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So neck now glued nicely in place. And now more tru oil... The way things are going I'll be wetsanding on Xmas day when everyone else passes out on the couch in the arvo.
It's hard to see the neck join in the light but nice and even with no gap. You can also see the red in the stain with the lighting
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Looking slick Ponch. Not sure when you will be extradited to the naughty warehouse you may be spending xmas with me, DB and all other inmates!
One of my fav guitars is the LP Junior double cut, and that ones looking awesome.
Cheers guys. Woks, I'll get started on baking some brandy laced mince pies lol
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Sounds good Ponch. I'll have some special strong Belgian dark ales for xmas day and usually once a year on xmas day DB let's us use any naughty product haha
Beautiful. I was a bit sad the tv yellow didn't happen, but this more than makes up for it.
I know where your coming from Pabs. Next time.. spray paint for the yellow!
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First round of wetsanding done (1500). Now for a few more rounds of tru oil then hit with 2000 grit.
Piccies with one more coat (now dry). Getting nice and shiny..
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Wow she's come up beautifully Andrew!
cheers,
Gav.
Love it mate. That colour is deeeep
Looks great Andrew, nice finish
nice one Ponch almost on the home stretch now. You are game putting the TO bottle in a photo, see you in the naughty warehouse for xmas cheers !
First time I've seen the front of the axe showing the neck heel, interesting how it sits flush with top of the body, wonder if it's possible to put a neck pup route in, whether there would be enough meat in the set neck heel
Cheers everyone. Woks, I reckon you could just about route out for a neck pup. It would end up like the SG-1F neck joint. And yes, this is the industrial sized tru oil bottle that I've been using on anything wood in our house to use it up Lol! Naughty warehouse fer sure
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yeah ok Ponch, the pickguard would cover the join in the heel left after a pup route. If I built this kit I'd want a neck pup.
Thats for sure the 968ml TO bottles go a fair way
I have to admit that I love, and enjoy, checking out other member's builds of classic guitars, especially when the finished guitars look really good.
You know, there's something really cool about the simplicity of LP Juniors, they look rugged and built for business, apparently the first guitars that Paul Reed Smith built were based on the LP Junior, the body shape is similar, especially the ones he built for Carlos Santana.
Looking great and loving the finish on the guitar.
And time for another update! Had a major issue with the finish on the face of the body. The TO blistered and had to sand back and restain etc.. Arrrgghhhh
Discovered my error, take note.. I was in the process of thinning the TO and accidentally used my real tree turps as opposed to mineral turps. Turns out not quite compatible. Oh well.
Also, hot tip. Kids bored over Xmas hols, give them a craft project. Had them make a load of these pads for the re finishing effort!
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bugger Ponch a sand back job bet there were a few naughty words being said in the man cave !
Does it look pretty similar to before ?
Yes a few choice words were used. Only front affected by my error and it now looks same as before phew. Then I discovered a leak in my workshop that nearly puddled the JB kit - more expletives used... What has happened to the Sydney summer??
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Glad to hear she's back to original finish state. Looking forward t seeing her all assembed!
cheers,
Gav.
Yeah Ponch not happy about 3rd test rained out in Sydney. Wow you have had a rough trot. Mop up the leaking water with your swans scarf!
Ha ha woks too funny! The water was almost at the bass kit and just touching the box. A sign that I should have got on with this one much earlier for sure!
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