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I got out in the snow yesterday morning and got a few glamour shots of it...

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I gave the scratch guard another go, engraving into the front of black acrylic this time. What I found is that yes, it did make the dragon much much bolder and more visible. I like the original...

That's awesome. I might make use of that on a future project... I wonder if that Viking copyrighted it...

One last shot of the whole thing. Now it needs a name.

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OK - my kid wants to play it, and I need to get back to work, so I'm calling it good enough for now and am doing final install and setup. I still plan on cutting a new scratch plate at some point...

Thank you, I appreciate it! I can't take much of the credit for how awesome the dragon looks though. I hired someone on Fiverr to draw it for me... this is what I sent him:

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And what he...

Well this could work. Sanded the backside down to the plastic with 220, then polished it back up to ~4000. It's not a perfect finish, but I don't think I need to put in the time to get a perfect...

Hmmm foil could work. I wonder how it looks from the backside though? i.e. will the adhesive show through? Also maybe if I sprayed down a coat of polyurethane or polycrylic over the black enamel...

Engraved the dragon this AM. The 60 deg bit did a better job, but still not the glass smooth finish that the 90 deg left. I'm wondering if it's because the 30 and 60 deg bits are my go-to bits for...

I took a couple weeks off to take care of some new puppies. I'm working on the scratch plate finally this week. I finalized the drawings and made some test cuts out of MDF to make sure the new...

While I'm waiting for someone to draw the dragon for the scratch guard for me, I figured I'd test my process by making the back plate. Good thing I bought extra acrylic - it's upside down! I like...

Thank you Simon - I got it drilled out, and at first glance it appears I didn't screw it up!

For reference for others, the scale length on this guitar is 576mm, not the 571 advertised. I've...

I've been waffling over drilling the mounting holes for the bridge for two days now. Where does everyone place their bridge? I've seen lots of conflicting information. The most believable source...

@dozymuppet - it wasn't too bad once I got the rhythm down for spraying the clear coat. The rest of the paint was all a one-ish time application and so wasn't too bad. I ended up with a lot more...

Thank you John!

Today, while I was supposed to be working:
1) Hit the neck screws with my impact driver - another 1/2 turn or so and the neck is fully seated, and no new scratches!
2) Painted...

OK a little late to the party, but here's the first progress shots of an ST-1JR 3/4 I'm putting together for my son. This is my second build, the first being a 335 kit from somewhere else. The...

Starting to work through this ST-1JR build with my son, and I notice the scale length on the web site does not match the neck I received. I spent some time panicking that the nut was incorrectly...