LP-1SS "Blacktop" tribute

[gavinturner]

Great save! She's looking amazing again. Don't be disheartened, I havent had a solid painted finish that hasn't required 3 do-overs. All the planets have to align to get it first (or even second) time..

cheers,
Gav.

[bargeloobs]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from gavinturner on May 15, 2014, 18:01
Great save! She's looking amazing again. Don't be disheartened, I havent had a solid painted finish that hasn't required 3 do-overs. All the planets have to align to get it first (or even second) time..

cheers,
Gav.

Not that you ever want to see anyone having failures with their builds it's reassuring to know even the pros have issues from time to time.
I don't know about you but I try to be a bit of a perfectionist and find myself getting pretty OCD on the smallest details, so when a major disaster occurs like redoing a whole paint job I tend to be fairly hard on myself.
I probably need to lighten up a tad...

Cheers Gav!

[stan]

No BL, we are all OCD here, you are in good company

[bargeloobs]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from stan on May 15, 2014, 19:17
No BL, we are all OCD here, you are in good company

Yeah, I kinda get that feeling, the quality, workmanship and craftsmanship that goes into every build on I see on here. This ain't amateur hour down the local.

[stan]

Yeah, I kinda get that feeling, the quality, workmanship and craftsmanship that goes into every build on I see on here. This ain't amateur hour down the local.

Yes it is, but we just persist until we get the result we want

except for Gav, Gav, Wokka, Jarrod, DB, Andyport, and half the PBG list - they are all pretty pro

[bargeloobs]

Well after another really nice warm day here in SA I made the executive decision late this arvo to do a cut n polish on the body.

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Plugs tapped in with no dramas. Had to go round the pot holes/toggle switch hole with a rat tail file just to remove a bit of excess lacquer that had filled the holes.

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Got the Switchcraft Toggle switch wired up.

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Turns out the Switchcraft switches are a fairly snug fit in the cavity but after a bit of slight tweaking with the terminals it slipped in nicely.

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Screwed the plate on the back, got the deep nut for the toggle switch holding everything in place on the front and Bob's your uncle!
Couldn't be happier with how the cream hardware's working against the black finish, it's just how I imagined but better.
It turns out (and I'm not one to exaggerate) the long shaft CTS pots I ordered stick out about half a mile out off the body so I've ordered some more nuts to put on the cavity side of the shaft to shorten them up a tad.
I probably won't bother wiring up the pots until the nuts turn up.
Also ordered a fret crowning file today and am trying to figure out what would be best for leveling frets, a 12" radius block or one of those square tube steel straight edge thingy's that cost far too much. I need to do a fret leveling job and the nearest luthier is 300+ km's away and wants to charge $120 an hour so f*#K that. I'll have a go myself
So without headstock decals and 4 little nuts I'm at a standstill.
Good times!!