ES5V first build

[DarkMark]

Hilarious, I was waiting to hear your pickup and see what you do with your electronics.

[blinddrew]

Great minds...
... let other people do the thinking.
Pots should be arriving in the next day or so, then we'll see how well they fit my homemade knobs. I was just going to get a wiring diagram off the web, there do seem to be plenty kicking around for a single p90 and two pots. Going to be fun installing everything though, only read about the ground wire through the end block a couple of days ago...

[DarkMark]

First coat of Tru Oil brushed on. Appears as if the stain has held its position. Wazkelly, you’re a champion! Thanks for the application method.

[FrankenWashie]

That's looking schmick already DarkMark. Can't wait to see this finished.

[DarkMark]

That's looking schmick already DarkMark. Can't wait to see this finished.

Haha, me too! Thanks.

[wazkelly]

First coat of Tru Oil brushed on. Appears as if the stain has held its position. Wazkelly, you’re a champion! Thanks for the application method.

Good stuff buddy.

Don't worry too much about any brush marks as if it looks ok you can revert to rag application method and once you have 4-6 layers time for a very light wet sand. Gradually as the layers build up TO tends to fill a lot of the low spots and the periodic wet sanding makes sure nothing is getting too far off course.

[DarkMark]

I’ve got some serious drips lines on it but I’m not too worried about it at this stage, I’m happy to get a thick layer on it. I’ll attach the neck in a couple of days once this layer has dried, once glue has set, turn it upside down and brush on another layer of Tru Oil so gravity takes it the other way to keep the layers even.

[wazkelly]

Don't let the paint runs get too big as they can be quite difficult to get rid of later on.

[DarkMark]

I’ve seen binding adhere to timber using acetone. Part of the process involves dissolving chips of binding in acetone to form a slurry used to fill any gaps left between the timber and binding strip. I’m wondering if I could use such a binding/acetone slurry to fill the engraving on my headstock? How acetone reacts to dry Tru Oil will be the concern for me in this experiment. Back to the test scrap.

[DarkMark]

Neck is attacked. Starting to look like a guitar.