Vintage-y ES-3

[dingobass]

O.M.G.
That is just amazing work...

[Gavin1393]

One of the best looking bursts on the forum. Awesome work.

[Fretworn]

Very, very nice!

[neverwas]

Thanks very much Wokks, DB, Gav and Fretty. Got most of the binding cleaned up, just have the fiddly f-holes to do.

[crundes]

Looks amazing neverwas!

[stan]

D'Angelico make great looking guitars. love those headstocks

[robin]

Wow, that looks amazing neverwas.

I love all things art-deco, this should be an awesome looking guitar.

[Swinging Beef]

Great stuff!

I need to learn a lot more about this grain filling subject.

[neverwas]

Thanks for the encouragement guys. Update time.
The body has four coats of acrylic lacquer clear and is being left to cure, will need to be sanded and re-cleared.
Lots of work done to the headstock. The inlay pieces have been cut and filed to shape and the recess routed.


Then went about reshaping. I'm with Stan, the D'Angelico head stocks are really cool so I made my own approximation of one. Started by drilling the two holes and then used a coping saw to get the top profile, then a sanding drum in the drill press to tidy up and shape the sides and small files to finish up, also used a profile gauge to get both sides even.


And with the inlay pieces in place

There is no way I could rout a straight line, so I got as close as I could then used some wood carving knives I got off the interweb to straighten the lines. There are a few gaps but should be able to fill them in and not be too noticeable.

[andrewdosborne]

Oh my word, I've missed this build what a stunner of a burst and awesome inlay!