Sorry, you misread, that's my next guitar :) not my ST, my ST is stock :)Quote:
Wild design, I don't think anyone would realise that the donor guitar was an ST.
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Sorry, you misread, that's my next guitar :) not my ST, my ST is stock :)Quote:
Wild design, I don't think anyone would realise that the donor guitar was an ST.
Hey Mike
Theres a guitar that looks a lot like the Eastwood for sale on Ebay at the moment. Seems to be a copy made by a company called Harlem. Don't know much about them. Pretty cheap and could be useful if you wanted something to get your dimensions from (if you can't get plans for the Eastwood)...
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/6-String-...item3383280e70
Cheers
Darren
Thanks Darren, I missed the close time by several hours but I don't believe it sold so I might contact the seller directly, and yes, it does look like a copy of the Eastwood 2P.Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from Analyst69 on June 22, 2013, 23:26
Hey Mike
Theres a guitar that looks a lot like the Eastwood for sale on Ebay at the moment. Seems to be a copy made by a company called Harlem. Don't know much about them. Pretty cheap and could be useful if you wanted something to get your dimensions from (if you can't get plans for the Eastwood)...
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/6-String-...item3383280e70
Cheers
Darren
Theres a clip of someone playing one of these on youtube too....not sure that it helps to work out if its any good though...definitely an unusual looking guitar :)
[embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0V9o0_ZXJM[/embed]
Ok, I took a year off from building because I got distracted by some other projects but recently pulled it back out of the box and finished it. Works perfectly apart from some fret buzz on 1st and 2nd by the nut but going to leave it a few weeks under string tension before messing around with it.
Here's a closeup of the paint job prior to screwing things together (Ignore the dust on the left)...
http://www.dark-castle.org.au/pitbull/y.jpg
And here it is all working
http://www.dark-castle.org.au/pitbull/x.jpg
looks awesome Mike, I remember this build ! Would be great if you could get some better daylight pics with it dusted !
bloody hell that purple is beautiful!
Richie Blackmore woulda killed for this axe back in the day.
What a superbly blended burst and glassy finish.
How 'bout a photo of that nifty cutaway headstock too now that she's done?
very nice, lets see that awesome head stock...
That's one incredible guitar! Very jealous!
What did you use as the clear coat may I ask?
Acrylic white basecoat, then sanded to find imperfections, then re-basecoated.Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from mike on October 23, 2014, 21:24
That's one incredible guitar! Very jealous!
What did you use as the clear coat may I ask?
2 coats of custom mixed large flake metallic purple.
2 cans of Tamiya Smoke, this is a translucent tint paint, one coat looks like sunglasses but I used that to build up the sunburst so the metallic can still be seen through it at any angle and catches the light.
Top coat is just 6 thin layers of automotive clearcoat (spray cans from Supercheap) with the final coat 1200 sanded, then cut, then polished twice.
Ok, some pics of it in daylight. I tried some in full sunlight but the metallicness of the paint messed up the photos.
If you click the pics open in a new window you can then click them to full size.
http://www.dark-castle.org.au/pitbull/t.jpg
http://www.dark-castle.org.au/pitbull/u.jpg
mmm looks stunning