Currently my least favorite part of guitar building: Building the finish up. Adding coat after coat, light scraping in between, leveling out the biggest flaws/ridges, more coating, more gentle scraping, and even more coating....
Back and neck start to look okay. Sides and front need more work. Having a dispute with the husband about the kind of finish. I would like to go for a semi gloss/semi matte finish, he wants high gloss. Torn here...
Also ordered these vintage style tuners as I like them better than the ones it came with - except for these ugly machine heads. I know they're supposed to resemble jade stone, but they don't, they just look like 70s style plastic. Me no gusta.
Any ideas what to do with these? I was looking for replacements, as I like the shape, but not the color. Was only semi successful, ordered some from China but who knows how long it will take to get there. I found nice, real pearl replacements here in Germany, but I don't feel like I want to spent 30 bucks per machine head. So.... Maybe spray paint them?
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