Simon B's Custom ES-1/ES330 style build

[Grubsta]

That is looking amazing Simon nice work.

[Simon Barden]

Thanks.

I need to scrape the bindings again on the sides. The first coats of Tru-Oil leached out some stain and it ran over the edge onto the binding. It's stopped doing that now, so I need to scrape them clean again and then they should stay clean.

Must concentrate of the headstock and a logo for the inlay before I do too much more!

[FrankenWashie]

Love that figure coming through on the top, great stuff to see Simon!

[Shimmix]

Wow Simon, that's looking great, I love the color (and I love this guitar style - maybe one of my next builds :-) )

[Sonic Mountain]

Looking pretty good. The flame on the bout looks great.

[ILRGuitars]

Beautiful work Simon. It will turn up a treat once she is polished.

[JohnH]

Looking really good, Simon. That red has come up really nice under the TO

[ILRGuitars]

Are you doing gold hardware?

[Simon Barden]

No, nickel. I'm not really a gold hardware person. replaced all the gold on my Les Paul. And real 330s never had gold hardware. The only guitar of mine that will have gold hardware is the ES-3 (when it's finally finished).

[phrozin]

And here are the pictures...

Top:

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Back:

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Neck (rear):

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That's with the Tru-Oil sealer and then a few coats of Tru-Oil applied.

It's darkened considerably and doesn't look as bright a red out of direct sunlight, a bit more like maroon.

There are those couple of awkward spots on the back that had shown themselves up before. I'm in the process of darkening those a bit so they don't stand out as much. The back is a bit patchier than I thought it would be, probably a result of me trying to sand back, before I tried adding some other stain colours. I won't do that again.

That's beautiful Simon you have out done your self on this build GOTM candidate me thinks