Had a warm day during the week and managed to get a couple coats of clear on to seal the neck. Progress shots, still needs more clear and paint the recessed area solid black.
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Toying with the idea of glueing the neck in and then spraying the final clear coats, haven't done one that way before, which means need to have a way to hold the bottom of the guitar while it's hanging. Simplest way is to put a small cup hook in the hole for the strap button, just have to drill the hole first. Did that and while the neck was in couldn't resist a mock up.
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Think I've mentioned earlier that Pabs made some dress rings for the pups and gave me a few options, brushed look (bridge pup) which I was leaning towards when I thought it would go for a satin finish, or mirror look (neck pup) that seems to go better with the gloss finish it has ended up with.
During this, had a D'oh moment when sitting the bridge pup in place. Made sure the neck pup would fit, may have neglected checking the bridge pup would sit in, should only take a mil or so off each side of the cavity to give clearance.
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Just realised have the pups and wire but no pots, caps etc - parts order required.
Grant
