Project 2

Last finishing touches! just the neck left to do now, all fully working and waiting for the rest!

Project 2

So the last you heard from me I completely re-wired the electrics, today has been a very productive day, I managed to put a clear gloss on the body, I used 1 can on each side! then sanded that down. TA DAH the body is now done :) so I put it all back together, I put the humbuckers in place and screwed the frames back on. I then soldered them to the switch, earthed them and I also earthed that up to the bridge. I tested the electrics again to make sure it all works and then started to put all the knobs back in place and also put the backplate on to cover all the wires!!! More to come in 5 mins.

Project 2

So it has all the masking tape on it and time to test out our home made compass, we fixed the screw in and put the pencil in the first hole, I put a bit of masking tape on the pencil so everytime we moved it to another hole it will always go in the same depth, once the first circle was drawn I moved the pencil down to the next hole and kept following the same technique.

Once all the Circles were drawn I used a new craft knife with a thin blade and cut out each circle.

Most Les Pauls have binding around the edge this one (possibly because it is a cheap guitar), it hasn’t got it, so the edging might be a little bit rough so will have to think of something to sort that.

Project 2

The White base coat has been dry for about 4-5 days now so time to put the Bullseye design on it so first things are first, time to put masking tape on it, the front I had to put strips on so I can cut out the design, the back I just used paper to cover it up, to safe on my masking tape as no design is going on the back! 

As compasses are not big enough for my guitar we had to make a make shift one! So we had the screw in the end of the wood worked out where the first circle would be drawn and then drilled a hole every 3cm for the pencil to fit into. 

Project 2

Hello, ok so making a lot of progress with this guitar, while I am waiting for the base coat to fully dry on the body, I have decided to start on the neck, So like the body I started to sand down the back of the neck, I used 60-100 Grit sandpaper to start then went up too 400 grit to smooth out all the scratches.

Project 2

Ok I let the primer dry for a couple of hours and the guitar is looking good no obvious scratches! so time to unleash the white paint, this is going to be my base coat! I put on thin layers again to prevent any dripping! I will do put about 2-3 coats on it just takes so long to dry! Anyway after all this has been done I can start marking out the design and that is where it should start looking awesome :D Even thought I am liking the white on its own.

Project 2

So after my hours on end sanding the paint off the guitar, I was clever enough only to sand the paint of and left the original sealer on this will save me a lot of time and effort! In the handy book I am reading they advise to mask all the holes up, so first things first that is what I did, I used 3M 25mm tape and cut off any excess tape.

Now that it has been taped up I added the baton with the hook to the body and hung it up on my wall with paper behind ready to put the primer on it. I applied two thin coats to the guitar to reduce any dripping. Once these coast have dried I sanded down any obvious scratch (Using the primer will bring out every single scratch). Once I sanded it down I then gave it another two coats of primer! 

Its coming together slowly !! 

Project 1

Now all the correct holes have been drilled, I can start putting the Sanding sealer on, It takes awhile to dry and dries hard and clear, I will put about 4 thin coats on then once dried I can start sanding it down, I will use 400 wet/dry sandpaper if I don’t put alot of time and effort in the sanding it will show in the paint work later on.