Current:
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
Wishing:
Baritone
Open D/Standard Double 6 twin neck
Looks great Blues.
And as far as imperfections go, embrace them as character. Its all part of building and owning a hand built guitar.
coming along very nice Bluesy, should be on the home stretch now !
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Ah, yes, that would explain it. I didn't do any grain fill. Something to take into consideration for the next build.
Good point Robin, the most satisfying part about the building so far has been the stuff that didn't work out, working out how to save it, and then having it work out in a completely unexpected way. Bit like life really.
im feeling the black hardware man... it kinda brings the thing together
Hey Bluesy,
mock build looks great love the goodies you got for it.
Think I have to agree with Mick, the black hardware goes well with the dark spalt lines
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Awesome, black is actually the cheapest option as that's the default hardware. Black it is. I think I'm just going outsource all my difficult decisions to the forum. So much easier. Thanks guys.
PS. I've just started a LP Jr build diary in the non pitbull gear section. I could really use some input into colour/finish.
Still waiting on the weather. Gave the body a going over with steel wool. The final coat is patchy in the places where I loaded the cloth up with finish, so I'm thinking this is a result of applying too much. The rest of the finish is looking and feeling pretty good after the steel wool. Except I found a couple of gifts...
Probably thanks to my mock build photo shoot. Looks like I've gouged it somehow. Any suggestions?
This one I'm not too concerned about. I find it hilarious that I've managed to scrape it in a perfect flame shape in line with the top - totally meant to do that.
Give the scrape a very gentle sand and see how you go (very gentle), I think it will blend in fine after that
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