Yes,all the spraying was done with rattle cans. When the light catches the flake on the champagne gold, it looks fantastic.
All my previous concerns about binning the kit, have now gone. I will post more pics after the top finish has cured, and I have put a lot more coats of Tru-oil on the back and sides.
Thank you for your comment.
Looking good teegee5448. Great recovery!
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1,TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1, MBM custom, GHR-1 (Resonator), FH-5V (Acoustic).
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
From another "senior" builder, congratulations on your persistence, and your final success. Hope it plays as well as it is going to look. And I am a firm believer in TruOil, especially for the neck finish.
Thank you so much, 75 on April 5th, hope to have the guitar completed by then, and best learn to play. I just love the blues.
Sounds great. 76 about two weeks before yours. I have much nicer guitars, and I have never gigged with one of the PBG guitars, but I do enjoy playing them. Lessons, on-line tutorials, or just listen to a lot of stuff and try to imitate. Many ways to learn, and a very satisfying pastime. And never too late.
Hi guys,
75 today, and must tell you this kit has decided to bite me again. checked out the scale and clearances on a dry assembly, all reasonable, glued in the neck, and horrors, the angle changed, the bridge was far too high. I am using a quality roller bridge, which I have now ground and filed down the underneath, to drop it lower, actually ground and filed nearly 2 mm off. I fine filed the last bit, and measured with my digital calipers to get the same amount, got it within 2 thousand of an inch, and will now have a tidy action. [ I read a lot of articles on set up, as I am a novice ]. I will be keeping the original wiring for now, but bought better humbucker pickups.
I have bought Warman 10th anniversary limited edition alnico 2 humbuckers, number 27 set of 50. I intend to use a DPDT on/on toggle switch to allow both pu`s to be coil tapped. Will post pics when finished.
This is the pickups I have bought. see through covers, to see the windings.
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