Phroz STA-1M, ST-M, TL-1

[Andy40]

Oh yummmy

[phrozin]

thanx guys Marcel i can stuff them up as good as anyone,

Frank it comes from painting they look great to every one but you know where every blemish is and it bugs me so bad i just got to fix it before i sign off on them, this one has been the most annoying i have done the colors do work well together would have liked the blue more translucent than it is probably should have done a 50/50 blend color to clear but its a nice blue i guess.

[FrankenWashie]

thanx guys Marcel i can stuff them up as good as anyone,

Frank it comes from painting they look great to every one but you know where every blemish is and it bugs me so bad i just got to fix it before i sign off on them, this one has been the most annoying i have done the colors do work well together would have liked the blue more translucent than it is probably should have done a 50/50 blend color to clear but its a nice blue i guess.

You know in minds eye, I can imagine what you were shooting for and that effect would be saturated in awesomeness. I still like what you've done, and I adore the blue.

[phrozin]

Cheers Frank thats a lot of gravy there careful my head will swell, have put a new one on the to do list an acoustic i am not a acoustic guy as only ever owned 1 an ibanez elec acoustic i had 20 year ago i had it 3 day and swapped it to my bro for an epie les paul anniversary custom the one with the les paul pictures on the back and in the paint sounded crap and sold it a week later for a strat, well figured id give one a go its nothing special just a ashton dm25 i swapped one of my electric i did, i have so far fitted a fishman pup got new nut and bridge and decent machine heads. The front had darkened so have done some test sanding which will sort that out and going to do a killer natural look ( but that could change between now and shoot time) but will be stain based.

so got a strat im waiting on some parts and paint to fully harden to do final polish, the silver and blue les paul which i started to repaint again as have redone silver and ill lay down 2 coats of clear then the blue and final clear coats and hope i get it right and the acoustic will be a full sand back and go from there, would like to do an sg as im a huge ACDC fan and i get my love of strats from David Gilmore and Eric Clapton

here is what im starting with



heres the clear is showing is age as removed the scratch plate



heres a bit of a test sand



will redo the neck and headstock

[phrozin]

i have cut hole for the fishman which was a pain in the A to fit i will note how and why for anyone whos thinking of doing a acoustic as well



back



side

[Zandit75]

Nice looking blank canvas on the acoustic there Phrozin.
Is the rosette an actual inlay, or is it a sticker?

[Simon Barden]

Quite a few years ago now I fitted a pickup and pre-amp to a Yamaha acoustic. Cutting the hole for the pre-amp certainly wasn't easy as I had far less tools than I do now. Whilst it had a solid top, the sides and back were laminate and it splintered very easily.

Looks like you've done a very neat and tidy hole cutting job there, Phrozin.

[phrozin]

hey guys the latest update

@ Zandit its a inlay i actually through it was a sticker have ordered a new one for it and a few other new bits

@stan yeh was a pain to get it all even i thought it would be easier than it was, i went out and brought a heap of cordless tools to make life a bit easier and a new gravity touch up gun which i have done this lot with along with my airbrush

haven't done much more on the acoustic, been really busy with the Les Paul and the bitza strat, repainted the Les Paul finally happy with it, its all cleared and stored for it to fully dry then polish in a week or a bit longer as its cold as here in Adelaide, The strat because its a bunch of parts and left overs i am experimenting with so it could end up something crazy

here's the Les Paul paint is finished its all cleared by far the most annoying guitar i have done so far 3 coats primer 3 coats of silver and 9 coats of clear picture is with some light on it

[phrozin]

hey guy just a bit of update i decided to do a strat in blue and silver haven't done much at all because i sat to close to the heater last week and burnt my foot being a paraplegic i cant feel my feet so didn't know it was burnt till i woke up the next day so wont be doing to much guitar wise


its only been cleared today






here is me poor old foot yeh im a dumb prick at times

[Simon Barden]

Nice burst, not so nice burn. Ouch! Hope it mends quickly and you don't get an infection in it.

Also, your Photobucket account says it isn't allowing 3rd party hosting (you need to 'upgrade' = pay them more money), so can't see any large photos. This is a recent Photobucket change (end of June) and apparently now costs US$399 a year to do so! Definitely time to find a new image host.