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Lord Sausage
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Starting to get on with this.

 

First up, a mistake I made. I bought all the stuff roughly at the same time, Including the Wudtone finish. Today I realised it only has a 3 month shelf life.

 

So it's gone off. Total waste of money.😆

 

Anyway, the plan is to have the neck done by the middle of April.

 

So I'm looking for a bit of advice. 

 

Should I buy some Schaller tuning pegs for it or stick with the Chinese ones that came with it?

 

They seem quite sturdy and have been told that the difference will be minimal.

 

I don't want to have to change down the line and have excess holes in the back of the headstock.

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1 hour ago, Lord Sausage said:

So I'm looking for a bit of advice. 

 

Should I buy some Schaller tuning pegs for it or stick with the Chinese ones that came with it?

 

They seem quite sturdy and have been told that the difference will be minimal.

 

I don't want to have to change down the line and have excess holes in the back of the headstock.

 

The one thing that I would recommend changing for higher quality is the screw set.  Often this is where costs have been cut.  Having a screw head shear off is not an insurmountable problem but it is an annoying one.  Also, use a good fitting driver and candle wax when it comes to assembly.

 

I used the supplied tuning pegs on my IB5 kit and found them to be okay.

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17 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

 

The one thing that I would recommend changing for higher quality is the screw set.  Often this is where costs have been cut.  Having a screw head shear off is not an insurmountable problem but it is an annoying one.  Also, use a good fitting driver and candle wax when it comes to assembly.

 

I used the supplied tuning pegs on my IB5 kit and found them to be okay.

As in the screws you attach to the headstock with?

 

And, kinky as I am, what's the candle wax for?

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2 minutes ago, Lord Sausage said:

As in the screws you attach to the headstock with?

 

And, kinky as I am, what's the candle wax for?

 

I replaced all of the screws in my kit.  If you wanted to cut that down, perhaps just the neck to body screws and the bridge to body screws because they take the most torque.

 

Use the candle wax to lubricate the screw threads.  Just rub a bit off on the threads and then screw them home.  It helps reduce the friction and does not harm the wood.

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5 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

 

I replaced all of the screws in my kit.  If you wanted to cut that down, perhaps just the neck to body screws and the bridge to body screws because they take the most torque.

 

Use the candle wax to lubricate the screw threads.  Just rub a bit off on the threads and then screw them home.  It helps reduce the friction and does not harm the wood.

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11 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

 

I replaced all of the screws in my kit.  If you wanted to cut that down, perhaps just the neck to body screws and the bridge to body screws because they take the most torque.

 

Use the candle wax to lubricate the screw threads.  Just rub a bit off on the threads and then screw them home.  It helps reduce the friction and does not harm the wood.

I bought a babicz bridge for it. Think that has its own Screws.

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I've just applied the first coat of the wudtone colourless base coat. It seem to take better in some places than  others. Having never done an oil finish before I'm not sure if this normal. I'm assuming I haven't sanded it as well in some places. It seems to have taken everywhere though and it's all on the back so not too bothered.

 

I'll see how it dries. Still got two more base coats and then three top coats to do.

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