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What an elegant beast! That thing is beautiful!!

Indeed it does. It seems I was getting impatient. Time to dial it back!



My thoughts exactly! I've got enough things to remember to grab when going to practice or perform.

I left the poly on for 30 days to cure, but wasn't happy with the yellowing, so I sanded back, re stained and did the body in nitro. You are probably right, Simon. I thought I let the nitro cure...

No worries, it was.:) I most likely will not take his advice. I was just not sure if I was missing something about the active thing.

Point taken

My friend that I jam with (drummer) is hounding me to make this thing active. He says since it's disassembled, I might as well rout for a battery. Thing is, I'm not really ready for that. I have...

After staring at it on the wall for a while, I noticed I had not leveled the nitro properly and had low spots. I had to disassemble it to drill the bridge ground wire hole anyway and so I decided to...

I must say, it does produce a beautiful stain!

I think those are string guides for the headstock. Increases the break angle at the nut for the further tuners. I don't know what the loop of wire is for. I had it in my kit and didn't know what it...

christoboucher, I'm not sure on question 1, but regarding question 2: I use a simple pink eraser I bought from the dollar store and it removes the sanding dust from/refreshes the paper pretty well....

True. Boiled is catalyzed and has additives so it dries quicker. Artist oil paints usually use raw or refined linseed oil, hence the drying time. My long term goal was to incorporate painting and...

In my experience (degree in Art Studio with a minor in Art History/former portrait artist/published illustrator), canvas discolors and breaks down over time when directly exposed to oil paint. It...

And this is where I am now. The black neck plate I bought had smaller screws than the original chrome neck screws. I filled the neck holes with skewers and glue and re drilled. I think I might go...

I made the rookie mistake of carving my headstock before receiving the tuners. So I decided to angle them slightly. I just liked the look of them lined up in the back. This thing sounds good already!

Coming together...

I think I put too many lacquer coats, it's a little puffy looking. It's ok, she has flaws but I love that shine!

I hand sprayed a black burst on the back of the neck to clean up the division between neck and fingerboard. I masked the maple, then laid the neck on my trash can lid and sprayed diagonally down and...

Since this started as a fretted kit, it turned out the fretless neck I ordered from Pitbull was a couple inches shorter than the kit neck. I had to move the bridge back to compensate, exposing the...

So much sanding! Also, low tack masking tape removed the nitro on the headstock! Mockup with the pickup

Some body shots after spraying on poly, that I later had to undo. Also, the fingerboard before CA. Another lesson of note: My first application, I used a paint stick wrapped in plastic as a nut slot...

Alright, so where was I? That's right, the fingerboard. So I worked, I think 8 coats of CA glue onto the maple with the back of sandpaper as a squeegie to spread it. The first 4 coats were with thin...

Thanks Fender3x, it is definitely a fun build! I have been reading about epoxy and West Systems 105/207 would be my choice, but knowing that all epoxies yellow/darken over time makes me hesitant....

Glad I ordered a 12" radius sanding block with my fretless neck, or that could've been a difficult mess!

Whoops! I got a little careless removing the tape. Oh well, took a little extra time this morning to remove the "blemishes" and level the fingerboard but it's fixed now. I had to mix up more dye so...

I was thinking it might be better on raw wood. The nitro is softer than the CA and I know you want the substrate to be less flexible than the top coat. I'm just trying to get as much shimmer and...