I'm making this thread to show my current progress on my RG350ex project. It's going to be a a completely custom build. I plan on keeping this updated until it's finished, so keep watch!
What I have as of now:
Body: RG350ex
Neck: RG370dx
(no, that isn't rust, it's a reflection on the frets.)
I had to short out and get the Edge 3. I know I know, you already told me to use a Gotoh, but I ran short on $$$. I would like to try out the Edge 3 for myself before jumping to everyone's "it sucks" conclusion, but I do plan on upgrading in the future. :smile:
Got to work on the neck today. Covered the whole thing in tape, and cleared over the (medicinal :wink marijuana sticker.
I'm going with a black-on-green look for this project.
I've also ordered the rest of the parts I need; push/pull pot, knob, Evo 2 in green, black tuners, etc.
Just waiting to custom order a pickguard, but I'm debating on a color.
I was thinking like a gray-tinted clear guard. Any ideas? :mrgreen:
Got some parts yesterday and today. Trem and tuners came yesterday, and locking nut came today (mind you all my parts are from the bay). Also finished the clear on the neck, looks much smoother now. I will post some pics later.
Evo 2 will be here tomorrow :mrgreen:
I just need to make up my mind on a pickguard color, and I need to order some fine threaded studs (thanks for the help Rich).
Got the volume knob, copper tape, strings, peg winder, etc (pics tomorrow). I'm waiting on the push/pull pot to come in. All that's left is the fine threaded studs and a pickguard. :smile:
What JH said, it's all about the journey there. I completely get where you are coming from, but do the Prestiges come with shark tooth inlays, or white binding on the neck? :wink: And personally, I like the Edge 3, it just takes a bit of time to set up, nbd.
Back to the guitar. I've run into 2 big problems so far.
1. I wired the killswitch wrong, TWICE! It's an old Sanwa button that I used in a Fender I had, I just can't remember how I wired it..
2. The finish over the headstock and sticker cracked and is peeling off :evil:
I'll probably just end up peeling it all off, and cleaning it up.
So that's the plan for tomorrow, rewiring the killswitch and cleaning up the headstock. No pics of it's current state as it's past my bedtime
Yeah I know...I spent a lot of money working on cheap guitars at first too, but he could have had the same exact journey for the same price and had a better quality guitar in the end. Sometimes it pays to research and think things through a little more right...
Besides you're a handy MF'er you'll be making a lot more "stuff" with that lathe :twisted:
best way to do a kill switch is send the hot wire to from jack to ground on pot.
if you simply break hot you get a loud pop.
if you ground out the hot you get silence.
you need a switch that is normaly open then when you close the circuit pushing it in you ground the jack to pot.
Well today was rough, to say the least. I finally managed to get the killswitch under control.
Turns out, I used to wire it from the jack, hot to one side, ground to the other, and then through to the volume and ground.
But I went ahead and did what Andrew said, and it seems to work a bit better. Not as much popping, but there is still a very faint pop every once in a while.
My main concern was not being able to do it WITH the coil tap, but that wasn't even touched .
The headstock got cleaned up as well, a few finish scratches, but nothing that noticeable.
(yes, I like to put the strings on backwards )
I'd say it came out pretty darn good, especially for costing about $600 :roll:
ya that is a nice guitar for 600. I don't understand one of the other posters getting a prestige for less. Prestige's are so expensive! I like the look, enjoy.
No offense taken 8)
I didn't think this whole thing would cost so much in the first place.
Practically stole the body for $10 + $20 for shipping.
Then the neck was about $130, and that's when things started going downhill, or uphill rather :lol:
i average 750 to 800 a project no matter if i had donor guitar or not.
donor guitar way
rg570 400.00 ebay.
custom body 140.00
dimarzios 200
pickguard clear 50.00
other way is
custom body 150.00
neck 150.00
clearguard 50.00
dimarzios 200.00
trem and posts 200.00
tuners pots and nut 70.00
Exactly, its the neck and trem that got me. Some guy on ebay is parting out guitars, and making triple the profit.
Damn trem was like $70, tuners were like $30, so on and so forth.
i average 750 to 800 a project no matter if i had donor guitar or not.
donor guitar way
rg570 400.00 ebay.
custom body 140.00
dimarzios 200
pickguard clear 50.00
other way is
custom body 150.00
neck 150.00
clearguard 50.00
dimarzios 200.00
trem and posts 200.00
tuners pots and nut 70.00
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