Wonderboy

[wokkaboy]

coming along very nicely Dave, I like the greeny ocean colour. Headstock looks very cool with tuners and your logo on.
I like where this build is going

[DMorrison]

Thanks Wokka. I put the first coat of color on the sides and back - so far so good. It's Wudtone Antique Yellow, which is, in fact, a neck finish, but I liked it so much on the neck that I'm using it for the body. Didn't take long for the rules to go out the window...

[darthdamo]

Looks great Dave.. That's a lovely natural looking colour. Your making me want to build a Tele (even though I already have one)..


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[DMorrison]

Hey Pals,
A few notes:
I didn't understand how far the finish goes. Because Pit Bull can't ship Dingotone to the States, Adam recommended a product called Wudtone, made in the UK and available to me through a company called BYOGuitar in New Hampshire. I ordered a Lady Teal kit for the body, and the Antique Yellow kit for the neck. The bottles of finish are tiny - maybe an ounce? I put two coats of the AY on the neck and head stock and was satisfied with the color, so much so that I wanted to use it for the sides and back of the body, so I ordered a second AY kit.
As it turns out, the tiny bottle held enough to do the neck, plus two coats on the sides and back, with a little left over. The good folks at BYOGuitar were kind enough to let me return the un-opened second kit of AY.
So, I now have the following: on the neck 2 coats of AY and 2 top coats - on the headstock 2 coats of lacquer, decal, and a finish coat of lacquer (the spray lacquer, made by Behlen, made the whole house smell like a paint factory - good stuff!), on the fretboard one coat of oil (also Behlen). On the body there is 6 coats of color (including the late addition of a bottle of blue ink that didn't really make a dent, other than add some highlights) and one top coat on the top, and 2 coats of Antique Yellow on the sides and back, which is enough, I think.
Today I'm going to work on cleaning up the binding...

I don't have any good pictures of my progress with Wonderboy, so here's a photo of me at the beach, enjoying Spring in Maine:

[DMorrison]

Next is several top coats for both the top, and sides and back, then it hangs for 2 weeks (you know, like curing a ham) before I can start assembling. It's not quite how I pictured it, but that's part of the adventure, right?

[Andy40]

Wow she's purty Wonerboy. I like the two tone its interesting.

[FrankenWashie]

Wow, that blue really has come on hasn't it? Looking fantastic, its like the blue Pacific meets the Californian coastal sands with the binding as a little band of white water surf in between (though I realise you are on the atlantic coast), very fetching. Are you doing Chrome hardware or Gold?

[stan]

I think it looks really good Dave, very surf -tastic

[DMorrison]

Thanks for the kind words, guys. Hardware will be chrome (including faux-Bigsby). The jury is out on the white pickguard.

[Swanny]

I think you've done well with that shade of blue, Dave! It suits the sides really well, probably better than the darker blue you were looking for.
Oh, and I think you need wider tyres for your bike on the beach!