June 2013 GOTM Competition

[Brendan]

Wooah - some serious work there... Bar goes up again!

yes the pick guard has black screws and was made the same shape as the guitar (3 templets later) LOL,, its in high gloss 3 ply to match the paint ,, and yes a lot of paint and curing time thats half the reason why it took so long ,, the shaping was inspired from a battle axe i was going to carve the flames on the end in to the wood for a more 3d effect but very time consuming to do thats why i just left them shaped plain ,, i just finish selling it to a collector for $470 ,, cost of build was about $250 and a lot of time , looking for next project build ,,

[keloooe]

Oh my god, that is one awesome SG!!!!

[Bass Guy]

ROCK!!!! \\m/ \\m/

[AJ]

looks stunning... well done

[glenno3228]

TWO THUMBS UP!!!!

8O 8O 8O

Glenn.

[maxaxe]

June really is busting out already . . .
Three great looking contenders so far.

AJ's lavish LP looks like a beautiful big black cherry toffee apple good enough to eat and oughta play pretty slick too. Is that glassy clear finish urethane?

Ray's Tele TD has a wonderful older era look with that understated (Wudtone?) stain which enhances the grain very nicely. The aged neck/board compliments it ideally too IMO.

MB69's Radical SG is especially inspiring as I am personally keen on mods. Don't know how he could part with it though. What type of clear did you use for all those finishing coats?

Can't wait to see more great work . . .

[AJ]

Quote from maxaxe on May 25, 2013, 18:19
June really is busting out already . . .
Three great looking contenders so far.

AJ's lavish LP looks like a beautiful big black cherry toffee apple good enough to eat and oughta play pretty slick too. Is that glassy clear finish urethane?

Ray's Tele TD has a wonderful older era look with that understated (Wudtone?) stain which enhances the grain very nicely. The aged neck/board compliments it ideally too IMO.

MB69's Radical SG is especially inspiring as I am personally keen on mods. Don't know how he could part with it though. What type of clear did you use for all those finishing coats?

Can't wait to see more great work . . .

I used Style wood 95% (Made by wattyl paints, is really the new nicro that doesn't yellow with age and is recommended for instruments - grand pianos etc) http://www.wattylindustrial.com.au/d...LR%20May10.pdf

i used car paint from auto one ,, there own brand in a can (acrylic) ,, lots of sanding down between coats 1000 grit an clear to 2500 grit , then buffed 3 stages hard med to fine then used meguiars scratch x 2 on final buff,, AND ALSO I MADE TEMPLETS of the shape and pickguard i have plans to make more but with custom art from tattooist with air gun .

i allso have a strat i converted to fretless and reshaped that i made but i will post that later

[stui]

Wow. That is one super cool SG. Can't believe you parted with it for under $500. With the amount of hours you put in to it and the ridiculously good finish I would have been thinking that it would be worth double that.