Gavins RC-1 Stone Roses Tribute

[stan]

sucks mate, hope it's still fun doing it again

[gavinturner]

@Stan - thanks dude. Yeah it will be cool. Never miss a chance to fling more paint .

cheers,
Gav.

[Brendan]

Sorry to see it had to come off... That said, seems to be coming off nicely - as if that's some kind of compensation.

[gavinturner]

Thanks Brendan - yeah it's been all scraping and sanding so far. I'm thinking of buying some paint remover tomorrow, but I'm worried it might affect the binding. I guess I could keep it well away...

Cheers,
Gav.

[Brendan]

Yep - know how much it hurts to sand back all your hard work...

[wokkaboy]

yer bummer Gav, just think with the practice of take 1 you will do a better job this time and know all the pitfalls ! And produce another video of slapping paint on !

[johnnychronic]

Gav try thinning your paint and your finish won't be as raised up but, test the mix so you know what kind of paint spread to expect.

[gavinturner]

@Wokka - thanks man. Yep I'm looking forward to trying again .
@Johnny: yeah I'll take more care with the liquifying medium this time. Definitely need a consistent viscosity to minimise the humps. Not that I care too much this time around. I think I worried too much last time to my detriment. I'll forget going for the gloss finish and stay with satin. That way the bumps in the finish aren't as much of a worry..

cheers,
Gav.

[gavinturner]

hi guys,

Well in stripping back the paint from the body of the guitar, I have found that the binding is basically stuffed. Paint stripper and plastic just dont mix! Well duh. Another hard lesson learned. I contacted DB about replacing the binding for me, and he and Adam suggested that, as an alternative, they could send me one of the return RC-1 bodies at absolutely no charge.

Talk about being blown away - I was floored by their generosity. A big thank-you guys!! Once again you have gone above and beyond to help a woodworking screw-up achieve their luthieric dreams. I feel like tearing up a little to be honest! 8O

Anyway the new body and neck arrived in the post today. DB has made sure that the neck fits, and there is only a small issue with the body - the route for the bridge pickup is half a centimetre to far to the right. I set to with a small chisel (I have no router unfortunately) and now this is fixed. The adjustment is small enough that it is hidden by the pickup ring!! - no need to fill the gap on the right hand side.

Thankyou again to Adam & DB, you really came through for me yet again!!

cheers,
Gav.

[bargeloobs]

That IS sweet about the replacement body alright, those dudes rule. Should be all good this time round Gav!