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Hello. I'm new to this forum.. I just recieved my first kit. ES-1GL lefty... after unboxing and initial inspection the quality seems to be top notch.. nice snug neckjoint. Clean binding. Initial sanding seems nice. I guess it's up to me to do the rest in a similar quality to end up with a beautiful guitar in the other end og this experience. I'm looking forward to getting started. If this thing ends up playing as good as it's bare bones looks, I will have a truly great instrument
Welcome to the forum! The ES-1 is a great kit you should be very happy with the end result.
cheers,
Gav.
Welcome Daniel, enjoy the ES-1 kit!
Greetings Daniel, welcome to the forum.
Welcome Norwegian Daniel, good to see more lefties!
Welcome Daniel
welcome to the forum Daniel. Take your time with the build and start a build diary and ask any questions you have there.
Best of luck. I presume Norway is way too cold to spray paint ?
Hi Daniel, Welcome to the forum, can't wait to see your build diary;)
Well... It can be somewhat challenging to spray paint in freezing temperatures. And drying times affect the progress. But when living up north, one develop tecniques to battle hostile painting conditions[emoji12]Quote:
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Welcome Daniel. I look forward to watching your build and in particular seeing your "cold weather techniques. I live in the cooler, southernmost part of Australia, Tasmania. Although nowhere as cold as Norway, we are often called Taswegians by our warmer climate counterparts.....
Well. The secret's not that mindblowing really... I've seen it done by others before. The essence of it all is to keep the paint-object roomtempered. And put the spray cans (yes i use cans) in a bucket of a little over hand-warm water.. then take the bucket o' cans and guitar out to the spraying area. Spray THIN coats, as it's much easier to get laquer runs in cold weather... let the guitar hang as long as you dear, but take it inside before the laquer freezes[emoji51][emoji15]. Then take the guitar inside and let it dry/cure in a ventilated room. As it still will be somewhat wet to the touch. And will have a good amount of fumes to spread still... not the ideal approach. But it seems to work out ok.. do i achieve "custom shop" results? Probably not. But I get better each time[emoji14]
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