Deanos Lp-1m - 1st project

G'day everyone! My name is dean, and I'm from Melbourne.

Been playing guitar for about 6 years now.
A few weeks ago I was speaking with a kid who decided to build his own guitar kit, and I thought what a great idea! Can't believe I hadn't thought of doing that myself...

A few hours later (and after going through quite a few guitar kit websites) I found the pit bull team, spent a bit of time looking through the kits and finally went for the Lp-1m
I really like the community here and on Facebook, sounds like Adam and the boys take real care in heir customers!

Anyway, in short, ill try my best to update this log book for all to see, plus I don't have any experience what so ever In making one of these so any help available will be great!

Here's a bit of a mock up with the parts, everything seems to fit pretty good :-)
http://pitbullguitars.com/wp-content...t4r2-image.jpg

Hey Dean! Which part of Melbourne are you from? I'm in the Ringwood area.

Hey Dean,
welcome to the forum, was the kid's name you spoke to about building a kit called Callum ? he have a young builder username Keloooe who is SE of Melbourne. On the forums he's called the Pest !
Good choice of guitar to build, wiring is a bit difficult but with the correct diagram you should be ok.
Run by us what finish you plan using !

Hey guys
I'm out in berwick mate

Haha nah this kid I coached at tennis , but I have l looked through the other posts and seen plenty from him!

I'm an electrician so hopefully the wiring isn't too much of a pain for me lol
Will do!

Hi Deano,
sure the wiring will be a piece of cake for a sparky !

Check out the wudtone colours, just about any colour would look great on a LP-1M

Haha hope so!
I was looking at all the different colours last night, was very hard choosing, l like most of them
Ended up picking sunburst - dark onyx and azure lagoon! Bring on the challenge

DO/AL sunburst should look sweet, can't remember anyone doing that sunburst combo but think that will look sweet on the LP-1M.
As you have probably read start with plenty of sanding, you will regret seeing machine marks/scratches on the body once wudtone has been applied

Yeah definitely will
What's the best thing to do for the plastic binding? At the moment I'm just trying not to sand it, but it does have some scratches in some sections

the binding try and keep the sandpaper off and use super fine 0000 grade steel wool. Rub back the binding between each coat will make it easier to clean up at the end. If your keen you can even give the binding a steel wool before you start the first wudtone coat will ensure its super smooth

Sweet cheers mate, ill give it a go

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Quote from phloggy on July 24, 2013, 14:37
Hey Dean! Which part of Melbourne are you from? I'm in the Ringwood area.

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Huh. You're right around the corner from me. I'm in Heathmont :P

Hey, I'm even closer than that! I just said Ringwood area. You and me share a postcode. Although I'm not in Heathmont. :)

I see. Ringwood East? I'm two streets up the hill from the Heathmont shops on Canterbury road. Right round the corner seems like a pretty good estimate!

I use to live in wantirna south haha very close

hey Dean, I see you have seen some of my awesome posts around the forums :P
Yeah, I'm a bit of a pest, but I take it in my stride!
Here's the link to my LP build page: http://pitbullguitars.com/?page_id=4...iewtopic&t=126 please note that my LP has a basswood body, not mahogany, and it's been 6 months because I had a few problems during the build, but they are solved now!

Haha sweet as buddy, ill have a look!

Started applying the dark onyx tonight
Went with the back first so I could get the feel for it!
http://pitbullguitars.com/wp-content...x4e0-image.jpg

Looking good already Dean.

Think you might have forgotten to put your slippers on....lol
They look very happy with the LP-1 as well.

Haha nah that's the girlfriend
She'd kill me if I wore them

Aaaaahhhhh... Reminds me of my first Dark Onyx coat... Looks great already Dean!

Started the 1st coat of the top. Getting the sunburst is quite a challenge and hopefully it gets better with more coats, so far so good though!
http://pitbullguitars.com/wp-content...7dif-image.jpg
http://pitbullguitars.com/wp-content...9phh-image.jpg

looking great Deano, amazing colour choice!

cheers,
Gavin.

Great colour Deano!

Coming along very nicely.
A trick I use is to encourage the blending is to gently rub the transition area with super fine steel wool.
Takes some practice but when you nail it you will get an amazing result.

Looking good Deano

Can't wait to see the next stage of this gorgeous build!

Deano, that burst is better than mine!!!

Wow! Those colours are awesome. Looks like you have done a pretty fair job too. Can't wait to see it completed. Subscribing!

cheers everyone! the transition part is tricky as....got a fair bit of work still to do

anyway im off to europe for 6 weeks so i've had to stop. i look forward to getting back into it late september!

Yeah those colours look fantastic. Enjoy your trip.