New project guitar

[Rodc]

Weather wasn't too horrible today, and I decided I want the face of the headstock in gloss with the rest in satin.

So I broke out the airbrush and got some gloss poly on there. The coat is still wet in the photo, but it gives an idea of the finished colour. I'm pretty happy with the tone. So that's 2 coats of diluted FW Golden Teak; 3 coats of blonde shellac shellac (also sprayed) and 5 coats of gloss poly.

Attachment 40016

Hoping to get the satin all done tomorrow.

Looking really good mate! Love the tone too..👍
Do you use your airbrush all the time for guitars? Or a normal spray gun..

[Bakersdozen]

Tidy work there, Sir!

[McCreed]

Looking really good mate! Love the tone too..👍
Do you use your airbrush all the time for guitars? Or a normal spray gun..

I used the airbrush here because I only needed a small batch of gloss poly for such a small area. Plus the airbrush cleans up a bit faster when I'm done than my other two guns.

I'll use my .8mm touch-up gun when I do the rest of the neck with satin. If had chosen to do the whole neck in satin, I would have just used the touch-up gun. I've been spraying exclusively with guns/airbrush on guitars for about 2 years or so now.

I haven't done a burst on a guitar yet, but the airbrush is perfect for doing it when I've mucked around on scrap timber.


Also, thanks BD!

[McCreed]

They say a picture is worth a thousands words...

...and let me tell you, none of them are nice words!!!!



effing bug!!!

[Rodc]

They say a picture is worth a thousands words...

...and let me tell you, none of them are nice words!!!!



effing bug!!!

Bugger.!! (Pardon the pun) thought that thing only happened to me..

[McCreed]

Bugger.!! (Pardon the pun) thought that thing only happened to me..

It hasn't happened to me in a while.
I should have known I was tempting fate when I posted about it in someone else's thread recently.

I was able to extricate the wing with minimal damage, and strip sanded the spot. I spot sprayed a bit of poly there, and it's drying now, but I can see I'll have to do that a couple times to get it buried properly

I was able to remove the bulk of the little bastard (including a leg that came off) with little to no marks, but that wing...

[Simon Barden]

Call the guitar 'Little Wing' as a Hendrix tribute.

[McCreed]

Call the guitar 'Little Wing' as a Hendrix tribute.

Or Little Bastard Wing!

Did Jimi ever play a tele?

Good to see you back Simon.

[Simon Barden]

He's supposed to have borrowed Noel Redding's Tele on a few recordings. But if you read all the various guitar forum reports, he'd have played it on almost every major hit!

[McCreed]

A quick image search online doesn't yield any photos of him with a tele.

I once saw poorly photoshopped pic of Jimi with a Les Paul though. (probably on the LP Forum!)