Kick's first build LP-1MQ Red Widow

[wazkelly]

Very sultry looking axe Kick. Maybe not as bright as you initially planned but that last mock build shot was a stunner.

With a high gloss finish it will really come to life.

Cheers, Waz

[Kick]

It's obviously not quite the Red Widow you started out to build, but it really is looking very nice indeed. Do you still intend to colour the bindings, or are you sticking with the white?

And how's the 3D printing going?

You are right Simon; she came out a lot darker then I originally went for but along the way I kind of liked the dark look more and more. I'll leave the binding as it is now because I also love that contrast.

The 3D printing of a trusrodcover in red with black texting won't work (for some technical reasons). I'll stick to a blank trusrodcover and I'm gonna print a black and a red one to see which one is looking better.

And I just ordered the blackmetal with red acrylic inlayed Ringo knobs from QParts:


I hope they gives her that extra touch

[Simon Barden]

Nice knobs!

[Kick]

Thanks Simon, hopefully it won't take to long to receive them.

Question; is it me or are the screws that come in the kit for the strapholders a bit tiny? I ask this because I want to hang my guitar on some rig and therefore I wanted to drill the hole at the bottom of the body (where to strapholder will be) and screw in some hook to hang the guitar. But when I checked if I wouldn't drill the hole to wide I noticed that the screws delivered with the kit are so small that I do not dare to hang the guitar on such a small hook.

Looking at the screws on my Fenders and Epi I see that they are a lot bigger and thus stronger...

[Kick]

Ok, I managed to create some rig using my wife easel (I hope that is the correct word for it). Point is, we live on a ship. There's a nasty thing with a ship; it moves up and down depending on the wind and other ships that passes by creating waves.

So I had to think of something whereby some movement is not a problem. So I took the easel, clamped a block of wood on it, drilled a hole with a drill that has a smaller diameter of the tunerhole and leave the drill in the block so it can be used as a hook. So now she is hanging from the headstock, free to move in all directions.

I just applied the fourth coat and hopefully I will see some gloss in the near future

[Kick]

Goodmorning folks!

I just checked the Red Widow and the fourth coat is almost cured. But no sign of any gloss yet.... I wonder if this is caused by the fact that I stained the body. I'm a little confused now if I did things right

Or am I overconcerned and should I just continue with applying coats?

[Dedman]

I'd give it a light sand with 1000 or 1200 wet and dry paper before the next coat. I don't like steel wool,tiny bits of steel can imbed in your surface. I haven't used poly but with spray acrylic I get the surface silky smooth before the next coat once I have enough depth that I know I cant sand through it.

[Kick]

Hi Dedman, I also feel a bit reluctant to use that steelwool and I think I'll forget about that.

I'm using Tung oil for the coat and I think using 1000 or 1200 grit sandpaper is only appropriate when there is some coat that stands of of the stain. But for now it is as if the oil is complety soaked into the body and neck and when it is cured it is almost as if I hadn't applied anything...

I guess there must be some point where the oil hardens on the body instead of soaking into it...

[Dedman]

defiantly keep coating then!

[wokkaboy]

Hey Kick as Deddy says keep applying coats