For a while I've been wanting a micro tonal stringed instrument which sounds good both acoustic and electric. I pretty quickly realised that on my budget I'd have to build something. I got excited when I stumbled upon PBG and immediately made plans to get a kit.
I was so caught up in considerations of how to make it micro tonal and how to amplify it whilst preserving acoustic qualities as much as possible, that I didn't spare a thought for finish. Seeing everyone else's build diaries are 99% about finish I've suddenly become quite self conscious!
Two questions:
Firstly, if I just wanted to preserve the timber and not have the guitar look embarrassingly crap, what would be the quickest, cheapest, simplest way to finish a guitar? (I've got an ES-5V on the way).
Secondly, just out of curiosity, if tasked with coming up with a finish like the one in this pic, how would you go about it? I believe the answer may lie somewhere between "black magic" and "pay a professional"
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