looking good Nitro love the headstock shape is pretty original
looking good Nitro love the headstock shape is pretty original
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Thanks Wokkaboy, the comments you guys leave really mean a lot to me.Originally Posted by wokkaboy
NEXT STEP...
Ready to sand... to show up all the imperfections an old painters trick is to shine a light on a low angle on the surface you need to sand and presto.....imperfections galore. Id rather sand out all the imperfections at this early stage and reprime than to find something later on down the road where its a lot harder to erase.
With this trick i found some dodgy cutting marks around both sides of the body. So time to Sand to bare and reprime.
I used a sponge sanding block at this early stage cos it contours to the body easily without damaging the edges too much. Its 80 and 120 grit each side.
2 more coats of primer...
Id like to use the primer coats to try and get the surface as smooth as i can before the black undercoat, so i may end up putting 6 - 8 coats on depending on how much sanding i have to do.
Will still use a surface filler, an oil based dutch filler, but will be just before the final primer coats. i really want a heavy build up of coats.
Last edited by nitroburner1000; 26-06-2016 at 12:47 PM.
NEXT....
Ive just taped up the neck ready to stain blue. Used a blade afterwards to firm down the tape edge so i get a clean edge. Used a low tack wax impregnated tape.
Stained the neck with 2 coats of feast watson stain. The pics dont bring out the colour very well. Have to wait till the clear is applied.
The body has been sanded and using a led torch filled the grain with white timber filler.
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