 PM

Originally posted by hillbillyhell
Thank you , Thank you .. I got A tip for the people ( like me ) that plays guitars with floyds . After years of diving you posts will waller out the holes making your trim slide up and killing your intoe ..

I've heard of that happening to guitars made out of sub-par/soft woods like basswood and the like, but I've never had that problem...I only use bodies made out of heavy shit like Ash, Mahogany, & Koa....I've got a couple of guitars with Floyds that are like, 20+ years old... Still rock solid.

LMAO at "Waller"...haven't heard that term since I left WV eons ago.....

**hillbillyhell** · 05-03-2007, 12:17 AM

Originally posted by jhale667
I've heard of that happening to guitars made out of sub-par/soft woods like basswood and the like, but I've never had that problem...I only use bodies made out of heavy shit like Ash, Mahogany, & Koa....I've got a couple of guitars with Floyds that are like, 20+ years old... Still rock solid.

LMAO at "Waller"...haven't heard that term since I left WV eons ago.....

Well youknow here in wv thing tend to '' waller '' I myself like bodys with some girth to them but i do have 2 ibanez guitars and as everyone knows basswood ( len) is the wood that 90% of ibanezs are made from and the 10% you ask plywood , yes the stuff ony good for roof decking ., The best bodys in my mind are the heavy ass ones that make your back crack after a night of jamming ..

**Cato** · 05-03-2007, 07:02 AM

these are what I did today...

re-holed headstock for tuners

and coated the neck with lacquer

**hillbillyhell** · 05-04-2007, 09:32 PM

Got to ask .. Why did you not just leave it raw ? or rub lenseed oil ?? You can rub about 10 coats of oil in and sand the neck down with 3000 grit and it will make it so slick ,fast and great looking also .But to each there own i guess .. Nice work so far .!!!

**Cato** · 05-05-2007, 07:44 AM

Originally posted by hillbillyhell
Got to ask .. Why did you not just leave it raw ? or rub lenseed oil ??

by coating it with lacquer, I can protect it from Japanese humid climate.

Nice work so far .!!!

thank you very much.

**DrMaddVibe** · 05-05-2007, 11:15 AM

Do you trust the spray can lacquer?

Seems to me with the hard work you've spent doing this you could've found a friend or a paint shop that would've given it the spray job it deserves.

**jhale667** · 05-05-2007, 05:05 PM

You can get decent results with a spray can if you're careful. I would've left it raw also, but yeah, to each his own...

Oh yeah, happy B-day Cato!

**Ozzy Fudd** · 05-05-2007, 10:07 PM

I'm glad i stopped in here, this is some great craftsmanship Brother Cato.

**cdwillis** · 05-07-2007, 08:57 AM

Nice work. I'm curious to see how the paint looks over the heel where you added that epoxy resin.

**Cato** · 05-09-2007, 07:11 AM

fret leveling

**hillbillyhell** · 05-10-2007, 07:12 PM

Originally posted by Cato
fret leveling

Nice little trick i pick up some years a go . Take masking tape and put it between the frets , 4 or 5 layers and use rubbing compound and 2000 grit paper and a 2x4 about 3 feet long to do your frets .. Just remove the nut and you can get them perfict ... By the way killer job !

**jhale667** · 05-11-2007, 10:08 PM

Dammit, Cato...I was already getting the itch to build another guitar...guess now I have to.

**Cato** · 05-12-2007, 12:00 AM

undercoat process finished

and I started making it white. but it's not a finish color yet.

btw hillbillyhell, could you please quiet your juke box?
whenever I open the page you posted, it starts sounding. so I have to find your post and hit the pause button. it's troublesome.
juke box itself is great, though.

**hillbillyhell** · 05-12-2007, 01:31 AM

Fixxed it cato ... great work ....

**ELVIS** · 05-15-2007, 08:13 AM

Stop wanking and get to work!

My time is valuable and I want pics!

**Cato** · 05-16-2007, 05:34 AM

I can't go ahead at this process because it's raining.
so, I did this instead...

Pickups : Fender vintage noiseless

Pots : CRL 500k(B for Volume, A for Tone)

Switch : OAK

Capacitor : Orangedrop

**Panamark** · 05-16-2007, 06:49 AM

Crikies !

No wonder Jap guitars are awesome

It all makes sense now !

Good work Mr CATO, cant wait to see the finished
product (and maybe an mp3 so we can hear the tone !)

To say Im impressed would be an understatement.

How do you find the time ???

Thats fucking grate !

**Cato** · 05-16-2007, 07:44 PM

um, what the fuck is this?

**ELVIS** · 05-17-2007, 02:06 PM

Originally posted by jhale667
You can get decent results with a spray can if you're careful.

Oh yeah, happy B-day Cato!

That's right...

And Happy Birthday, Cato...

You're a good friend that I admire...

I'd like to meet you some day...

Maybe one of these days you, me, and Panamark can meet and hang out someplace cool...

**ELVIS** · 05-17-2007, 02:28 PM

Check this place out...

Guitar ReRanch

**jhale667** · 05-17-2007, 09:51 PM

Originally posted by ELVIS
Check this place out...

Guitar ReRanch

Nice!

Hey Cato, why didn't you get an "aged" (also known as 'mint-green') pickguard to match the PUs and knobs?

**Cato** · 05-17-2007, 11:17 PM

Originally posted by jhale667
Nice!

Hey Cato, why didn't you get an "aged" (also known as 'mint-green') pickguard to match the PUs and knobs?

that's because I'm broke!

**Cato** · 05-17-2007, 11:19 PM

Originally posted by ELVIS
That's right...

And Happy Birthday, Cato...

You're a good friend that I admire...

I'd like to meet you some day...

Maybe one of these days you, me, and Panamark can meet and hang out someplace cool...

send me an air ticket!

**hillbillyhell** · 05-17-2007, 11:30 PM

CATO you do great work !!! Cant wait to see the guitar when your done !!!

**Cato** · 05-18-2007, 08:04 AM

Originally posted by Cato

Pots : CRL 500k(B for Volume, A for Tone)

no. it's not CRL but CTS. and pots are 500k, 1M, 1M.

**jhale667** · 05-18-2007, 11:31 PM

Originally posted by Cato
no. it's not CRL but CTS. and pots are 500k, 1M, 1M.

...I use 1m's for my tone controls on my Strats with Dimarzio Virtual Vintage Pickups (my Strats with humbuckers don't have tone controls)... they give you a sweep range similar to a wah pedal...HUGE range. I love 'em, I can pretty much dial in any Strat tone I'm looking for.

**twonabomber** · 05-19-2007, 04:11 AM

Originally posted by Cato
um, what the fuck is this?

it's gonna be a "pre-lawsuit" Cato-caster.

looks good.

**Panamark** · 05-19-2007, 09:52 PM

Originally posted by ELVIS
That's right...

And Happy Birthday, Cato...

You're a good friend that I admire...

I'd like to meet you some day...

Maybe one of these days you, me, and Panamark can meet and hang out someplace cool...

This a cool thread, huh Elvis !
One of the most interesting guitar building threads Ive seen
here..

Regarding CATO, you and I hooking up..
Man that would be something, The USA, Australia and Japan
Roth Army Connection !!

Maybe we can all meet up at Honolulu one year

When I make my millions I'll get your ticket CATO !

**ELVIS** · 05-20-2007, 08:49 AM

It shouldn't cost that much...

**jhale667** · 06-02-2007, 02:50 AM

Update this fucker, Cato! How far along on the build are you now?

**Cato** · 06-02-2007, 08:07 AM

um.. yeah. I finished spraying it today. the body is completely white now....I'll start coloring it tomorrow

**jhale667** · 06-02-2007, 03:54 PM

Victoria would be proud.

More pics, please...Show all the phases of the finishing...

**Cato** · 06-03-2007, 12:57 AM

I took a couple of pics today since Jay presses me to update this blog...yeah, this is a blog.

and

when I post a pic next time, the body will be complete green!

**Cato** · 06-03-2007, 12:59 AM

I'm spraying on a septic tank, btw.

**jhale667** · 06-03-2007, 01:07 AM

Originally posted by Cato
I took a couple of pics today since Jay presses me to update this blog...yeah, this is a blog.

and

when I post a pic next time, the body will be complete green!

Nice! So it's gonna be what, sea-foam green?

Didn't mean to "press" you, by the way....

**Matt White** · 06-03-2007, 08:47 AM

BRILLIANT

Awesome choice of color

**Cato** · 06-06-2007, 03:28 AM

done.

Ummm.......I might've mistaken the color....

**MAX** · 06-06-2007, 05:11 AM

I like that color Cato!!! Looks fuckin' great!!! Are you going to paint the headstock to match? That would look beyond epic!!!

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