I think it is a lovely timber to work with, unfortunately there was damage from people in my woodwork class, so I was pressured into painting it. Here is one I prepared earlier… around 1996 in high school woodwork, to be precise! I used Kauri Pine for this build, which is now a restricted species… I was lucky to get a piece from my local timber yard before it was announced protected. What follows is a tutorial on how I completed the replication of the paint job, parts and other minor details! step 1Īs this is a glorified stratocaster, I will assume you have already built the strat body (or bought one you wish to modify!) a mere six weeks after beginning the repairs, however, and it was completely transformed from a standard red & white strat, into a Van Halen Frankenstrat (left-handed, of course!) complete with wiring mods, and accurate parts (as accurate as possible!)
Although this was officially the first guitar for me to begin all the way back in Year 9 woodwork, it was the 5th for me to complete.Why did I wait so long? Well, in class this guitar had been damaged, and I had the idea in my head that it would take a lot to repair.
