ES3 "Sophie Rose"

[danluland@dodo.com.au]

This hollow bodied Jazz number will be my fourth pitbull build, I've been a bit slack with the diaries so far but will try to do better with this one! Naming it after my first-born and still debating colour choices...
I was thinking of attempting a sunburst in wudtone or dingotone but I'm not convinced I could pull it off with my limited skills and using the usual dingotone application method. Has anyone done a simple burst that they're happy with and could give some pointers? any pics? I did a search but couldnt find anything.
Other options are a single colour in dingotone (I'm keen to try DB's product) like coolangata gold or the ochre. My 4 year old daughter has suggested blue, her favourite colour, so I'm wondering if bondi blue would look pretty cool.... If I go with single colour I'll be doing the neck with it too.
The grain on this guitar is awesome and I really want to do it justice, colourless maybe??
The neck is gorgeous too and has a subtle flame that might be visible in the pics.

Planned upgrades:-
gotoh kluson style tuners with the oval white plastic buttons
Dawgtown PAFs
Bournes minis ( the only pots i could get through the f holes on my ES1 build!)
PIO caps
bone nut
possibly a bridge upgrade if I can source something with a 73mm post to post measurement ( most after market bridges seem to be 74mm as far as I can tell)
That's it so far,

Dan

[danluland@dodo.com.au]

another of the neck, hopefully showing the flame

[WeirdBits]

That top is wild! Huge score.

[wokkaboy]

nice score alright Dan, that grain looks very cool. You could have a practice blending DT colours and use a separate blend rag. Just takes a bit of practice a burst.
But the straight gold colour looks awesome as it is. Colourless neck would be cool to show off that grain

[pablopepper]

Sweet looking top! I reckon blue will look rad.

[stan]

sweet kit alright, you could just clear it and string it up!

[gavinturner]

Great looking kit Dan! I really love this model personally. This one is going to look amazing. I also think that the blue will look really cool. You could always blue the body and the headstock and leave the neck natural as Wokka suggeted.

cheers,
Gav.

[andrewdosborne]

Beautiful kit, this will be a gorgeous looking guitar.

[Fretworn]

Love the asymmetric headstock. Goes well with a single cut guitar.

[danluland@dodo.com.au]

Love the asymmetric headstock. Goes well with a single cut guitar.

Thanks fretworn, even a very simple symmetrical headstock seems to be beyond me, hence this design!

Thanks for the colour ideas guys, I'm veering towards single colour body and headstock face with a colourless neck.
Gold or blue? Time for some more sanding while i Think about it.