LP-1 in vintage white

[SIMpleONe89]

Hello all! Just received my LP-1 kit today, and I must say I'm very impressed with the quality of this kit. This isn't my first build (third kit actually) and I have had bad experiences with previous kits. I'm happy to be a future Pitbull customer judging on the number of quality builds on this forum and also on the quality of the kit I received. Anyway, I'll let the pics do the talking.

[SIMpleONe89]

So the plan is to build this guitar for my good friend in a vintage white colour. Now before you guys tell me about the banned word, just want to say that I tried staining guitars before and the results really varied and greatly depended on the quality of the wood. However, I've also recently acquired a taste in solid colours, with shiny (yes SHINY objects!) factory finishes.

I had wanted to do a Les Paul custom but due to the different designs, e.g. inlays, bindings, I decided to go with a long discontinued Gibson colour for the Standard series, which is their Alpine White. However, since most guitars from the 80s are old, they all have a nice aged white colour, like this:



Hopefully I'll be able to get this project done in one month, and I might consider doing a thinline!

Btw, how do I reply to the post without having to subscribe to it?

[WeirdBits]

Looks like a it's going to be a great build, fantastic colour choice.

There is the 'Quick Reply' text box and 'Submit Quick Reply' at the bottom (which is what I'm using to post this, but you can't upload photos). Or, the main method of reply is via the blue 'Reply' button at the lower and upper right of the page. On some browsers/platforms this can look like one big 'Reply Subscribe RSS feed' button, but it's actually 3 individual buttons, and this reply method will give you the option to add up to 3 images to your post etc. The other option is to click the 'Quote' button above a post and that will open the reply box (with image option) with the text from the quoted post in the box. If you use the quote method edit the quoted text to only show the part you want and remove any quoted images so as not to duplicate them unnecessarily.

[DanMade]

One word - Classy.

Are you using gold hardware?

[SIMpleONe89]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from WeirdBits on September 6, 2013, 13:35
Looks like a it's going to be a great build, fantastic colour choice.

There is the 'Quick Reply' text box and 'Submit Quick Reply' at the bottom (which is what I'm using to post this, but you can't upload photos). Or, the main method of reply is via the blue 'Reply' button at the lower and upper right of the page. On some browsers/platforms this can look like one big 'Reply Subscribe RSS feed' button, but it's actually 3 individual buttons, and this reply method will give you the option to add up to 3 images to your post etc. The other option is to click the 'Quote' button above a post and that will open the reply box (with image option) with the text from the quoted post in the box. If you use the quote method edit the quoted text to only show the part you want and remove any quoted images so as not to duplicate them unnecessarily.

LOL i didn't realise there were 3 buttons!

[SIMpleONe89]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from DanMade on September 6, 2013, 14:31
One word - Classy.

Are you using gold hardware?

Yes I managed to get Adam to swap out the chrome for gold for an extra fee! I think the gold would look stunning!

[Andyport]

We all have our personal tastes....likes and dislikes.
But I am with you, I really like shiny factory finishes, particularly Gibsons classy finishes.
Looking forward to seeing your build take shape.
Your right, the gold will look really classy with the vintage white.

[gavinturner]

White and gold is a great combo. This is going to be one great looking LP!

Cheers,
Gavin.

[stan]

great choice, looking forward to seeing how it comes up

[SIMpleONe89]

Hey all, sorry for the lack of updates! I have been working on the guitar for the past few days but I still have work to do hence the slow progress. I also figured out posting pictures of before and after sanding, sealer and primer pictures are kinda boring!

So after sanding, sealing and priming, I sprayed 3 white colour coats.