Category Archives: Guitar Three

These photo’s aren’t colour correct- I’d lost a bit of the love for the project at this point – so these are the photo’s taken quickly during the refinish. I found that if I never retouched a wet bit of … Continue reading →

I was really happy with how cleanly the side came up after dying – so I proceeded to use the water based sanding sealer of Rothko and Frost (I had be advised by them it was compatible with their spirit … Continue reading →

Starting point, double taped edges to try and get less over-run. Sanded to 220 grit. Two coats of black. Sanded back with 180 and then 220 grit. Grain lifted around pickups and edges more, however the end result is fairly … Continue reading →

Sanded back the black. In retrospect I should of spent some more time hand sanding with a small pad to remove the inconsistencies. After that I applied two coats of purple and left it for 24 hours to dry.

The pickups are *finally* here after 7 weeks. Next time they will be the first thing I order! Having to go via a UK dealer probably added a couple of weeks, as they are built to order. Other than this … Continue reading →

I’m using Rothko and Frost spirit based dyes for the whole project – (Spirit Based Dye). I’m also using thier products for most of the top coats (nitro for the headstock, water based for the body). The one exception is … Continue reading →

For this project, I am again using prep-slotted fretboards. The risk to creating an unplayable guitar is too large by doing it by myself (each one takes a long time to build). One glaring mistake on this neck is the … Continue reading →

After a bit of a break on the guitar project, I’ve dived back into working on the neck. First job is to radius the fretboard (going for a 12″ radius on this one). I’ll see how it compares to the … Continue reading →

Quick test fit of everything now that the neck is drilled and can be attached. It’s interesting that the outline of this guitar is a lot softer and less sharp in angles. Part of that is to do with the … Continue reading →