Zero
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OP
I had to take advantage of a couple of hours of bright sunlight today and did the edge burst.
Not great, but not worth a repaint.
I still have dozens of coats of clear to apply.
Then hours & hours of wet sanding and leveling...
Once the Bigsby's on there, it will be the focal point.
Not great, but not worth a repaint.
I still have dozens of coats of clear to apply.
Then hours & hours of wet sanding and leveling...
Once the Bigsby's on there, it will be the focal point.
Sp8ctre
Ambassador of Steel
I had to take advantage of a couple of hours of bright sunlight today and did the edge burst.
Not great, but not worth a repaint.
I still have dozens of coats of clear to apply.
Then hours & hours of wet sanding and leveling...
Once the Bigsby's on there, it will be the focal point.
I'm liking the looks of this one! It sure is better than it started already!
Sunshine?!?!?!?! What the hell is that?!?!?!?I had to take advantage of a couple of hours of bright sunlight today and did the edge burst.
Not great, but not worth a repaint.
I still have dozens of coats of clear to apply.
Then hours & hours of wet sanding and leveling...
Once the Bigsby's on there, it will be the focal point.
Nice work! As always.
OP
Stetsbar? Too late, the Bigsby is in the mail.
Wow! I didn’t even have to say it!
You would be able to choose your mounting type too...like an OEM hardtail mount, since you’ve made the bridge area a “clean slate”.
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
I like it how it is, Hack.
OP
Yes, it's all spraybombs.Hack, do ya just use a rattle can for the edge? When ya go to sell this, market it in Las Vegas as a Raider Nation guitar. You get 2x the price.
OP
Well, I woodshedded all day yesterday and made some progress.
Also had some setbacks, but forged ahead and conquered this beast.
I had my heart set on a Bigsby.
In hindsight I should have gone with a B5 and been done with it.
But I went with a B3 instead to get the look of the B7 without the added length, as a B7 just wouldn't fit.
I cut the hinge off the Bigsby & rounded the bottom edge, then drilled 3 mounting holes right thru the face of that sucker then screwed it right to the body with
#6 screws.
I had previously mentioned setbacks...
One just bit me in the a$$ and it was a biggie. Very little break angle from the B3 to the bridge.
Strings would have been floppin' all over the place.
So I fabricated brackets and a roller consisting of an axle and an outer rolling sleeve to put some break angle over the bridge.
It worked... Perfect amount of break angle.
Must not have had the close up focus on, but you can see the results.
And look at those huge sparkles in the finish.
Pictures don't do this finish justice. In bright sunlight it's epic!
Another setback was trying to reinstall the pickguard after adding a push pull pot to flip the phase on the middle pickup.
These bodies are quite thin and the pickguard would not sit flush.
I did some careful measuring and set my router to shave a little wood from under where the pot sits.
It took three passes each shaving off a hair, but eventually made a recess deep enough to clear the pot, without blowing a hole thru the backside.
I could now breathe a sigh of relief, so I celebrated with a few well earned beers.
Now, the full monte.
Also had some setbacks, but forged ahead and conquered this beast.
I had my heart set on a Bigsby.
In hindsight I should have gone with a B5 and been done with it.
But I went with a B3 instead to get the look of the B7 without the added length, as a B7 just wouldn't fit.
I cut the hinge off the Bigsby & rounded the bottom edge, then drilled 3 mounting holes right thru the face of that sucker then screwed it right to the body with
#6 screws.
I had previously mentioned setbacks...
One just bit me in the a$$ and it was a biggie. Very little break angle from the B3 to the bridge.
Strings would have been floppin' all over the place.
So I fabricated brackets and a roller consisting of an axle and an outer rolling sleeve to put some break angle over the bridge.
It worked... Perfect amount of break angle.
Must not have had the close up focus on, but you can see the results.
And look at those huge sparkles in the finish.
Pictures don't do this finish justice. In bright sunlight it's epic!
Another setback was trying to reinstall the pickguard after adding a push pull pot to flip the phase on the middle pickup.
These bodies are quite thin and the pickguard would not sit flush.
I did some careful measuring and set my router to shave a little wood from under where the pot sits.
It took three passes each shaving off a hair, but eventually made a recess deep enough to clear the pot, without blowing a hole thru the backside.
I could now breathe a sigh of relief, so I celebrated with a few well earned beers.
Now, the full monte.
OP
Just wait till you see it in person.
You won't be able to contain yourself. Junk will be rubbed!
Session 5
Ambassador of Strings & Wings
Just wait till you see it in person.
You won't be able to contain yourself. Junk will be rubbed!
NO you don't want to spoil a good thing!!
OP
Thanks, it was a labour of love.
So, we want to know...were you saved by zero????