"My Carter Starter Work In Progress"

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"My Carter Starter Work In Progress"

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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.
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More pics. She is still in the process.6_1.jpg[/img]

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Looks nicer than a real CS.Nice build Carlos.
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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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Oh... and all the metal decor on the guitar and the pedal bar.
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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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Post by Pat Chong »

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 :whoa: it.

I see you have 4 knees. Are you adding any other knees or pedals?

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Post by Greg Milton »

Now that is one hell of a transformation!

Carter should have done something like this in the first place!
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Post by Richard Sinkler »

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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Post by Brian Henry »

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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Post by Carlos Polidura »

Thank you Pat.
Unfortunately, the undercarriage will not allow one to do that, unless you do some mayor changes.
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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.
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Post by Carlos Polidura »

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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Thank you Carlos, Point taken! Any particular reason you replaced the neck? What kind of wood did you use?
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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"
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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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Post by Brian Henry »

Carlos did you remove the original mica? If so did you apply lacquer to get that super finish!
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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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Post by Carlos Polidura »

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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Post by Richard Sinkler »

Looks great. You did a good job.
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Thank you Richard.
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Post by Bob Sykes »

Bravo!!! Wonderful job. Looks like you polished the legs too.
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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.
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Post by Brian Henry »

Nice job Carlos, did youvput on a new fretmarker or were you able to use the original?
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Post by Carlos Polidura »

Hello Brian. I managed to salvage the original so there it is. Thank you. Carlos