AJs TL-1

[AJ]

this is the item I am thinking of using for a pick guard.

[gavinturner]

AJ, your finish looks superb. The cut and polish looks just awesome! Gat job.

Cheers,
Gav.

[WeirdBits]

You should warn us to wear shades before we look at that finish AJ, blindingly glossy... fantastic.

[lawry]

Agreed. That is will make a pretty swanky pick guard.

[Fretworn]

Dang! That's gonna be pretty!

[wokkaboy]

yes AJ pickguard material looks great and the gloss level is almost blinding. How are you achieving this gloss, what are you using ?

[AJ]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from wokkaboy on November 27, 2013, 10:42
yes AJ pickguard material looks great and the gloss level is almost blinding. How are you achieving this gloss, what are you using ?

Was a failure with the laminate.. And my dremel spat the dummy, hand saw with super fine cutting blade (48 tpi) kept chipping the laminate. So for time being, it will have the standard plain Jane white one...
Am wet sanding to 3000 grit before hand cutting/buffing with McGuire #2 (non silicon) polish, does make a difference going to the higher grit, it is almost polished after the wet sanding by using the higher grades.. if I could get my mitts on some 6k grit, there would be no need to polish at all.

Guitar is 99% finished and is playable now, just some more fine adjustment to get intonation spot on. The Bone nut I made for it will need to be redone as I tried to make it black.. bad idea at the time..Now it just looks like a nut that is over 50 years old.

Mods to the guitar were: home wound pickups from kits purchased from real tone, Wilkinson compensated bridge with through body strings, orange 47 cap and 4 way switch mod.
No headstock decal for now, maybe do one for it at a later date. Will get some photos tomorrow when the rain stops.

[wokkaboy]

sounds awesome AJ, can't wait to see pics of the almost complete build. Amazing what you can still achieve in the naughty corner AJ ! haha

[stan]

Terrific work AJ, is that a printed laminate or a timber laminate?

[AJ]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from stan on November 28, 2013, 17:02
Terrific work AJ, is that a printed laminate or a timber laminate?

It's the standard printed paper impregnated with Phenolic resin (I used to make the resin at Borden chemicals after I retired from the RAAF)

Also bit of info, was looking for a reverb thingy for the amp on Ebay, and come across a store that was very helpful. (cept I had a grandpa moment and forgot to turn on the mobile for the fella to ring me back... DOH!) any ways long story short version: I returned his call and got a chatting to him, he has a normal web site , is a guitarist himself and has a good discount on his normal website, specially if you give him a ring. If you are chasing that hard to get part etc, and it is not on his webpages, there is a good chance he has it , or can point you in the right direction. his website is : http://mrfabulous.com.au
( I in the mean time bought one of them behringer units for $60 else wheres... Bummer..)