wow StevieRaywannabe those colours look sweet, metallic blue is one of my favourite colours, looks forward to seeing it after clear coats. What sort of clear and method are you using ?
wow StevieRaywannabe those colours look sweet, metallic blue is one of my favourite colours, looks forward to seeing it after clear coats. What sort of clear and method are you using ?
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
To be honest I'm using acrylic spray cans. I'm following painting videos done by pitbull guitars. I have an acrylic clear spray to use. I'm really enjoying the process. I can't wait to see it myself once cut and polished.
Oh, and just a question for everyone, is it better to do all the wiring before putting gluing the neck in or after or does it really matter? I figure if I install the wiring before gluing the neck in, then I can measure the neck placement easier.
SRV I don't think it matters which order you do the wiring, up to you. Make sure you have the neck pickup in place when you do glue the neck in. If you don't have much workbench space I'd do the wiring first. I generally do the wiring last but that's a personal preference.
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Excellent. Doing the wiring before putting the neck on will definitely make things easier given the size of my work bench. Thanks for the advice
looks great - the blue on blue was a nice choice
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Hey thanks Stan. I have always loved blue and I am very excited with how this has come out.
Does anyone know if acrylic lacquer will stick to the binding material? I'm using an Acrylic clear coat and am deciding if it is necessary to tape over the binding or if I can just spray over it?
Thanks for any info.
Cheers
Brian
If the binding has some tooth it will adhere.
Excellent. Thanks. I'll give it a light sand before spraying.
Cheers
Brian
Hi all,
Sorry about the lack of updates to my build. Between family vacation time and work and weather I haven't had much time to work on the guitar. I have been sketching some more head stock designs and trying to figure out how to best support the neck while I cut the head stock with my jig saw. I don't want to damage the neck and I don't have a fully equipped shop yet. Might just have to break down and buy a new table for it.
I'm hopeful that the temp will crawl above 5 degrees so I can start painting again. I'll let you all know.
Cheers,
Brian
Well got 2 coats of clear on the body today. Looking pretty sweet. Hopefully I can get some more on tomorrow. I also got some new blades for my jig saw so I can cut the head stock shape. Now I just have to figure out how to clamp it down and not damage the neck.
Cheers all,
Brian
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