Artist LP Kit Build.

[Grubsta]

I have a real hankering for a gold top at the moment. I'm trying to be strong.

It's not particularly easy to get a real 'gold top' look, rather than just using a gold spray. I need to see how they end up doing it in the current Guitar Magazine Greco LP conversion when they get round to the finish stage.

It's a nice look for the style indeed for me it was just a thought though and won't progress beyond that. I checked out Guitar magazine but a subscription here is quite expensive. Australian guitar magazine is also similar in price.

[Grubsta]

Just a few progress pics to share I've been a little slack keeping this thread updated with the build.

So i decided to skim the front of the body with some ebony timber mate just to see how it would come out.



A bit of sanding later and it started to come up alright.



After all the sanding i cleaned it up and decided to see what some colourless Dingotone would look like on the top
and here is the result after one coat.



It came up better than i expected so ill add a couple more coats and see how it comes up.
Im going to do the back of the body and neck with DT Bushfire Sunrise that i have left over from my previous build.
While i was at it today i also had a crack at re-shaping the headstock.





So im not quite finished with the headstock just yet it still needs a bit of fine tuning but its close to where i want it.

[OliSam]

Hey I like the way the top came up!!


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[Grubsta]

Hey I like the way the top came up!!


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Thanks mate i wasn't sure at first but the more I look at it the more I like it.

[DrNomis_44]

The front of the body doesn't look to bad at all, I'd definitely be happy with it.

[Sonic Mountain]

Looking good.

[Grubsta]

It's going to be a nice warm day in Melbourne today so i got out in the cave early and got going on some more stain coats. Not looking too bad although staining the back has revealed a few small glue spots around the binding that i missed which is a pain i thought I had taken care of them all. I'll post some more pictures once the body is more easily handled.

[OliSam]

I really like the top!
Tones match really well !!


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[Grubsta]

I really like the top!
Tones match really well !!


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Cheers i was worried the DT color on the back wouldn't look right but so far so good.

[Sonic Mountain]

Agreed, that finish on the top is really nice. The rest looks good too, but thats a stand out.