Did a lot of sanding, body and neck (minus fingerboard) did some test painting, discovered (after 7 layers) that the glitter paint requires a coloured undercoat. So off to Bunnings. Currently the paint is looking like 2 white undercoats, 2 coats of forest green, 7 or so layers of glitter, multiple layers of clear (till gloss)
Ok, it seems my blade switch is faulty, both neck and mid pickups responding in the 1st switch position (just the neck tone tho).
Getting my test carving and paint runs near right, learning what works as I go.
Put in some silver circles roughly where the tuner posts will be. I'm going to cut the notches deeper on the final design of the head. Was working on some scale patterns for the body, obviously the silver doesn't work. Was considering writing the idea off, but tried using the template with glitter, and it looks good. Going to have to make a much better template, and give some serious thought to what happens near the edges of the body.
The photos don't do the glitter justice, and was pretty happy with how the masking came out. The final design will have a iris painted on.
Last edited by Ducklets; 13-10-2017 at 09:33 PM.
Looks cool. Looking forward to seeing how the glitter paint works out on the guitar itself. Only thing that might give me a little concern is the eye and nose carves being so close to the tuner holes. Not sure how deep you're going with them, but I'd be worried about those little ridges between the tuner hole and the carve breaking down.
Keeping a border around the tuner washers and housings is part of my design process. The carving near the washers is either only ~2mm deep or angled away.
Don't forget that the washer around each tuner post (plus the locking nut) is bigger than the tuner hole, so will probably cover up some of your carving (if the dots for the tuner positions don't take that into consideration). You are looking at around a 14mm diameter washer for a 10mm diameter tuner hole.
can you post a photo of the electrics, im surprised that the switch doesn't work properly.
Also...ready for a suggestion for your green dragon build.
one of the guys on the forum did a "poison ivy" LP build and cut fret dots out of green celluloid picks replaced the plastic white ones with them. looked cool
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I can understand why people stain their guitars, I'm becoming invested with the grain on this, so much sanding.
Ok, Finally finished the test phase, and started doing some serious work. Paused to check carving around tuners. Still to do: eyelids, teeth, cleanup.
Haha, very cool man!
Nr 1: Red Widow LP-1MQ (Finished) ->Diary<-
Poor dragon has no teeth....
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GTH-1
Completed:
AST-1FB
First Act ME276 (resurrected curb-side find)
ES-5V
Scratchie lapsteel
Custom ST-1 12 String
JBA-4
TL-1TB
Scratch Lapsteel
Meinl DIY Cajon
Cigar Box lap steel
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Baritone
Open D/Standard Double 6 twin neck
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