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Guitar looks stunning Sonic.
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Thanks Col.
Been a while. Progress has been slow, just chucking a clear coat on every now and then. I painted the head stock a pearl white (which is very hard to photograph). It looks nice with the pearl pickguard. I think I got the last clears on the neck today and I started polishing the body.
I'm kind of hoping to have it done by the 15th of Oct for a big gig, but I'm not sure it'll be sorted in time.
https://i.imgur.com/H7R1RT4.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Hs118C5.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Hs118C5.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/lhZ1dHY.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/IOdBTDF.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/g7n5KiR.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/M6D6LWK.jpg
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you should think about going with a 2k clear sonic i found acrylic lacquer wasn't stable over a .008 or .014 flake on wood as needed way to many coats to get depth, also think about putting a bit of flex agent will save you headaches you will have long-term what did you use for the medium to shoot the flake?
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Yeah I just don’t have anywhere to set up to do paint properly. The flake is literally just glitter I sprinkled over the base coat. Agree that it’s way too many coats to get decent coverage, but it works ok.
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Little bit more progress. I want to give it a final polish before I finish it up.... but I might just say near enough is good enough.
Neck pickup alignment is probably .5-1mm out. not enough to really worry about I think.
Comparison with the OG here as well.
https://i.imgur.com/kFMabN3.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Uzc3kKp.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/JRU6Jm2.jpg
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Wow.. great work! This build looks stunning!
What body shape (and headstock) is that? Is that your design or is it based on something?
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Yeah this is one of my own designs. This thread covers a couple of different iterations if you have a look back through. I got very into the idea of producing my own guitars for awhile there. This is kind of my R&D for that. A big upheaval in my life has meant taking the foot off the pedal for a bit, but I’m still chipping away.
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Bit more tinkering today. Some fiddling required to get everything in but working OK. The bridge holes have lifted the MDF a bit, probably should have drilled them before finishing. Actually probably should have done a total assembly before finishing, but I was impatient for sparkles!
You can kinda see the pearl here with the camera focused through the clear
https://i.imgur.com/wzdyDKt.jpg
Tuners in
https://i.imgur.com/3MKhW15.jpg
Bit of recessing required in the cavity. You can also see some of the swirls still in the finish.
https://i.imgur.com/og1hILH.jpg
Benson pickups installed
https://i.imgur.com/1kxysww.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/boexUbp.jpg
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Sick! I love everything about these. Great work SM!
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