"My Carter Starter Work In Progress"

Carlos Polidura · Post by **Carlos Polidura** » 3 May 2017 12:08 pm

It's been a while since I started working on this project. My Carter Starter. Well, slowly but surely. Just one pic for now.

Carlos Polidura · Post by **Carlos Polidura** » 7 May 2017 9:06 am

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

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Will Houston · Post by **Will Houston** » 7 May 2017 9:12 am

Looks nicer than a real CS.Nice build Carlos.

Carlos Polidura · Post by **Carlos Polidura** » 7 May 2017 1:32 pm

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.

Carlos Polidura · Post by **Carlos Polidura** » 7 May 2017 1:36 pm

Oh... and all the metal decor on the guitar and the pedal bar.

Carlos Polidura · Post by **Carlos Polidura** » 30 May 2017 11:20 am

Here are more pics of my Carter Starter project. Almost done. Jut waiting for some parts to arrive.

Pat Chong · Post by **Pat Chong** » 30 May 2017 5:48 pm

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?

...................Pat

Greg Milton · Post by **Greg Milton** » 31 May 2017 1:14 am

Now that is one hell of a transformation!

Carter should have done something like this in the first place!

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 31 May 2017 7:01 am

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.

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 31 May 2017 8:21 am

Hi Carlos,

I think you should replace that keyhead with a Carter pro kehead, and most certainly replace those aweful angle aluminum pedals!

Carlos Polidura · Post by **Carlos Polidura** » 31 May 2017 12:13 pm

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

Carlos Polidura · Post by **Carlos Polidura** » 31 May 2017 12:21 pm

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

Carlos Polidura · Post by **Carlos Polidura** » 31 May 2017 12:30 pm

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.
Carlos

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 31 May 2017 1:04 pm

Thank you Carlos, Point taken! Any particular reason you replaced the neck? What kind of wood did you use?

Carlos Polidura · Post by **Carlos Polidura** » 31 May 2017 1:12 pm

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

Sonny Jenkins · Post by **Sonny Jenkins** » 31 May 2017 2:33 pm

Beautiful job Carlos, I would have thought you would have opted for keyless,,,LOL Are those the original end plates?

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 31 May 2017 3:37 pm

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

Carlos Polidura · Post by **Carlos Polidura** » 31 May 2017 3:55 pm

Thank you Sonny, yes they are. I scraped off the paint and brought out some shine into them.

Carlos Polidura · Post by **Carlos Polidura** » 31 May 2017 4:05 pm

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)

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 31 May 2017 8:09 pm

Looks great. You did a good job.

Carlos Polidura · Post by **Carlos Polidura** » 31 May 2017 8:34 pm

Thank you Richard.

Bob Sykes · Post by **Bob Sykes** » 1 Jun 2017 6:20 pm

Bravo!!! Wonderful job. Looks like you polished the legs too.

Carlos Polidura · Post by **Carlos Polidura** » 2 Jun 2017 11:51 am

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

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 2 Jun 2017 1:21 pm

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

Carlos Polidura · Post by **Carlos Polidura** » 2 Jun 2017 2:13 pm

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