Cannot believe it has taken 8 weeks since the first coat of CA glue was applied to finish this project. Extremely fiddly stuff and each time you do a touch up you risk creating more minor stuff ups to fix, hence why it has taken so long to get it done.
99.5% happy as there were still a couple of minor imperfections here and there but figured this is about as good as it might get. First shot shows the gear used, and for those wondering what the coloured small squares are, those are micro mesh pads. Originally had 4 but the 4000 grit one ran out of puff when buffing up the J bass & Tele a few months ago. The tube of metal polish was an experiment that proved a winner as it acted a bit like a polishing compound and then brought it home with the car polish. Did the same on the guitar body, neck, headstock and now so shiny it proved hard to photograph without showing up unwanted reflections.
Did a quick sound check and it was fine however action is still a bit high and will give it a bit of time to settle before tweaking things a bit. Haven't played flat wounds for ages and had forgotten how smooth and mellow they are. Just need to make more time for playing to get better at pitching the notes without looking all the time.
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