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    Assembled and Finished

    The guitar is basically finished. Who ever said that a black gloss finish was very difficult to do was right. The slightest imperfection is visible, and they are many slight imperfections. However...
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    Clear coat and backing plates

    For johnwhitear here are some photos after clear coating (5 x3 wet coats 20 min between the coats aka Phrozin). Not much to see as orange peel present and the curved les paul body makes the front...
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    Clear coat finished some orange peel and one or...

    Clear coat finished some orange peel and one or two runs to fix. Will wait the obligatory 30 days before wet sanding and polishing.
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    Binding scraped decals applied.

    Too cold in Hobart to spray the clear coat today so final prep finished. Bindings scraped, fretboard retaped and decals added. The MSS decal was printed on white decal paper and the image reversed in...
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    Binding is about to be revealed and scraped very...

    Binding is about to be revealed and scraped very soon. The binding is the standard binding and not the 7 ply les paul custom binding so it wont be a true les paul custom copy. Also no binding on the...
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    Painted Black

    Its been a bit cold in Hobart lately to paint so today it was warmer and coincided with my day off so out came the spray cans. I had already sanded the undercoat with 240 and 400 grit sandpaper to...
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    Tape and Paint

    Its not obvious in the photos but the binding on the body is taped up with thin tape the good 3M stuff. The neck is taped up with paper masking tape. I am going to do the colour with the tape in...
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    Primer filler applied

    Sprayed 4 wet coats of primer filler according the the "Phrozin" method. Went mostly well and I am impressed with the Spray Max spray cans as they give a very good spray pattern almost like a spray...
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    On my kit the fretboard is not flush on the...

    On my kit the fretboard is not flush on the treble side as well but probably 0.5mm high. I am not concerned about this as I am painting the body and I can fix small gaps if I want to. It is probably...
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    Final sand of Z poxy and glue neck

    Sanded back the second coat of z poxy back to the wood and was impressed by how smooth and flat the guitar now is. Should help to make that shiny black finish sparkle like a piano. I was not going to...
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    In my experience it is not necessary to expand...

    In my experience it is not necessary to expand the holes for the bridge and the anchor bushes just tap them in with a piece of timber and a hammer. It may feel tight but you should not damage the...
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    Headstock shape and grain fill

    Headstock shaped roughly gibsonish and first coat of Z poxy applied. I usually use timbermate but since this is going to be painted I decided on Z poxy to ensure no shrinkage will occur after...
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    I just got this kit as well and the neck joint on...

    I just got this kit as well and the neck joint on mine is fine. It appears from one of the pictures that the neck pocket has not been routed flat (left side) so some work may be required to level it
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    Hmm had not thought about that. I will research...

    Hmm had not thought about that. I will research further to see how hard it would be to redo the fretboard inlays and the bindings. It wasnt part of the original plan as I got carried away with the...
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    Build No 8 SSCM-1E Les Paul Custom

    Just got the SSCM-1E all mahogany kit with the view to make a black Les Paul Custom with gold hardware my version of the "Black Beauty". I even ordered the split diamond mother of pearl inlay from...
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    Finished at last

    The new pickguard arrived and routed into shape using the template. Turned out OK not completely square but probably only obvious to me. Looks very old school and would be at home in the 60's. A good...
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    Yes the paint is Decoart and I have used it...

    Yes the paint is Decoart and I have used it before on a guitar build for my oldest son. I had based it on a youtube video I had seen in the past about painting with acrylic paints, Highline guitars I...
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    Maybe some graduated shims only at the back of...

    Maybe some graduated shims only at the back of the neck to raise the neck angle will work?
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    To Bakersdozen it was the Liming White by itself...

    To Bakersdozen it was the Liming White by itself (the first picture) and I kept adding coats until you got the colour you were after. Then a clear coat finish over the top although I did have...
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    Aah I see. I will now refer to the actual colour...

    Aah I see. I will now refer to the actual colour on the bottle which is "Sea Breeze" and will refrain from calling it Sea Foam Green. By the way its not my favourite colour either but I could not...
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    You don’t like the colour, I was trying to go for...

    You don’t like the colour, I was trying to go for an old fender colour. It will look better with a clear coat and a tortoise shell pick guard attached at least I hope.
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    Painted

    Found some craft paint in Spotlight that is very close to a Sea Foam colour and painted the guitar body using a brush. it covers very well and can be smoothed out by sanding. Ready for the clear coat.
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    Rout the Humbucker and Make a pickguard template

    Had a busy day today and routed out a place for a humbucker near the bridge. The humbucker template I got off ebay was very good and made routing quite easy although still scary. I finally decided...
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    To Simon, I was thinking of getting a tortoise...

    To Simon, I was thinking of getting a tortoise shell pickguard blank in case there are problems. Guitars such as Les Paul Customs can have three humbuckers (equivalent of six single coils) and still...
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    Thanks Simon all good points. I had originally...

    Thanks Simon all good points. I had originally thought to keep one of the pickups as a dummy one. How did they get the position of the pickups so wrong? Even if I keep one as a dummy which one, the...
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