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    Vintage-y ES-3

    Was lucky enough to get this kit at the summer sale in Feb and have started to make some progress with it.
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    It seems I've been inspired by this kit in a similar way to Dave E, in that I'll try to do an inlay (never tried to do one before so this will be a learning curve). Gav's tutorial has come along at the right time.

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    Timing is EVERYTHING!!

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    The 'vintage-y' part comes from deciding to do a sunburst like you'd find on a jazz guitar.
    Body sanded with 240, 320 then grainfilled (twice) the long open pores in the laminate surface and sanded with 400.
    Made a 50-50 mix of Colortone vintage amber and lemon yellow for the main colour
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    and used cherry red and black for the burst.
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    It now has two coats of sanding sealer on it and I have a few hours of cleaning up binding ahead.

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    You're right there Gav. I've gone for a straight lined geometric shape, trying to be art-deco. It might work or might not.

    Grant

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    holy cow, Grant, you've nailed the vintage jazz burst look, terrific job

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    That burst is so well done. Awesome work man

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    mmmm... jazzy. Very nice.
    Scott.

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    Thanks Stan, Nick, Pabs and Weirdy.
    To give you an idea where I'm going with the inlay here is a pic of a D'Angelico headstock.
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    I'll try to use the 'sword' part of their inlay in my design and put an art deco fan shape on top.
    I'm liking the stairstep truss rod cover as well.

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    Wow excellent looking burst Grant. Good luck with the head stock inlay
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