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Category Archives: Guitar Two
New Pickup (and new camera) – July 2013
The bridge pickup finally arrived for the guitar, a Lindy Fralin P90 with a stock number of turns. It will hopefully be a really good partner for the Lindy Fralin Blues Special in the neck. It’ll be my first “real” … Continue reading
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Guitar 2 Finished (mostly) – June 2013
Quick Improvised Sound Clip
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Neck Finished – May 2013
The neck is now finished. For the headstock I did two mist coats after the decal, then a thicker coat. After 24 hours (could of been longer), I levelled the surfaces with some P2000 used wet. A further 3 coats … Continue reading
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Body Finished (Almost) – May 2013
After 9 coats of Tru-oil, wet sanding between most of them with P2000, I’m calling time on the finish. After levelling the finish, I found I was struggling to get the shine back. After reading online about people using some … Continue reading
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Headstock Logo 2 – May 2013
Water slide decal applied. I did a quick test run with a blank bit of the paper, then onto the real thing. It didn’t tear and I must confess once it was on and crease free, I didn’t dare move … Continue reading
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Headstock Logo – May 2013
A shot of testing out how the logo would look on the headstock for the first time. The tuner bushing is there to make sure I didn’t cover part of the logo when I push them in later. The head … Continue reading
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Electronics – May 2013
I decided it was time to start the electrics for the guitar. I drilled three holes of the correct size (10mm for the pots, 12mm for the switch), in same layout as the guitar, into a scrap piece of 6mm … Continue reading
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Tru-oil – May 2013
I ended up doing 4 coats of the Sealer and Filer, the grain is still not 100% but it’s close enough. Also, the risk of sand throughs meant I quit while ahead (well mostly, the dye isn’t that even as … Continue reading
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Sealer & Filler – April 2013
After a third coat of the blue dye, I applied two coats of Birchwood Casey’s Sealer and Filler. Ash has huge grain, even after two coats you can clearly see the pits due to the grain in the top photo. … Continue reading
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Blue Coats – April 2013
First and second blue coats applied. Neither photo is very colour correct, as my little Canon Ixus seems be struggle under less than perfect light not to get the colour correction slightly off. The bottom shot is slightly tweaked to … Continue reading
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