Paisley... It begins!

yeah bummer Nick, it's ruining the 1st cricket test as well

Don't let DB see that E word - for guitars it seems it's right up there with the B word and N word for DB :).

if it does the job ;)

The N word. Not what you think....the B word too. This site is working its way to its own vernacular

Today's spray went much nicer.

I decided looking back on the old photos that the contrast on the burst was way too high. Feeling confident - I decided to mist the white paisley so it has a pink fade into the centre. I think it turned out pretty well:

http://i.imgur.com/9w2t2th.jpg?1

still tossing up whether I want to relic this axe or not. See how I feel when the neck I ordered from PB arrives.

Onward!

Nice mate, looking good.

well done Nicko, I'd save the relic'ing for another axe, the Paisley is looking too nice to drag behind a bike on a gravel road !

aye ;) I'm not usually a fan of reliccing but the paisley i'm drawing inspiration from is quite used

So the neck arrived last night. I wasted no time and got to shaping it!

I was a bit worried about the fit into the cavity but to my surprise after a bit of cleanup from the finish it banged right in perfectly.

Here's the Ormsby neck test:

http://i.imgur.com/pYpKcer.jpg?1

and a quick mockup with the pickguard and neck:

http://i.imgur.com/HbUtflQ.jpg?1

Next up:
Stain neck
Wetsand + clear coats
Assembly

nice one Nick, no time wasting there, looks like a standard str@t shape headstock and glad the neck fits well and passed the Ormbsy test !
The maple fingerboard really suits the paisley colours !

Let any relic-ing happen naturally from excessive playing. I would think trying to simulate wear on the fabric would probably cause problems.

With how much I play it shouldn't be an issue :D look at the surfcaster's fretboard

great progress Nick, it's looking really good

Nick, this a great looking psychedelic axe. I may have to emulate the same on a spare tele body I have knocking around, always fancied one of those paisley axes

Cheers lads.

Clear coat has been bought and will commence prep within this week. Been flat out with huge work weeks so might slow down a bit over Xmas.

id love to see a pic in some better lighting. in the first pic it looks like the paisley is almost completely hidden by the burst but in the second pic its more visible. still, after all the effort getting it sorted i wouldnt want to start relicing it up. you should put up some pics of the one youre using for inspiration

Next time you guys see the body will be after completion :D about to clear coat it.

In other news - neck is now stained and ready for some tru oil. Really pleased with how the figure is looking even before the oil:

http://i.imgur.com/aZn1YMZ.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/ldqxiB6.jpg?1

Stay tuned!

Love the neck....nice figure. What colour or stain/finish is that?

This is vintage yellow wudtone. Had some left over :)

nice work Nicko the yellow neck should look excellent with the paisley

So - been a while (again) but a bit more progress.

The clear coats have begun and MAN is this guitar thirsty. The fabric just drinks the clear coat even after sealing. I'm through one rattle can and it's finally starting to take a bit of sheen/gloss. Will sink maybe another half can on it and let it cure then it'll be cut+polish+assembly.

In the next few weeks I'm expecting my 7 string to arrive too - and I've also just bought a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe from '97.

Happy days!

Speaking of "demanding pictures" what gives man? I'm itchin' to see some progress on this puppy.

I know :p

Nothing of the Paisley on here but I do have one of the new rig with an old favourite...

http://i.imgur.com/TSQZu06.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/F6jpNq9.jpg?1

Clear coats are all finished now. Looks pretty good to my eye. I thought it was going to be a lot more temperamental but I had no orange peel or anything!

http://i.imgur.com/vnXBy6k.jpg?1

Where she'll hibernate until cured.

http://i.imgur.com/ppy4CVO.jpg?1

almost there!

So very, very pink. Enthusiastic thumbs up.

been quite a journey Niko, nearly there mate, it's coming along well

looking great Nick!

cheers,
Gav.

Looking good Nick, it certainly stands out!

Loving the look of this Nick, a long journey but you are almost there!

The home straight:-)

Congrats on what your achieving on this guitar Nick. I honestly never knew that actual Paisley material is used to get the pattern, maybe because I just accepted it and never dug any deeper,in how it was achieved .But well done thanks for sharing
Kimball

Pretty in pink - magenta Mandelbrot - whatever, that is a really amazing look and a very cool instrument.
I had some reservations about the fabric going on smoothly, but you have managed to surmount any probs.
Well done.

Thanks for the support everyone.

Quick question -

I'm trying to use only parts that I have around the place.

I've got a 5 way import switch to use as a selector but not really sure how to go about it with just 2 pickups. Any suggestions? I don't have any extra caps to play with.

How many lugs on the switch, 7 or 8? Is the humbucker 2 or 4 wire, and what caps do you have?

It's a 7 lug switch, 2 wire HB and I've got .022uF and a .05uF cap.

You only have a volume control on it, right? The 7 lug import switch limits you a bit, but you could maybe do:

1. Bridge
2. Bridge + Neck
3. Neck
4. Bridge + Neck + 0.022 cap
5. Bridge + 0.022 cap

The cap would be a "max tone" deal with no pot to adjust it, so it may be a little too much... but, I guess you could add the 0.022 and 0.05 caps in series which should give you around 0.015uF.

I will be putting a tone pot on there too - I just hadn't scavenged one yet from the gear drawers :P

I was thinking the same sort of thing. The super 5 way switches sound pretty interesting too.

I was also just tempted to use positions 1-3-5 for the standard bridge -> bridge + neck -> neck, and just use 2+4 as killswitch positions.

You can't really isolate the 2 and 4 positions with a 7 lug switch, so the 2+4 kill option would be problematic. But, you could make it work with 1-2-3 hot and kill 4 and 5, or kill 1 and 2 and 3-4-5 hot (essentially making it a 3-way).

With the addition of a tone pot you could wire it with the pickup combo's listed in my previous post, but with the tone pot only connected in position's 1-4 and no tone for pos 5. It would mean 2 and 4 are doubled up though.

Yeah I didnt think about the 7 lug issue.

I'm thinking pos 1-3 hot 4-5 cold. I dont want to fumble finding pos 3 for my bridge tone.

So do I wire lug 1 bridge, lug 3 neck, lug 4 to volume pot and leave 5-7 free?