My Warmoth Les Paul Body

[stevenh]

Here is a Warmoth Les Paul body that I'm going to finish. As you can see, it has a great flame maple top, but it has a mineral streak in the finish. The sides have some fogging in the sanding sealer, and the back has a little spot of grain filler that's a little thick. I'm going to paint the back and sides black, mask off the maple on the side for a faux binding effect, and stain the top trans blue. It will have chrome hardware on the guitar when it's finished.

http://www.ofoto.com/PhotoView.jsp?&collid...id=261935958105

http://www.ofoto.com/PhotoView.jsp?collid=...y=1101160964260

http://www.ofoto.com/PhotoView.jsp?collid=...y=1101160964260

[stoo]

Hi Steven.

I've got a Warmoth Lp double cut coming soon ( I hope :-)). Are those imperfections the result of a previous owner or did it come from Warmoth like that? Was it unexpected?

Mine will have a quited maple top on a mahogany body. Maple is gonna be green dye but I haven't decided on the back yet.

Keep us informed on your progress!!

thanx

stew

[AlGeeEater]

cool man, take your time and ask questions!

[stevenh]

Applying the Sanding Sealer is just about done. One more coat will do it. Then, I will mask off the sides and back, and stain the top a medium blue.

All of the finishing materials I'm using come from the Reranch. That is top quality stuff. The Sanding Sealer is their Nitro Sanding Sealer. I will post pics very soon.

[whoofnagle]

Very nice looking. I am in the process of getting ready to paint my first guitar. It too has a maple top and mahogany back. I was trying to figure out what to do with the sides (maple portion). So if I understand you plan on taping the sides of your top, thus when the back and sides are painted you will have a faux binding look (the maple portion)? Is this as simple as taping the maple side? Will you have to apply a clear coat or something over the maple?

Progress pictures would be helpful.

Bill

[stevenh]

I will tape off the back and sides, and leave a natural finish on those parts of the guitar. I'm putting the stain on today, and I will post pics.

[stevenh]

Here is an updated pic of the guitar after I dyed the top blue. Check out that flame!

http://www.ofoto.com/PhotoView.jsp?&collid...id=437068968105

[darren wilson]

Wow... that's gorgeous! Are you going to do a burst around the edges at all? That might help disguise the mineral streak.