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    Overlord of Music keloooe's Avatar
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    Pest's LP mk2

    Hey guys,
    Some of you may remember the LP I built a couple of years ago. To be honest I loved it but there were some pretty darn easy mistakes that didn't make the axe as nice as I wanted it to be:
    - The finish was badly applied
    - The binding had some finish on it
    - The wiring was a bit rushed and was cutting out a lot
    - The headstock was horribly sanded
    - I ended up not liking the fact that the burst that was intended was not blending in and was very rough
    - I ended up using superglue to hold some parts like an iron fist, which made the gunk from the garage and my hands stick to the guitar

    So here's the plan:
    - Strip the finish back to bare wood (hopefully not tearing up the cap)
    - Fill the wood where there are dings and potholes
    - Get a new wiring harness to rewire (I still have the pups and switch so that is good!)
    - Apply a new finish
    - Clean up the bindings
    - Clear coat the neck
    - Clean up the hardware and fix the superglue that I accidentally spilled (I seriously don's know why I used it...)

    Now I only have 80, 220 and 240 grit papers, thinking of getting 120 and 180 for the cap.

    The plan for the finish is a burst of DingoTone Coolangatta Gold, Outback Sunset and Nullabor Ochre, with Nullabor Ochre back and sides. The neck will be clear with a clear headstock if the filler looks good enough when its done, or ill do a black headstock.


    Pics will be up later today if I get the chance!

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    Why do you need a new harness? Couldn't you re-use the pots etc but just wire them properly the second time?

    Sounds like a good project Pest. I absolutely love lemon burst Les Pauls so I'll be keen to see this one turn out.

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    yeah good luck Pest, must be good working on an axe again. I saw some pics yesterday of some of the sanding. Definitely need the intermediate sandpaper grits you are missing.
    Nicko think he found some cheap pots on ebay so might as well use new pots
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    Pest, good luck with the makeover sounds like you have a good plan in place.
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    Hey Nick, I buggered up the soldering of the pots and they are cutting out in certain positions, maybe I overheated them.

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    yeah replace the pots Pest, doesn't cost much for 4 pots
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    Yeah an @ $4 each from fleaBay and $4.50 here its worth it for the good ones

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    yeah the bourns pots on the PBG shop are pretty good
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    Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck

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    MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
    Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in

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    Sounds like a good plan Kelooe, burned many a pot in my younger years. Generally through using a low wattage iron and revisiting your earthing solder joint a few times. I find if you plan your joints before hand so that you only solder once and tin the wire /wires before doing the joint you can do a good quick joint. An iron around 60 watts does em In seconds.
    Tony

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    Yeah I use a 60 watter and it's great. Iron on, iron off (Mr. Solderari)

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