SGD-612 Lefty Build

[Metalligun]

Well, I can't hardly believe it but after nearly 5 months my baby has arrived. And how worth the wait it was!
I've been wanting to get my hands started on this project and with all the research I've been doing, I kinda feel like I've built it already in my mind! Haha...
Components are mostly accounted for with my first check. I have not pulled everything out of their plastic bags yet though.
Initial inspections found minor blemishes on the body timber but the necks are in pretty good nick.
The back plate is a little bit smaller than the routered cavity. Not sure what to do with it yet.
Let the sanding begin!

[FrankenWashie]

Yowsa mate! That's a whole heap of guitar! I look forward to seeing how it goes for you!

[WeirdBits]

oh it's a lefty, nevermind...

[Dedman]

woohoo! I love watching these behemoths come together

[Rossc0]

That looks awesome.Be following this one. Was going to stop and 5, oh well maybe 6. Or do the two necks make it 7?

[Metalligun]

Thanks everyone.
Colin and Ross, you can never have too many guitars! Haha...
If you want to give the SGD a go, I'll keep the info in this thread as real as possible. It is my first build and diary so I may post too much rubbish and then again, I may not post enough lol...

Anyways, I spent a bit over 1.5hrs today doing a 180 grit sanding of the front, rear and sides of the body.
I don't have a good indoor area for working so the back patio (11 degrees in Melb today) was the place to get started.
I'm kinda happy I was outdoors because as the sun went down, it gave good changing light to see more blemishes in the timber. My eyes are also no good at fine detail up close so I took some pics of the marks I could see (attached) and blew them up to help me identify areas that needed more sanding attention.
There are mainly pin hole type and maybe clamping type blemishes that needed the most attention.

I plan to attack the blemishes more because many guys on here say that if I think I've sanded enough, sand a little more so I'll look at the body with fresh dodgy eyes again and do another round of sanding before changing to 240 grit.

[Andy40]

High ten Metalligun....keep the SGD-612 alive bro!! and a lefty custom....much respect man.

[Metalligun]

Cheers Andy. I hope these babies will never die. They are so iconic. I want to give this build the respect it deserves. I keep telling myself that after nearly 3 hours of sanding so far! lol...
Because I'm actually looking really close at the timber for blemishes, if I don't fix them I'll know they will be there forever and that will eat away at me every time I pick it up.
This is my first build so it will be slow going to ensure everything is done right

[gavinturner]

Great kit man. What are your finishing plans? I have always wanted to build one of these bad boys.

cheers,
Gav.

[wazkelly]

Have to agree that this kit is rather tempting.

Some of those blemishes look like filler and not sure how deep they may go? Get yourself some Goof Off and work that into those areas to see if it gets rid of them. If you discover they are filling deeper holes neutral coloured Timber Mate mixed in with stain colour should not look as obvious when you get around to staining the body.

Cheers, Waz