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Mini Strat Scalloped Shred |
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The Squier Mini guitar
has arrived! It is designed for players of all ages. This 22.75 in.
scale axe plays and sounds great. It features a double cutaway body,
Maple neck, Rosewood fingerboard, 20 frets, 3 single-coil pickups,
5-way switching, master volume and tone control, single-ply white
pickguard, and a 6-saddle hard-tail bridge. |
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musiciansfriend.com for a bone-stock Squier strat mini! we grabbed this baby for 99.00 - free shipping!! |
The guitar arrived just
days later! Careful inspection revealed amazing playability right out of the box and a killer 3/16" thick rosewood fretboard - just perfect for scalloping! |
Tuners and string trees are removed. The headstock is cut and to a more aggressive style (DC Custom)
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the entire rosewood fretboard receives a 1.5 mm scallop! |
Rosewood Board is then finish sanded with 120,220,320,400, 500 & 600 grit paper - we don't like going any finer than 600 grit in sanding the board because we have found that shiny boards repel the protective tongue oil finish! |
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sealed with tongue oil |
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Headstock decal is applied - and covered over with nitro finish |
Check out the scale difference between a std. 25.5" neck and the mini - 22.75"
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Next we reinstall the
tuners (Note tuner gears were bone dry inside, so we added a bit of grease for smooth operation.) Were getting anxious to shred this baby!! |
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Neck is bolted on to the
mini shred weapon!!! String Trees added and axe is strung up with 8's! |
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Scalloped modded mini (black) |
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| . ..and some words of wisdom for the budding shredder.... |
- Shred on! |
