Paul Kelly. STA-1

[kells80aus]

OK, now it is all Amber coloured, well it looks more like Golden Syrup. I'll have to wait till it dries now

[kells80aus]

Ok, Did a full on Reset. sanded it all back. and I have to say @%#@ waterbased dyes. my hands my arms everything is %$@#$%^ yellow. Why sand it back, well I hadn't managed to get off all the glue overruns and spills. Had to use the De Walt sander to get rid of the glue, bit heavy handed for my preference though.This time around I have stuck with what I know. Shelac. U mixed up a 50/50 35ml batch of shelac and metho(my favourite drink, NOT). into this I tipped a small amount of Feast Watson Golden teak, then did a test dip ion a piece of ply. Not strong enough so a little more golden teak. Wow yeah back to the Amber colour.I've sprayed the centre patch allowed it to dry, flash off if you like. then a couple of coats of plain 50/50 120ml shelac no colour all over the body. Now I just have to wait for the Stewmac Cherry Red. Of course all this was done while listening to Gary More Live at Moneterey 1990 somthing.... used the 7cc airbrush to do the colour, and the 120ml touch up kit for the full coat. the 7ml airbrush I used the .5mm tip. the touch up is a .7mm tip

[stan]

sounds like a nice warm colour Paul - we need some pics!

[kells80aus]

Ok, here is a pic.

[kells80aus]

Damn. I was just routing the headstock and took a couple of little chips off the edge. Lucky I'd already painted the face golden teak Or I would never have found the little chips. Glued them back in place will now have to take extra care in sanding in that area lest I rip it out again.

[kells80aus]

I can't actually believe I managed to do this headstock. it is the first actula headstock I have done. I have built a few guitars, but always bought premade necks. You can still see where I chipped the edge of the headstock but hopefully the colour will hide that.

[gavinturner]

Headstock looks great Paul!

cheers,
Gav.

[pablopepper]

That Wedgetail is ringing some bells. Did I see that on the Guitarnerd group?

[kells80aus]

Yep that would be her, and probably her two yonger sisters. Now son Chris wants me to make an eagle 11 for one for his mate. Bwhaaaa. I think I put 50 hours in to shellacing the last one. It's not a profit making hobby I can tell you.
The wedgtail is very likley to get a refirb with a 24 fret neck. which means moving a pickup and the bridge and tailpiece. or I could just make a new body for it.
this pic is the number 2 build that I spent so much time coating in tung oil then shellac over the top of that. the colour is 100% natural. the pickguard is hand cut. at this point it has the p90 and a scummbucker, but the scummbucker has a replacement comming in the mail in the form of a Seymour Duncan P-Rail for the bridge location.

[pablopepper]

Do you CNC these bodies yourself? They look spectacular.