I had this thing lying around for a few years and decided it's time to bring it back to life.
I paid $75.00 for it.
This is what it looked like when I got it.
The kid decided to spray it black with Krylon and than he didn't like it so he sanded the living hell out of it to a point where the top had more waves and dips than the stormy Atlantic Ocean.
First thing was to entirely strip and clean up the remaing paint.
I than had to mill almost a 1/2" off of the top to get it straight and flat.
In this picture you can see near the end of the neck/FB a small piece of mahogany added. I nicked the edge of the F/B with the milling bit so it had to be fixed/patched.
New Mahogany top being eyeballed up on the guitar.
Top glued up and routed flush with the body.
Da Billet !
Home Made Re-Saw Fence. ...It worked great !
Bookmatched 3/16" thick pieces glued up.
Surfaced Sanded and ready to glue up.
Got it to fit pretty dang tight to the neck.
My High Tech Glue Press....LOL ( it worked! )
Top routed flush with body.
Pickup cavities opened up.
Body edge routed for binding.
I also have the neck edge routed for binding.
This past weekend I fretted and bound the body and neck.
Now its time to scrape some binding !
ready for finish work.
I got the binding on both the neck and body done.
What a B*tch it is to do binding nubs for the fret ends but i got it down to doing both sides in about 1 1/2 hours.
Its finish sanded and I wiped some Naphtha on the top to see what the flame is gonna look like.
I'll grain fill the body first and seal it before I get started on the top !
Body grain filled with a dark brown filler:
Raised the grain with water and after it dried I sanded it back to get it good and smooth.
Mixed up some Stew-Mac Colortone Vintage Amber in water and made it dark. Gave the top 3 coats of stain:
Let the stain dry, sanded it back and applied another 3 coats of the same satin only in a weaker solution:
Sprayed 3 coats of Sanding Sealer to the back and neck:
It's DONE!
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