LP-1SS "Blacktop" tribute

[bargeloobs]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from stan on May 9, 2014, 18:12
aaah, I've finally worked out what bothers me about this guitar - it's looking better than mine - great work

I laughed, Na that thing of yours is lookin' pretty slick now Stan. Can't wait to see that headstock all finished up!

[bargeloobs]

I finally feel like the build's taken a positive step forward after a fairly hellish ordeal earlier on.
I'd always entertained the idea of a stinger on the back of the headstock but kinda blew it off, anyway my curiosity got the better of me and I went and painted it on, I'm stoked as hell with it to be honest.
Had a fairly epic wet sanding mission on the body starting at 600,800,1200 then 2000 followed by some cutting compound and a good buff. I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

[robin]

Wow Nigel, what an awesome finish. Can't wait to see this beauty finished.

rob

[bargeloobs]

Hey cheers Rob, I can't wait either. This building guitars thing is like Christmas all year round.

[Dengreg]

Great finish.

[vh2580]

Now thats a shine!!

[bargeloobs]

I thought I'd spray a couple of final coats of clear on the back/sides so I masked the front up.
Long story short, the tape pulled up some of the clear when I took it off, sanded it back and put it down in disgust.
To clear my head I finished a track I'd been working on the last couple of days and dedicated it to this build.
I'm taking a break from guitar building.
https://soundcloud.com/sodacupkiller69/guitarbuilding

[stan]

it looks absolutely awesome.

Not to be critical, but you may want to remove the paint from inside the neck joint area (I assume this is a set neck), otherwise you are gluing to the paint, not the body of the guitar - the joint will be weaker.
For max strength, the sections of body and neck that are joined together should both be bare timber

The gloss is amazing

[stan]

oops double post

[bargeloobs]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from stan on May 10, 2014, 20:13
it looks absolutely awesome.

Not to be critical, but you may want to remove the paint from inside the neck joint area (I assume this is a set neck), otherwise you are gluing to the paint, not the body of the guitar - the joint will be weaker.
For max strength, the sections of body and neck that are joined together should both be bare timber

The gloss is amazing

Hey Stan, yeah it's a bit hard to see but that neck pocket is actually masked off, it's just covered in paint so I'll let you off, cheers mate.