GS-1sf 1st build - Cocoa

[Simon Barden]

Just in case no-one's mentioned it yet, always try and mask off or fill with newspaper the f-holes and pickup cavities, so that you don't get spray on the inside of the guitar. It won't harm it, but it doesn't look great. Natural wood is the standard look for the inside of hollow-bodied guitars, and you can normally see the back through the F-holes pretty well. Also, accidental overspray into the cavities will be patchy and rough-looking which obviously looks worse than if it were a uniform coating.

One alternative is to then deliberately spray or paint the inside black, which can work quite well. But it's easier to crumple up newspaper (some people poke balloons through the holes then inflate them) and stuff it in as it can be pulled out again fairly easily. You just need something to stop spray reaching the inside of the back, so it doesn't need to be totally full inside the body.

[BuffaloGhost]

Just in case no-one's mentioned it yet, always try and mask off or fill with newspaper the f-holes and pickup cavities, so that you don't get spray on the inside of the guitar. It won't harm it, but it doesn't look great. Natural wood is the standard look for the inside of hollow-bodied guitars, and you can normally see the back through the F-holes pretty well. Also, accidental overspray into the cavities will be patchy and rough-looking which obviously looks worse than if it were a uniform coating.

One alternative is to then deliberately spray or paint the inside black, which can work quite well. But it's easier to crumple up newspaper (some people poke balloons through the holes then inflate them) and stuff it in as it can be pulled out again fairly easily. You just need something to stop spray reaching the inside of the back, so it doesn't need to be totally full inside the body.

I’m def going to mask up the inside. The balloon idea is a really good one.


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