heres some pictures :
Thursday, 27 August 2009
Tokai 1983 SilverStar
I Bought this Tokai SilverStar Strat from Japan about a month ago, its in pretty good condition for its age, I believe the serial number is the datecode for 1983, the case its in is a Postal Monkey : Dragon, quite nice and furry inside although the tuner doesnt work properly ( i had to rewire it when i got it, one of the jacks was missing a nut and its slightly out of tune compared to my other tuners ).
heres some pictures :
heres some pictures :
Fender Stratocaster project (Partscaster)
this is another one of my projects that im transferring to this blog from my old site,
its a stratocaster guitar but made from random parts, some of which ive had for quite a long time.
heres a mockup with a tortoise scratchplate (uncut), the neck is a rosewood one from an old guitar i had lying around.
as you can see the fit wasnt perfect, seems a little high on this body.
a shot of the bridge (2 point floating tremolo), the saddles are missing as they were being cleaned.
the new pickguard, i love the paisley pattern its really nice. (they are available from axesrus.com )
some random bits and bobs,(pots/capacitors/switch/wire/whammybar/screws).
Pickguard fitted with knobs and the switch is fitted, waiting for the pickups to come through the post.
wiring partially done
New neck i bought for it (its a 1984 made in japan fender neck), theres a few dings and scratches but its lovely to play.
also a little bit of fretwear.
the serial
new kluson tuners, the old ones were gotoh (made in japan) copies of the klusons, bit strange as the klusons didnt fit perfectly i had to shave a bit off one of them to get it tight
the troublesome tuner
the old tuners, kept them in a bag incase i ever want to repair them, they are fooked
pickups fitted and wired up, they are fender custom shop 69 ones
shot of the guitar, waiting for strings.
shot of the guitar, strung up in the junkshop.
back of the guitar
i put a fender corona california backplate on it, doesnt match the japanese neck but hey its a partscaster : )
front shot zoomed in slightly
shot from above
Family shot
1983 tokai silver star
Partscaster
Fender classic players 50's RI strat
its a stratocaster guitar but made from random parts, some of which ive had for quite a long time.
heres a mockup with a tortoise scratchplate (uncut), the neck is a rosewood one from an old guitar i had lying around.
as you can see the fit wasnt perfect, seems a little high on this body.
a shot of the bridge (2 point floating tremolo), the saddles are missing as they were being cleaned.
the new pickguard, i love the paisley pattern its really nice. (they are available from axesrus.com )
some random bits and bobs,(pots/capacitors/switch/wire/whammybar/screws).
Pickguard fitted with knobs and the switch is fitted, waiting for the pickups to come through the post.
wiring partially done
New neck i bought for it (its a 1984 made in japan fender neck), theres a few dings and scratches but its lovely to play.
also a little bit of fretwear.
the serial
new kluson tuners, the old ones were gotoh (made in japan) copies of the klusons, bit strange as the klusons didnt fit perfectly i had to shave a bit off one of them to get it tight
the troublesome tuner
the old tuners, kept them in a bag incase i ever want to repair them, they are fooked
pickups fitted and wired up, they are fender custom shop 69 ones
shot of the guitar, waiting for strings.
shot of the guitar, strung up in the junkshop.
back of the guitar
i put a fender corona california backplate on it, doesnt match the japanese neck but hey its a partscaster : )
front shot zoomed in slightly
shot from above
Family shot
1983 tokai silver star
Partscaster
Fender classic players 50's RI strat
Traser H3 P5900 Watch
got one of these watches a few weeks ago, its got a tritium (radioactive) light source that makes it glow in the dark, took a few pictures in low light and messed with the ISO on my camera to make it showup better.
its a nice watch only problem ive had with it is that the strap wasnt long enough, i ordered a nato strap which is about 22cm long and fitted it, now its perfect, its a shame as the strap that came with it was suede and very comfy (not to say the nato one isnt) just silly that they dont make it long enough.
to clarify one side was about 2 inches shorter than the other
64 ISO
200 ISO
800 ISO
its a nice watch only problem ive had with it is that the strap wasnt long enough, i ordered a nato strap which is about 22cm long and fitted it, now its perfect, its a shame as the strap that came with it was suede and very comfy (not to say the nato one isnt) just silly that they dont make it long enough.
to clarify one side was about 2 inches shorter than the other
64 ISO
200 ISO
800 ISO
One Transitor Fm Radio
I started making an fm radio, its based on the "radioshack special" only none of the parts are from radioshack as they dont exist here anymore.
i have got the box created and put the speakers/antenna connector/switch and volume knob in, ive also drilled out the front grill although its not very precise. I havent started on the electronics yet, but i have bought most of them in.
speaker grill was drilled by hand, bit messy but im not fussy.
this is the volume knob, was hardwork getting it inside, i had to remove the speakers.
Its a very tight fit with the speakers inside.
I used a BNC connector for the aerial so i can buy a Radio Scanner antenna and fit that,
ive fitted a rubber duck antenna to it for now as a mockup, but ive ordered a telescopic one from ebay.
soon il start on the electronics.
Update (06/sept/2009)
i now have the antenna and the tuning capacitor, i have also cut the casing (badly using a dremel) where i think the tuning capacitor will be best placed, i got the tuning cap out of an old radio which is broken, its got FM and AM bands although il only be using the FM side i will have to figure out which is which.
2 pictures of the tuning capacitor
heres a pic of the top of the radio, messy dremeling and the antenna, the antenna is a nagoya 144mhz/430mhz model but im sure it will work at 88-108mhz as the original radio called for a piece of copper wire.
i just need to start the electronics, i was going to use stripboard to create the circuit but im having trouble planning it out, it might be easier to use Matrix (pad per hole) board instead, i really dont wanna get a load of chemicals to etch a circuitboard even though it might make it simpler.
i have got the box created and put the speakers/antenna connector/switch and volume knob in, ive also drilled out the front grill although its not very precise. I havent started on the electronics yet, but i have bought most of them in.
heres some pictures
speaker grill was drilled by hand, bit messy but im not fussy.
this is the volume knob, was hardwork getting it inside, i had to remove the speakers.
Its a very tight fit with the speakers inside.
I used a BNC connector for the aerial so i can buy a Radio Scanner antenna and fit that,
ive fitted a rubber duck antenna to it for now as a mockup, but ive ordered a telescopic one from ebay.
soon il start on the electronics.
Update (06/sept/2009)
i now have the antenna and the tuning capacitor, i have also cut the casing (badly using a dremel) where i think the tuning capacitor will be best placed, i got the tuning cap out of an old radio which is broken, its got FM and AM bands although il only be using the FM side i will have to figure out which is which.
2 pictures of the tuning capacitor
heres a pic of the top of the radio, messy dremeling and the antenna, the antenna is a nagoya 144mhz/430mhz model but im sure it will work at 88-108mhz as the original radio called for a piece of copper wire.
i just need to start the electronics, i was going to use stripboard to create the circuit but im having trouble planning it out, it might be easier to use Matrix (pad per hole) board instead, i really dont wanna get a load of chemicals to etch a circuitboard even though it might make it simpler.
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