Pest's LP mk2

Hey guys,
Some of you may remember the LP I built a couple of years ago. To be honest I loved it but there were some pretty darn easy mistakes that didn't make the axe as nice as I wanted it to be:
- The finish was badly applied
- The binding had some finish on it
- The wiring was a bit rushed and was cutting out a lot
- The headstock was horribly sanded
- I ended up not liking the fact that the burst that was intended was not blending in and was very rough
- I ended up using superglue to hold some parts like an iron fist, which made the gunk from the garage and my hands stick to the guitar

So here's the plan:
- Strip the finish back to bare wood (hopefully not tearing up the cap)
- Fill the wood where there are dings and potholes
- Get a new wiring harness to rewire (I still have the pups and switch so that is good!)
- Apply a new finish
- Clean up the bindings
- Clear coat the neck
- Clean up the hardware and fix the superglue that I accidentally spilled (I seriously don's know why I used it...)

Now I only have 80, 220 and 240 grit papers, thinking of getting 120 and 180 for the cap.

The plan for the finish is a burst of DingoTone Coolangatta Gold, Outback Sunset and Nullabor Ochre, with Nullabor Ochre back and sides. The neck will be clear with a clear headstock if the filler looks good enough when its done, or ill do a black headstock.


Pics will be up later today if I get the chance!

Why do you need a new harness? Couldn't you re-use the pots etc but just wire them properly the second time?

Sounds like a good project Pest. I absolutely love lemon burst Les Pauls so I'll be keen to see this one turn out.

yeah good luck Pest, must be good working on an axe again. I saw some pics yesterday of some of the sanding. Definitely need the intermediate sandpaper grits you are missing.
Nicko think he found some cheap pots on ebay so might as well use new pots

Pest, good luck with the makeover sounds like you have a good plan in place.

Hey Nick, I buggered up the soldering of the pots and they are cutting out in certain positions, maybe I overheated them.

yeah replace the pots Pest, doesn't cost much for 4 pots

Yeah an @ $4 each from fleaBay and $4.50 here its worth it for the good ones

yeah the bourns pots on the PBG shop are pretty good

Sounds like a good plan Kelooe, burned many a pot in my younger years. Generally through using a low wattage iron and revisiting your earthing solder joint a few times. I find if you plan your joints before hand so that you only solder once and tin the wire /wires before doing the joint you can do a good quick joint. An iron around 60 watts does em In seconds.

Yeah I use a 60 watter and it's great. Iron on, iron off (Mr. Solderari)

I have some PBG pots from an LP kit, if you want them let me know and I'll post them to you - no cost

@ Nick and Tony, yeah I use 60 watts too, but I just had it on for a smidge too long, for the rewire I'll definitely use a quick touch, love the almost instantaneous melting of the solder!
@ Stan, I'll PM you my address on Facebook tomorrow sometime, thanks mate!

you're welcome, I'm not going to use them , and the price is right :)

Pest - also found that using the right solder is a must - started with some from the big green barn - that was 2-3 times as thick as the stuff I found at Altronics. Took 3 times as long to get it to run and when it did it ended up everywhere. Picked up some new stuff from Altronics and it's sooooo much easier...

Good to see you're back and building. Sounds like a good plan.

Bman, I've always been using the stuff from Altronics, really does the job!

Allo Pesticle.
If you can afford a few bucks extra, a "temperature contolled" soldering station is more than worth its weight.
I'm with Brendan, I get all my peripheral components etc from Altronics.
Good luck young whippersnapper . . .