Coronado? Hagstrom Viking?

[euroa guitars]

I look forward to your gold foil comments

must be the month for it, WD Music in the US sent me 1/2 a bridge, they did a stock take and found they had 1/2 a bridge too many so it's on its way.

1/2 a bridge?? they must have thought it was for a 3 string cbg

[euroa guitars]

After grain filling and sanding, applied colortone cherry red this time at full strength, pretty happy with the colour on the back (in the photo it looks brownish but it is more red in the flesh) ...some funky grain happening on the front left side will need to be resanded and restained.
Pickups finally arrived from Guitar Fetish GFS single coil humbucker sized goldfoils.
Without hearing them, have to say happy with the pickups as far as build quality is concerned. The pickups are wax potted with shielded wire. They are quite heavy but haven't pulled them apart to see how their made. Hopefully they sound as good as they look!
I was considering using an Ex trem as I couldn't find a Hagstrom style tailpiece, plus all the sold ones, had sold for over $200 then remembered that Hagstrom supplied Guild their tailpieces in the 60's thought I might have better luck finding a Guild tailpiece for a reasonable price. AS it happens Guild is now supplying new tailpieces, so will get one of them and put something over the G logo at the base of the tailpiece. see photo.

[wokkaboy]

Euroa, that cherry red stain looks wicked, well done. Some nice upgrades too. What clear coat are you using ?

[euroa guitars]

Euroa, that cherry red stain looks wicked, well done. Some nice upgrades too. What clear coat are you using ?

Thanks Wokka, I usually use (and probably will on this) Mirotone MIROCAT PC 3220 Clear Topcoat with this I can add more stain if required or even add some vintage amber for a more aged look, especially over the binding. It also buffs well to a high gloss.

[Dedman]

looking forward to hearing this

[euroa guitars]

looking forward to hearing this

Me too, the demos Ive heard of the pickups sound pretty awesome, better than my playing I'm afraid

[Andy40]

Great colour, those pups look sic!!!!

[euroa guitars]

Great colour, those pups look sic!!!!

I forgot to remove the clear plastic cover on the pickups when I took the photo, the quality of the chrome work looks really good and great against the gold foil should look awesome in the guitar, hope they sound just as good

[euroa guitars]

Body front has been resanded and restained happier with the result now, still need to scrape back the binding.
Neck heal shows material to be removed.
Thought the new pups felt heavy for a single coil all be it in a humbucker case, scale weights are interesting when compared to kit supplied humbuckers ??

Not sure yet how to attack the fretboard, the mots inlays are crooked from about the 12th fret on, was going to replace them with either gold mop or pink mussel and stain the fretboard ebony.
The dilemma is should I remove all the frets for easier access to inlay and for sanding filling staining etc and refret, given also that the neck is bound?
All thoughts and suggestions welcolme!

[wokkaboy]

coming along well Euroa, to replace the fret markers and stain the fingerboard ebony would be best remove the frets. If you do it carefully and tag each fret with some tape and number it you may be able to re-use them and knock them back in