Hahahaha....keep em coming.
Hahahaha....keep em coming.
This weekend, on Saturday, I'm going to pop into my local Big Green Shed and see if I can buy a couple of cans of Super Gold spraypaint, the only can I have at home happened to run out while I was spraying a fresh coat on the Gold Strat body on Thursday last week, but, I will wait till next Thursday to spray another fresh coat on the body just to give the last coat a bit more time to dry.
Sustainium wins though.......Originally Posted by DrNomis_44
Yep, although all the other contributions were good contenders in their own right too...haha.
page 128 Doc, I don't think any other build diary will get into 3 figures in the next 10 years, that's my bold tip for the year !
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
That means I've only got 72 more pages to go till I get the next Century, how's that for a pretty good batting average mate?....hahahaha....
I've set my page lengths a lot longer, so it's only page 32 here. But keep going, Doc.
Update:
After waiting some time for Darwin's weather to dry up a bit, I decided to go ahead and spray a new coat of Gold Paint on the body of the guitar, this time round I didn't notice any paint runs so I didn't have to go and fix anything up, filling the divots in the body with some super glue seems to have worked a treat, all that's left to do now is wait till the paint dries and then do a second coat, and then after that I'll do one more coat and then it's on to the clear coating, the end of the road is finally in sight....yay!!!!
I've lost count......How many coats is this now Doc??!!
Acoustics:
1995 Maton EM725C - Solid 'A' Spruce Top, QLD Walnut B&S, AP5 Pickup
2015 Ibanez AEL108MD-NT - Laminated Spruce top, Laminated Mahogany B&S, Fishman Sonicore Pickup
Electrics:
Pitbull LP-1S - http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=5745
Carsen Superstrat Rebuild - http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=6284
Builds in Progress:
Silent Guitar Semi-Scratch Build - http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=6809
Don't know since I've lost count too....hahahaha, as a rough, scientifically-educated guesstimate, probably around ten or so, that's including all the coats I sanded off, I wonder if other builders have to go through similar experiences?
So, here's my plan at this stage for getting the body finishing-work completed so that I can move on to the more exciting aspects of building this guitar, I'm not going to be so perfectionistic about trying to achieve a flat finish because I know that I'll never get it truly flat, given Darwin's wet weather, I'm just going to go with whichever result I get after the last coat of Gold Paint has dried, bearing in mind that this guitar is meant to be a gigging instrument and not a work of art, the finish is going to get scratched and chipped-up anyway as the guitar is being played, it might end up with some custom genuine relicing too.
There's an interesting Japanese aesthetic, called Wabi Sabi, which is basically seeing the beauty in imperfection, Wabi Sabi involves these two principles:
* Nothing is permanent.
* Nothing is perfect.
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