DrNomis_44's Gold Standard STA-1M Build.

[DrNomis_44]

page 128 Doc, I don't think any other build diary will get into 3 figures in the next 10 years, that's my bold tip for the year !

That means I've only got 72 more pages to go till I get the next Century, how's that for a pretty good batting average mate?....hahahaha....

[Simon Barden]

I've set my page lengths a lot longer, so it's only page 32 here. But keep going, Doc.

[DrNomis_44]

Update:

After waiting some time for Darwin's weather to dry up a bit, I decided to go ahead and spray a new coat of Gold Paint on the body of the guitar, this time round I didn't notice any paint runs so I didn't have to go and fix anything up, filling the divots in the body with some super glue seems to have worked a treat, all that's left to do now is wait till the paint dries and then do a second coat, and then after that I'll do one more coat and then it's on to the clear coating, the end of the road is finally in sight....yay!!!!

[Zandit75]

I've lost count......How many coats is this now Doc??!!

[DrNomis_44]

I've lost count......How many coats is this now Doc??!!

Don't know since I've lost count too....hahahaha, as a rough, scientifically-educated guesstimate, probably around ten or so, that's including all the coats I sanded off, I wonder if other builders have to go through similar experiences?



So, here's my plan at this stage for getting the body finishing-work completed so that I can move on to the more exciting aspects of building this guitar, I'm not going to be so perfectionistic about trying to achieve a flat finish because I know that I'll never get it truly flat, given Darwin's wet weather, I'm just going to go with whichever result I get after the last coat of Gold Paint has dried, bearing in mind that this guitar is meant to be a gigging instrument and not a work of art, the finish is going to get scratched and chipped-up anyway as the guitar is being played, it might end up with some custom genuine relicing too.

There's an interesting Japanese aesthetic, called Wabi Sabi, which is basically seeing the beauty in imperfection, Wabi Sabi involves these two principles:

* Nothing is permanent.

* Nothing is perfect.

[DrNomis_44]

Darwin's wet weather seems to be insisting on staying around for a lot longer than it should, we're getting some more rain as I type this.

[wokkaboy]

bummer Doc, sounds like the only place in the country you can paint a guitar is WA, although we had a bit of rain yesterday but I got a clear coat on my end grain pine tele Monday its getting a nice gloss finish

[DrNomis_44]

bummer Doc, sounds like the only place in the country you can paint a guitar is WA, although we had a bit of rain yesterday but I got a clear coat on my end grain pine tele Monday its getting a nice gloss finish

The good news is that I did manage to spray a touch-up coat of Gold Paint on the body yesterday and didn't get any paint runs at all, it seems to be coming along pretty well now, I reckon two more coats of the Gold Paint and then once the last coat has dried it'll be ready for clear coating.

[Hobastard]

Weather on the way into winter here is deteriorating rapidly too..... Looks like I'll have plenty of time to sand.....

[wokkaboy]

sounds good Doc, any pics ? Sounds like you are getting better at the spray technique and when to stop !