January 2017 GOTM!

[Ghaynas]

This month is going to be very interesting, by the way the 4 participants have presented great 4 instruments. It's going to be a hard decisión.

[Andyxlh]

Wow I love the shape of that jazz. Amazing work. Is all the body paint acrylic? Very nice pickup config too. How do you hold the strap onto it?
Might have a go at one of these next, shamelessly stealing your idea ...

[Chuck]

Wow I love the shape of that jazz. Amazing work. Is all the body paint acrylic? Very nice pickup config too. How do you hold the strap onto it?
Might have a go at one of these next, shamelessly stealing your idea ...

First off, thanks for reminding me to put strap buttons on it... I'd completely forgotten!!

Yep, just rattle can acrylic from MTN Australia, and don't hesitate to ask any questions if you do your own - it'd be great to see your take on it!

[Andyxlh]

I have enjoyed your diary for this one. I'm not familiar with mtn Australia, where does that come from?. I have shied away from acrylic finishes as I was worried about their hardness. I have painted a couple of cars with acrylic and found the finish to be easily damaged. That's why I have been using polyurethane. But I might be out of date with my info. Poly takes forever to cure and is more difficult to buff, but seems hard wearing.

[Chuck]

I have enjoyed your diary for this one. I'm not familiar with mtn Australia, where does that come from?. I have shied away from acrylic finishes as I was worried about their hardness. I have painted a couple of cars with acrylic and found the finish to be easily damaged. That's why I have been using polyurethane. But I might be out of date with my info. Poly takes forever to cure and is more difficult to buff, but seems hard wearing.

Hey Andy,
You can get the paint from https://www.mtnaustralia.com.au/collections/94 - there's great range of colours. It probably doesn't give the toughest coat but I'm also probably a little impatient with the curing process! In the end I'm certainly happy with the results though.

[Andyxlh]

Hey Andy,
You can get the paint from https://www.mtnaustralia.com.au/collections/94 - there's great range of colours. It probably doesn't give the toughest coat but I'm also probably a little impatient with the curing process! In the end I'm certainly happy with the results though.

Hey I'd be happy with that much shine as well 😀 I think I might try this on my next one...

[FredA]

Hey guys,

And here's my entry for this month. Almost on the last day of the month!

This is my ST-1JR StarWars / R2D2 guitar.

Almost everything is stock, except for:
* pickups, these are the sample pickups Adam brought back from China which he very nicely offered me to try. I'll try and do a sound demo after NYE, but they actually sound pretty good now that the guitar is almost fully set up
* steel R2D2 inserts that I cut from a steel popcorn bucket
* flashing LEDs and controllers that I took from a 'foam flashing saber'

Build diary is here: Build diary
Video of the 'flashing lights': https://vimeo.com/197363785

So not your typical beautiful guitar, but the new owner is pretty happy with it!

Here are the photos:

[FredA]

And finally photos of the headstock:


Unfortunately it is not a nice sunny day here (though very hot), so the pics are not very nice... but I had to take them today to make the cut for this month! :-)

Thanks!

[depictedminds]

And finally photos of the headstock:


Unfortunately it is not a nice sunny day here (though very hot), so the pics are not very nice... but I had to take them today to make the cut for this month! :-)

Thanks!

Fred, Your build is just awesome. if I was the new owner of it, I'd be happy as well.

Love it.

[stan]

Damn Fred, that is an awesome build, shame you entered this month haha, great job it looks amazing