Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

[CROSS_guitars]

I've been experimenting with cutting out control plates from aluminium.
This is a left-handed XII control plate. I polished the crap out of it.
I reckon it looks pretty legit.

Looks great!
Is there an advangage polishing your own rather than buying ready polished plate?

Yeah, the advantage being, this only cost me $20au and also you can't get a real one anywhere.

[CROSS_guitars]

Damn that looks great! My experience with aluminum is that it always somehow keeps a grey undertone / cast in the sheen but this one looks just like stainless or chrome! Great job.

It does tend to tarnish very easily. So I don't think it will ever truly look like steel.

[Nudger]

I've been experimenting with cutting out control plates from aluminium.
This is a left-handed XII control plate. I polished the crap out of it.
I reckon it looks pretty legit.

Looks great!
Is there an advangage polishing your own rather than buying ready polished plate?

Yeah, the advantage being, this only cost me $20au and also you can't get a real one anywhere.

Maybe I could have worded better.. the plate I use for control plates is already polished "pre cutting",
Ive noticed a fiew builders/modders posts also polishing their own?
Could access to pre polished plate be a regional thing?
Get my polished Stainless "can also get ally" off ebay UK for bout £4

[CROSS_guitars]

Oh right. I get ya now.
Is that polished stainless steel or polished aluminium?

[Nudger]

Oh right. I get ya now.
Is that polished stainless steel or polished aluminium?

Heres the SS
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/292868884920 ... media=COPY
Never used ally, only ones i could find are from china
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403830790556 ... media=COPY
If you cant source over there, PM and ill arrange getting some over to you.

[CROSS_guitars]

Oh cool. thanks. I reckon I can source those easily.

Although they are pre-polished, I imagine they would still need additional polishing anyway after they are cut.

[CROSS_guitars]

I'm giving my NR Crossbird a much needed makeover. I was never quite happy with this build when I first finished it many years ago.
But now it's coming together nicely.
I'm planning on staining it green and going for a semi flat finish.
It's fitted with EYguitars parts.

[Shadoweclipse13]

That is awesome

[rank]

I know I have said this before but you really make beautiful guitars.

[bodhi]

What are the EY Wide range pickups like? Do you have any experience with other Wide ranges?

[CROSS_guitars]

What are the EY Wide range pickups like? Do you have any experience with other Wide ranges?

No, not at all. Hopefully they sound good.
I've tried the EY smaller WRHB pickups and they sound pretty good though.

[GilmourD]

What are the EY Wide range pickups like? Do you have any experience with other Wide ranges?

No, not at all. Hopefully they sound good.
I've tried the EY smaller WRHB pickups and they sound pretty good though.

I'm curious if the EY WRHB are the Squier (Roswell) pickups without the embossed logo.

[CROSS_guitars]

Some more pics of this assembled before I dismantle it and finish it.

[Shadoweclipse13]

I didn't realize before, but is that a set-neck?!

[javier-san]

hubba hubba