mocking bird build

[stan]

Cool!

[wokkaboy]

Angus, tuner angles look fine to me, any original look in my books is cool and sets the axe apart from the 'normal' perpendiclar look

[Tim]

Looks cool Angus look forward to the rest of the build

[goatis 1]

bit of an update ( photos to come )

all the parts have been ordered/sourced , except for a coupla little odds n ends

i had ordered in a cheap black neck plate , thought i was on a winner , =\\ buuut , when i got it the other day i found that it was etched with logos and stuff for Lyon by washburn , so ill be getting anothery down the track

necks been defretted and de nutted ( crossed my legs n made a face writing that =\\ )
and its had a coupla coats of stuff put on it , looking dam nice to , almost a bit of a flame starting on it .
been thinking about either staining the front of the headstock black or ordering in a headstock veneer of something

still waiting around for decent weather to blow another coupla coats of black onto the body , average hi temp here lately has only been around 17 - 19 so no good for spray painting .

ive been trying to decide if i want to use the black rectangle jack plate that i ordered ( the original was a chrome one ) or if i change it to a black tele cup jack

lol as a glutton for punishment , ive semi been thinking about a build using the chrome parts from the kit , since i didnt use any of it

[57strummers]

Looking nice...

[goatis 1]

soooo , neck halfish done , gotta put some colour the front of the headstock , thatll be tomorrows job if things go well . then just have to get another ( bone ) nut and do a re-fret
(pic doesnt sho it , buut theres some nice grain in the neck

bodies almost done , only a little bit of undercoat shows through , shouldnt be to much work left on it , sanding all the curves of it is a hassle though :? :? :?
(gonna make myself some curved sanding blocks of various size and curves to help with that in the future)

and i coloured in my switch with a sharpie , might get another permanent marker and go over it again though because the sharpie has a bronze hue to the black in the right light

weekends jobs might be soldering what i can of the controls , and probably drill the body out a little bit so the pots and switch fit a bit better ( im using upgraded full size bourne pots ) especially when i put the shielding in .

hopefully the pickups arrive soon , been waiting around like blackboard from mr squiggle for them (huuuuuurrryyyy UUUUUUUUUUP )