I've tidied up the routing and made the back plate, progress was slow as i broke the first two attempts in power tool related incidents. The neck and body have been sanded to 340 grit ready for painting but i decided to glue the neck on to make the joint more seamless so there is likely to be a lot more sanding before i can start painting (I can't work on it until the weekend now so i'm just going to leave it clamped until then).
Here's the design i'm going with, I've played a bit with test wood and pretty sure i can get this effect with spray cans, news paper and stencils. I'm going to paint the back of the neck too rather than leave it bare/glossed.
The painting plan is several coats with light 400 grit sanding in between. I still need to look into how to get the gloss/polished look with the lacquer, i think it's something to do with polish and an electric buffer.
I'll likely do the fret levelling once the paint is on as i'm still waiting on some tools to arrive.
Really looking forward to stringing this thing up =D
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