Wonderboy

coming along very nicely Dave, I like the greeny ocean colour. Headstock looks very cool with tuners and your logo on.
I like where this build is going

Thanks Wokka. I put the first coat of color on the sides and back - so far so good. It's Wudtone Antique Yellow, which is, in fact, a neck finish, but I liked it so much on the neck that I'm using it for the body. Didn't take long for the rules to go out the window...

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Looks great Dave.. That's a lovely natural looking colour. Your making me want to build a Tele (even though I already have one)..


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Hey Pals,
A few notes:
I didn't understand how far the finish goes. Because Pit Bull can't ship Dingotone to the States, Adam recommended a product called Wudtone, made in the UK and available to me through a company called BYOGuitar in New Hampshire. I ordered a Lady Teal kit for the body, and the Antique Yellow kit for the neck. The bottles of finish are tiny - maybe an ounce? I put two coats of the AY on the neck and head stock and was satisfied with the color, so much so that I wanted to use it for the sides and back of the body, so I ordered a second AY kit.
As it turns out, the tiny bottle held enough to do the neck, plus two coats on the sides and back, with a little left over. The good folks at BYOGuitar were kind enough to let me return the un-opened second kit of AY.
So, I now have the following: on the neck 2 coats of AY and 2 top coats - on the headstock 2 coats of lacquer, decal, and a finish coat of lacquer (the spray lacquer, made by Behlen, made the whole house smell like a paint factory - good stuff!), on the fretboard one coat of oil (also Behlen). On the body there is 6 coats of color (including the late addition of a bottle of blue ink that didn't really make a dent, other than add some highlights) and one top coat on the top, and 2 coats of Antique Yellow on the sides and back, which is enough, I think.
Today I'm going to work on cleaning up the binding...

I don't have any good pictures of my progress with Wonderboy, so here's a photo of me at the beach, enjoying Spring in Maine:

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Next is several top coats for both the top, and sides and back, then it hangs for 2 weeks (you know, like curing a ham) before I can start assembling. It's not quite how I pictured it, but that's part of the adventure, right?

Wow she's purty Wonerboy. I like the two tone its interesting.

Wow, that blue really has come on hasn't it? Looking fantastic, its like the blue Pacific meets the Californian coastal sands with the binding as a little band of white water surf in between (though I realise you are on the atlantic coast), very fetching. Are you doing Chrome hardware or Gold?

I think it looks really good Dave, very surf -tastic

Thanks for the kind words, guys. Hardware will be chrome (including faux-Bigsby). The jury is out on the white pickguard.

I think you've done well with that shade of blue, Dave! It suits the sides really well, probably better than the darker blue you were looking for.
Oh, and I think you need wider tyres for your bike on the beach!