G'day all, been a while since I did a build diary or updated one. This project is a shared one myself and 4D buddy Wayne came up with the shape cut from a ST-1 body. I got the idea from Barge's ST-1M build he modified.
Here's pics after the shaping and sanding a primer coat applied ready for solid paint.
The shape I've updated a while ago in the 4D logo in the signature
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
got some good feedback from DB when he saw the shape, decided to round the upper horn to make the shape more flowing (I still need to update our logo to reflect this)
Pics it's had 2 coats of metallic blue paint. Pretty happy how it's come up so far
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
here's a few more pics and on the hanging line. I ended up getting 2 dodgy spray cans that leaked about half the paint out the stem, must have had a dodgy valve. So it was hard to get a good even spray out of the can. Waiting for 2 replacement cans and hopefully don't have the same problem. The colour is Mazda winning blue. First coat made a mess of the pavers in the workshop, oh well paint on the pavers makes it look more like a workshop now !
Haven't got a neck or hardware for this body yet but thinking white pickguard and a maple fingerboard neck. Will decide whether gold or chrome hardware later.
Last edited by wokkaboy; 23-04-2015 at 12:04 PM.
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Rad shape, rad colour. I think gold hardware might be a bit OTT for this one, but white pickguard and maple neck sounds tasty.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
cheers Pablo, I was thinking the same gold hardware may not suit as well as chrome, cheers for the feedback bud !
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Looks so shinyy
great work Wokka, love the logo change, so this will be a signature shape?
You do put your paint cans in warm water first? Stops that spitting effect you can get sometimes...
Nice job
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cheers Nicko, the photos were taken just after the second coat as there wasn't much daylight left at the time.
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Hi Stan cheers mate. Just experimenting with shapes at the moment so will probably do another variation next time. Thanks for the tips re warm water but it wasn't the nozzle that was the problem, the paint was coming out the tiny stem underneath the nozzle every time I shook the can after the seal was crackedOriginally Posted by stan
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Yeah mate slap some chrome on it
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