Haha, yeah you may aswell go through with it now :P just leave all hammers me destructive tools locked away until your finished! Haha, works is right though, it ends up looking like a bunch of spaghetti!
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Haha, yeah you may aswell go through with it now :P just leave all hammers me destructive tools locked away until your finished! Haha, works is right though, it ends up looking like a bunch of spaghetti!
Hey guy's, I've made a bit of progress on my build and thought I might put some more pics up. So, here she is ready for spraying the headstock.
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And now for some flat black.
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More to come. Cheers!
Here are a few more.
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I gave that a good rub with 4-0000 steel wool between coats, and eventually did 6 coats of flat black. Here are some more.
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Now to mask again for clear coat. Stay tuned.
Masked and ready for clear coat.
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After 3 coats of clear with a light rub with steel wool between coats.
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After 5.
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After 8 coats of clear and since I'm not going to push my luck with a headstock logo, ready for the tuners.Attachment 4586
More to come.
good effort Steve, the headstocks look very nice. Love the PBG box mini spray booth, very good use of the packing box !
Here we go.
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That was the easy part. lol! Those little screws were a bugger to screw in with those precision screw drivers. I got blisters on my fingers and haven't even played her yet! Then my son handed me a good screw driver. Much easier. Doh!
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Next, the saddle pins.
As promised.
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Another angle.
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One more.
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Next will be the wiring. Wish me luck guy's. From what I've been hearing, I'm gonna need it.
Cheers!
Thanks woks! A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do brother. lol.
looks excellent Steve. Wonder why the 6 string fingerboard is so much lighter in colour than the 12 string ? have to polished or oiled the 12 string fingerboard ?
Looks good Steve. That's a lot of tuners to install! The finish line is fast approaching