SG-1F build - The Red Lady

[Gavin1393]

Quote from keloooe on May 1, 2013, 18:30
Yeah, the cake looks great!!! I might ask for a les Paul style cake for my birthday (which is drawing near now, Adam *promised* me a ST-1 kit and DB *promised* me the body mod and the Cherry Flamenco, to get my mind off the LP... WHATEVER YOU GUYS DO, DON'T TELL EITHER OF THEM!!!!)

Back to the subject, the SG is starting to go a bit more of a blood colour, like you wanted Wiggles, maybe a bit more Mahogany and you might actually be fine!

Your secret is safe with us Pest!!

[Wiggles]

Put on another coat of red base. Starting to look reallly good now





I also wanted to give a shout out to mytoolstore.com.au, they've got a bunch of guitar stuff available http://www.mytoolstore.com.au/categories/Guitar-tools/

I picked up a Stewart Mac radiused sanding block and it worked out cheaper through them than buying from overseas (once shipping is added). There was a hold up with stock when i ordered mine and they took the time to give me a phone call to let me know which was nice.

They also sell 3M self adhesive paper by the meter.

[Gavin1393]

I had a look at the store, it is all STEWMAC stuff. A fairly hefty margin on some of the stuff but I suppose if you are only buying one item it might save you a few dollars, Stewmac shipping is so cheap anyway when you are buying a whole bunch of stuff like some of us do. But I will bear them in mind... good to hear they have carried on the great service of STEWMAC.

[Wiggles]

Yep, it's def stew mac kit. It was $17 postage on a $15 sanding block from stew mac direct, so it saved me about $4 overall to buy from the local mob.

I only needed the block. If i bought all the stuff i wanted, i'd have easily spent 3x as much on tools as i did on guitars!

[Gavin1393]

Quote from Wiggles on May 6, 2013, 13:28
I only needed the block. If i bought all the stuff i wanted, i'd have easily spent 3x as much on tools as i did on guitars!

...and therein lies the danger!

I find myself adding 'tons' of stuff to my StewMac order that I 'might' need to justify paying the freight!

[keloooe]

That probably is the best part of SM, the freight is flat rate $25 (or so I heard!), which means yiou can pile on some pretty expensive stuff and have minimal freight costs!!!

[Wiggles]

Hmmm, i just did a test checkout on their page, def. costs more than $25 postage!

[dingobass]

SM postage rates go by weight. When you have spent as much cash as Gavin and I have with them, you learn how to construct your order to avoid a hefty postage.

Sure, they may not be the cheapest, but I can have my order delivered within 3 working days which is faster than getting it sent over from the "Far East"!

Just had a look at the site... OUCH! The mark up on most things is crazy! With the Aussie dollar being worth more than the US dollar, it makes good sense for me to shop with SM.

[Wiggles]

Ok, i've done the last few coats and the colour is now where i want it (finally!)

Do i need to do anything special when the clear coat? Do i steel wool in between coats as well?

[dingobass]

Hey Wiggles,
A light steel wool between coats just to keep it nice and smooth.
Make sure that you put the top coats on really REALLY thin... about four or five coats with a 48 hour wait before you apply the last and she will shine!