Phroz's LP-1M

now i have finished my Strat its time to get back to work on my Les Paul LP-1M so far i have removed the binding from the body and doweled the machine head holes and re drilled them to fit vintage machine heads fitted neck, I have grain filled it and primed it 4 coats of primer filler and have blocked the body back till its super flat to get a glass finish. i have painted 1st coats of silver to the body and not sure whats next as i am wanting something different than stained which has been done to death and i have 3 already

here is primed and dust coat to get it perfectly flat
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sanding off the guide coat so far so good
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1st coats of silver on the neck and body not sure where to go yet
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Nice progress Phrozin. Silver looks great

That is coming song very nicely

Cheers guys i been playing around with it today done a bit of a test run but not sure if ill go this way and whether to go with a solid colour or a tint burst going to haft to sleep on it lol

this is a solid colour looks ok but not sure i like it but i want something different

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All silver with black hardware would look great.

That colour scheme is very unique. I like it.

yeh wasnt sure about the silver a bit to stark for me so i am going gunmetal and a black burst has had a few problems getting the burst from not over take the gunmetal so far i have cleared it with 4 double header coats going to sand it with a 800 grit then 2 more clear coats and ill leave it for a week to harden up

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i went and purchased a little touch up gun which helped with keeping the burst going on to thick i have a air brush but found this little gun worked better for the guys wanting to have a cheap set up to get a way from the spray cans i got this little gun and a small compressor all up $140

this is the little gun was pretty good to get the pressure down to 10psi can see its size to one of my full size guns
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this little compressor works well with the gun i have a larger compressor and bigger guns but its over kill to do guitars with
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great colour combo, I'm a bit of a fan of gunmetal metalic

My spray skillz feel so inadequate right now....

I have airtool envy....burst looks great!

cheers guys been working on it the last couple of day have done a light polish but the clear still feels a bit soft so ill leave it for another week to harden up so i don't bugger it up this one has been a bugger to do, the gunmetal grey with the black burst looks nice

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Presume you will be using chrome hardware? Looking good already and would look nice with a bit of shiny hardware as a contrast.

haven't done much this week as Doctor gave me new pain pills which are making me very drowsy one of the fun things theses days, but worked on it today for a few hours, starting to put in pick ups and pots still waiting on the bridge hardware and switch craft switch to show up, pick ups are Gibson 57 classic neck and 57 classic Angus on the bridge i have had them for nearly 20 years sitting in my draw going to use gold hardware i have a set of gold Kulson machine heads which ill fit tomorrow got to drill out the holes as i doweled up from the 10mm hole to 6mm not sure yet if ill put on the pick guard


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put in the plug and fitted machine heads and pick guard

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looking very nice Phrozin well done, love the old school cream, black and gold colour theme

yea, thats pure class that is!

Super sexy lp, Phroz.

Klusons on the headstock Phroz?

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Originally Posted by Andy40

Klusons on the headstock Phroz?

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yeh they are i have now finished it using silver hardware taking to long for the gold stuff to show up but might change it or keep for my next guitar really want to do a GR-1SF going to do that one in a nice stain with a burst should be interesting haven't done a stain job since i was a apprentice

here it is has been a pain in the bum at times

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Great job Phroz. I'm suffering paint job envy......

The cream goes with the colour nicely

great result - that colour is almost and exact match for my car - i have a few touch ups to do so I'll bring it around...

Great job Phrozin!

cheers guys, lol@stan