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

[hillbillyhell]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[cdwillis]

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

[Cato]

fret leveling

[hillbillyhell]

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]

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

[Cato]

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]

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

[ELVIS]

Stop wanking and get to work!

My time is valuable and I want pics!

[Cato]

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]

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]

um, what the fuck is this?