great news Doc, I can tell how pumped you are building your first kit.
what if the ash grain is really cool would you reconsider solid paint ?
great news Doc, I can tell how pumped you are building your first kit.
what if the ash grain is really cool would you reconsider solid paint ?
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
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Yeah, I suppose I would re-consider a solid paint finish, I'd probably go for something like a translucent gold colour, assuming that the Big Green Shed has it in stock in Acrylics, I want to avoid using Enamel spray-paints since I read somewhere that Enamel paints take ages to dry and are not really recommended for guitar finishes, if I managed to buy some translucent Gold Paint, then I'd be able to let the grain pattern show through whilst still keeping true to my original concept, failing that, maybe translucent yellow, or even translucent Emerald Green.
If the grain pattern turned out to be so so, then it would be a moot point, I guess it's always good to have some alternative options available, judging from what other PBG forum members have gone through with their builds, I did notice that some members ended up altering their plans part-way through their build process, I do still want to stay true to the Gold Strat concept though, as the saying goes...."Where there's a will there's a way", and for sure, I'm very much psyched to be finally starting my first kit build, since my previous build of a Headless Guitar kit went a bit pear-shaped, as it turns out, to finish that Headless Guitar kit, it's going to end up costing me more money than I paid for the kit, a new decent quality bridge for the Headless Guitar kit is going to cost me something like Au$560.00, just means I'll have to put it on hold till I can afford to spend that kind of money on a new bridge, I figured out a way to get round the wonky pickup routing on the Headless Guitar body, so maybe it's worth salvaging, the neck is in good condition and has been clear-coated except for the fretboard.
I totally welcome all comments and suggestions since they are getting me to think about, and consider, all my options...cheers.
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