Long time between updates but here is where I'm up to now.

Finally got the chance to go and mix some Pelham blue and was fully set on starting the painting process, Previously I'd ordered some Stunning Stains Shots from Crimson Guitars in the UK for another project (I will make a build diary for this one soon) and decided that since I'm going to be painting the AG i may as well play around with some stains to see how they go on. I mixed a few of the stains(which i think is more like a dye) together and ended up with this deep teal colour. I really liked how it was looking so the Pelham Blue is shelved for now.

After the initial wipe on



I liked how it was highlighting the grain but it lacked the depth i wanted so i ended up mixing some of the dye in with my nitro clear and applied a few coats.



The colour is hard to capture under the fluro lights in the booth.

This is after about 5 days of twice a day clear sessions with a block back in between. Im just about there with the clear stage now so it'll hang up for about a month before i give it its final knock back and buff. I really could have just used Polyurethane Clear on this and been done in a day but wheres the fun in that



Now onto making the scratch plate and trying to work out what to put on the headstock