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Topic: "My Carter Starter Work In Progress" |
Carlos Polidura
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Posted 3 May 2017 12:08 pm |
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It's been a while since I started working on this project. My Carter Starter. Well, slowly but surely. Just one pic for now.
Last edited by Carlos Polidura on 2 Jun 2017 7:17 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Carlos Polidura
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Puerto Rico
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Posted 7 May 2017 9:06 am
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More pics. She is still in the process.6_1.jpg[/img]
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Will Houston
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Tempe, Az
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Posted 7 May 2017 9:12 am
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| Looks nicer than a real CS.Nice build Carlos. |
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Carlos Polidura
From:
Puerto Rico
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Posted 7 May 2017 1:32 pm
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| Hi Will. It is true Carter Starter with my own personal touch. The only foreign thing on this guitar is the neck wich I made myself. Thank you. |
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Carlos Polidura
From:
Puerto Rico
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Posted 7 May 2017 1:36 pm
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| Oh... and all the metal decor on the guitar and the pedal bar. |
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Carlos Polidura
From:
Puerto Rico
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Posted 30 May 2017 11:20 am
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Here are more pics of my Carter Starter project. Almost done. Jut waiting for some parts to arrive.
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Pat Chong
From:
New Mexico, USA
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Posted 30 May 2017 5:48 pm
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VERY nice looking guitar. Nice neck, too.
When someone asks what guitar you have and you say "Carter starter", they may roll their eyes until they see  it.
I see you have 4 knees. Are you adding any other knees or pedals?
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Greg Milton
From:
Benalla, Australia
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Posted 31 May 2017 1:14 am
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Now that is one hell of a transformation!
Carter should have done something like this in the first place! |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 31 May 2017 7:01 am
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| Greg Milton wrote: |
Now that is one hell of a transformation!
Carter should have done something like this in the first place! |
While this is a great upgrade, it would have raised the price point of the Starter. The point was to keep the guitar inexpensive to where people could get into the PSG for under a grand.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Brian Henry
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Posted 31 May 2017 8:21 am
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Hi Carlos,
I think you should replace that keyhead with a Carter pro kehead, and most certainly replace those aweful angle aluminum pedals! |
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Carlos Polidura
From:
Puerto Rico
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Posted 31 May 2017 12:13 pm
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Thank you Pat.
Unfortunately, the undercarriage will not allow one to do that, unless you do some mayor changes.
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Carlos Polidura
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Puerto Rico
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Posted 31 May 2017 12:21 pm
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Thank you Greg. Please keep in mind that I'm not a Luthier or anything close to it. I just love doing this, actually for personal satisfaction.
Carlos |
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Carlos Polidura
From:
Puerto Rico
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Posted 31 May 2017 12:30 pm
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Richard, I thought my Carter Starter needed a face lift so a came up with this.
Brian, I wanted to leave the guitar as original as possible. Changing the key head or anything else would defeat the originality of the instrument. This is my opinion. Thank you.
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Brian Henry
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Posted 31 May 2017 1:04 pm
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| Thank you Carlos, Point taken! Any particular reason you replaced the neck? What kind of wood did you use? |
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Carlos Polidura
From:
Puerto Rico
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Posted 31 May 2017 1:12 pm
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Brian I replaced the neck because it was made of maple plywood "not the best thing" I also wanted to make it look more ample. The wood I used is called "MAHOE"
Carlos |
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Sonny Jenkins
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Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 31 May 2017 2:33 pm
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| Beautiful job Carlos, I would have thought you would have opted for keyless,,,LOL Are those the original end plates? |
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Brian Henry
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Posted 31 May 2017 3:37 pm
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| Carlos did you remove the original mica? If so did you apply lacquer to get that super finish! |
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Carlos Polidura
From:
Puerto Rico
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Posted 31 May 2017 3:55 pm
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| Thank you Sonny, yes they are. I scraped off the paint and brought out some shine into them. |
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Carlos Polidura
From:
Puerto Rico
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Posted 31 May 2017 4:05 pm
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| Brian the mica was peeling off in some places so I removed it completely and lacquered the solid maple cabinet. "Well I was surprised the cabinet was solid maple". (not plywood) |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 31 May 2017 8:09 pm
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Looks great. You did a good job.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Carlos Polidura
From:
Puerto Rico
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Posted 31 May 2017 8:34 pm
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| Thank you Richard. |
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Bob Sykes
From:
North Carolina
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Posted 1 Jun 2017 6:20 pm
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Bravo!!! Wonderful job. Looks like you polished the legs too.
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Carters Starter, D10 8+7, SD10, Chandler RH-2, Rogue RLS-1
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Carlos Polidura
From:
Puerto Rico
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Posted 2 Jun 2017 11:51 am
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Hi Bob. Thank you. Yes I did polished the legs too. They were scratched and dull so I shined them up a bit. Now the guitar looks nice and clean.
Carlos |
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Brian Henry
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Posted 2 Jun 2017 1:21 pm
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| Nice job Carlos, did youvput on a new fretmarker or were you able to use the original? |
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Carlos Polidura
From:
Puerto Rico
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Posted 2 Jun 2017 2:13 pm
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| Hello Brian. I managed to salvage the original so there it is. Thank you. Carlos |
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