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The stripe is a nice touch and really visually interesting. You won't walk into a shop and find one like that for sure.

1+ Epiphone has the Wilshire/Crestwood/Coronet/DC-Pro that are LP and SG clones electronically, but with a different shape. Why should they have all...

I hadn't heard of SamaN before. I found examples of folks staining with their products on the web, but not much about clear coating. I did see that...

Hey guys, thanks for the encouraging words and advice. fender3x, thanks for all of that info, I will take a look at the Platina shellac. Right...

Maybe this model should be resurrected as a short scale single cut!

Body and headstock, with stain and 2 coats of wipe on poly. Started off with light stain but I decided to go for the “dirty “ look. I was feeling...

Body and headstock I, with stain and 2 coats of wipe on poly. Started off with light stain but I decided to go for the “dirty “ look. I was feeling...

Yes, I cut the cable to length and then solder the plugs on. EWI also sells complete cables that are decent, but I have had a couple of the 90 degree...

Well... I'd be pretty good with the outcome your're getting! Water based top coats don't tend to change the color much, so I don't think it will...

Yours is also seriously cool. Fortunately it's just enough different to avoid getting a cease and desist letter from Tim ;-)

It doesn't look like anything else because it's an original design that PB experimented with in their early days. Something about it looked familiar....

OMG it's a Frampton Phenix! Gorgeous!

my latest addition has taken me 15 years to buy 1 and it sounds amazing even better than my les Paul customs and thats saying something I won't part...

[laughs} That body looks very similar to what I spent ages trying to come up with from scratch.... could have saved a lot of time!

Not sure what it is based on, but they look cool!

@phrozin. When you wash down the body with thinners, is that immediately before adding the stain?

This is good to know. Are the plugs soldered to the cable?

The second coat is looking nice and even. The grain has popped a bit. It should look great with clear coats!

Second staining went pretty well. There were still some spots that wanted to stay thick and not wipe off, so I used very judicious swipes with a damp...

Hey, fender3x, I'm not too great with stain either, by my initial results. My plan on staining and top coating come from looking at as many Youtube...

The plan sounds good. Not a stain I have seen before, but the color looks pretty good. I typically don't use sandpaper that is quite that agressive,...

That is seriously cool!

YT=Youtube. Perfect fit isn't necessary with the tuners that use a nut (as opposed to push-in ferules), IMHO ;-)

no problem if you need any advice you can drop me a message good luck look forward how it turns out light colour look better on veneers I use Rit...

I see - quite a mess.... What is "YT"? I thought the car industries had been pretty much standardised along manufacturing conglomerate lines -...

The first "dot" is noticeably 1 mm "out" to the right and the 9th "dot" is noticeably 1 mm out to the left...... It also means that the "e" strings...

Thanks for all the good ideas Phrozin, I’ve used glitter finger nail polish to cover the seam, edged it with black stripes - reasonably happy with...

If it was me I would fill the bad part of the veneer with a maple wood filler lightly sand it down then I would spray the front of the body with a...