Gav's FS-1

hi guys,

I've been working on this one for a few months now. It was a bargain at the last birthday sale, and I picked it up for a steal. I've since sanded and stained the body, and acrylic clear coats are curing. I went with a burst even though there are some pretty stunning scratches in the veneer around the bottom heel - I just couldn't cover up that flamed goodness. I'm pretty happy with the burst (and that flame! man!!) and TBH I don't even see the scratches on the veneer anymore.

While the body cures I've moved on to the neck. I've sanded to 400 grit and am thinking of a natural finish using Aussie Oil.

As a homage to the original Starcaster look I am creating a whooping swirly thing on the headstock using frisket which I am planning to spray black. I'm hoping to get my white headstock decal to sit over this black portion. The plan is for the whoop to contrast nicely with the natural colour of the rest of the headstock, but if it looks crap I'll just paint the entire headstock black (it wouldn't be the first fail to be covered up ;)).

A few more black coats and a little light wet sanding and I'll be ready to start with the aussie oil...

cheers,
Gav.

nice one Gav the burst looks unreal you have really nailed the burst with all the practice you have had.
Look forward to see how the headstock works out, cool concept

Thanks Wokks :).

cheers,
Gav.

Oooh that is a tasty burst, very nicely done Gav.

Tasty, very tasty. I really like the gentle burst on that Gav, nicely executed.

Thanks Wierdy, thanks Frankie! I'm very eager to see how she sounds.

cheers,
Gav.

Yes, a very lovely smooth transparent burst indeed.

Looking good there Gav.

thanks Andy :) !

cheers,
Gav.

hi guys,

The masking came off the headstock today. Pretty happy with how the sprayed swirly jigger looks. (I'm calling it the single piece of 'Flair')Tidied it up just a smidge with the craft blade, got my acrylic logo on there and she's looking good. I followed this up with the first soak coat of TO before letting her hang in my extra-special drying room for a few hours. The TO is slowly bringing the grain in the neck to life, so hopefully she'll look nice in a month's time.

cheers,
Gav.

That looks excellent, very nice 'swirly jigger'! What colours did you use in your burst, v.amber/orange/t.brown?

Nice, its got a good flow to it tha Swirly jigger and the font in your logo suits it to a T.
Eagerly anticipating how this is all going to look when it all comes together. I predict: Tasty.

Wierdy & Frankie - thanks guys! Wierdy, for this one I used Lemon Yellow, then Vintage Amber, then Red Mahogany, then Tobacco Brown. Frankie - I never noticed the way the jigger compliments the T in my logo - I like it!! :)

cheers,
Gav.

A happy Kowinkidink? Or just great planning? I propose it's the latter. WOnderful work.

lookin awesome

Thanks Deddy! Kinda wished I'd recessed it now, but I played it safe ;).

cheers,
Gav.

If you'd recessed it then you would really have needed to leave your logo in relief, or done it as an inlay.

This is going to be one classy instrument. That burst over flame looks sensational - and the swoosh has a very clean curve to it. Really gives it a dimension beyond just the outer shape of the headstock. Very nice.

Thanks G-Man!

cheers,
Gav.

Nice job on the headstock Gav.

Thanks Fretty!

cheers,
Gav.

Love the headstock, very nice!