Rossc0's 1st Build - LP1-SS

[Adam Barnes]

Thats a nice bit of timber that grain looks awsome

[Simon Barden]

Nice looking top! If you haven't done so, I'd wet the body with either metho, turps or white spirit to check for glue residue. It can be very hard to see when dry, so you need to use a liquid (not water) that the wood will soak up and darken, leaving the whitish glue marls easier to spot. Deal with any glue marks before you do anything else to it.

[Rossc0]

Cheers Simon, was the plan, was probably going to use a water, so thanks for the heads up. First mistake avoided.

[Simon Barden]

With the thin veneer tops, too much water can loosen the PVA glue holding them on and you then get bubbles/blisters in the veneer. So the minimum amount of water you get on them the better. You need to soak the top a bit to see the glue marks, so it's best to use another fluid that won't affect the glue.

[stan]

Wow, super nice top, keen to see how this turns out

[gavinturner]

OMG that spalt is insane! I would recommend goof-off to remove the glue spots rather than sanding the veneer. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

cheers,
Gav.

[Rossc0]

So with the weekend finally arriving. got all the bits and pieces out and did a bit of a mock up.


All looks pretty good, neck to 12th to bridge all look spot on, as far as I can tell without anything being fixed. Only one pickup at the moment, the real neck one is a custom shop order apparently so will be here in a couple of weeks. Still plenty of time.

Couple of small issues. Bit of veneer (4-5mm) missing right at the top edge of the body, wondered if I had done it when putting the neck in or taking it out, so went back to my out of the box pictures and there it is. Will be under the edge of the neck so not to worried. will level out with a tiny bit of timbermate.


And the bottom bolt on the 3 way had been cross threaded. I'm upgrading all the pots anyway, so I'll order one of them while I'm at it.

Sanding time, oh joy....

[Rossc0]

On closer inspection there are two spots on the veneer like the photo above, about 3 mm by 2mm in the middle of the body, I don't imagine I'd fill them as it would be too hard to sand without going through, hopefully wont notice when the Dingotone goes on.

[wokkaboy]

kit looks great Rossco. Can you please post a pic of the area of the veneer you are worried about ? Usually enough final coats will fill any small pits/pores. That area of the close up next to the neck pocket will be covered by the neck anyway.

[Rossc0]

Here you go with a 5c piece for scale.


So don't have anywhere in the house to hang things to dry, and cats and dogs make for a bit of hair floating around had to come up with something to try and keep it clean, so hopefully this will work, plastic box, few holes, double sided tape and flyscreen.