Looking good. Are you still planning to use the Monty's Relic Wax on that?
Looking good. Are you still planning to use the Monty's Relic Wax on that?
Making the world a better place; one guitar at a time...
Sanding down first coat of Monty's Relic Wax....messy, but looking very nice I think.
Finding the edges hard to keep even (need more space and better tools but it's a shoestring operation here ;-)
(hopefully better photos coming a bit further down the line, eyeroll...)
It's 'relic' wax, so you obviously don't expect it to look pristine.
Ha, that's the spirit ;-)
It is really nice though, a very satisfying process
Cut headstock shape (about 50% pig's ear, 50% happy) and both neck and body front & back have had a 1500 sand. Very smooth, very happy...!
Rushed a couple of steps but feeling ok:
Fret levelling and crowning - should have done it much earlier but didn't have the block. Not perfect but learnt a lot from doing it. Also wire wool! The best.
Bridge ground in: bit nerve wracking...
Pickguard: Fits!
Copper shielding: it's posh sellotape.
Decal: Messed up lacquer matching so yes, you can still see the edges :-(
Better next time...
Neck: Screwed on. So far so good...?
Next: soldering!
Finished 11.15pm March 2nd...
If I'd had more time, would have worked on the neck angle, but I'll leave that to Dad (who this guitar was a surprise present for...). Really, really happy. The P90 sounds excellent! Really crisp.
Thanks everyone on the forum for tips and general moral support :-)
Next builds already planned - two v.old projects from 2004 coming back to life...
Cheers
J
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