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new offset project: I got a swamp ash Starcaster-style flat-top semi-hollow from Rosser Guitars


Currently, my plan is to do a single bound top, with tortoise binding and a rose gold/champagne sparkle finish on top and a complimentary stain on the back and sides. I've mocked it up with the parts I have on hand so far; I have new pickups on the way from Curtis Novak, a Thunderbird for the neck and a wide range JM humbucker for the bridge. Additional specs include an AVRI tailpiece, American Pro bridge, bakelite witch hat knobs, CTS pots, Switchkraft switch and jack, a recessed cup style jack mount, lefty WD Stratocaster neck, GraphTech nut & string tree and Wilkinson lefty locking tuners.



Sadly, unless I can get access to a spray booth, I won't be able to finish it until spring, when my unconditioned workspace is warm enough to spray finishes. Still, I'm really stoked for this!

That sounds awesome. Picture isn’t showing up though.

marqueemoon wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 05, 2020 8:59 am

That sounds awesome. Picture isn’t showing up though.

That's odd, can you see them now?

I can, cool project.

Lost In Autumn wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 05, 2020 9:13 am

marqueemoon wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 05, 2020 8:59 am

That sounds awesome. Picture isn’t showing up though.

That's odd, can you see them now?

Yes. Not feeling the reverse headstock, but otherwise I dig it.

I’ve been sitting on this for a while, nervous about taking the next step, but I took a leap and routed and formed the binding today. Next, I’ll glue it down, followed by sanding an scraping. After that, it will get a translucent pink stain, with a rose gold sparkle finish on top and a color matched headstock, although I may be shifting away from the reverse strat headstock.

That looks great. I have wanted a Starcaster for a while but don't really dig the reissues. I assume you had to special order that body?

rank wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 28, 2021 4:55 pm

That looks great. I have wanted a Starcaster for a while but don't really dig the reissues. I assume you had to special order that body?

I got it from Rosser Guitars last fall. I custom ordered it with a Jazzmaster pickup and bridge configuration and no edge rounding, so I could do the binding.

The binding is on!

Nice!

Excited to see this one come together.

This one is gonna be sick I can tell! Following, and good luck!

Excellent work dude, this will be killer

Nice! I dig the left handed headstock. Supposed to be more ergonomic. Makes sense as you don't need to twist your arm as much.

I got the binding set this past weekend. Sanding had scraping this week & hopefully staining this weekend and spraying the following