Andyjr1515 Posted April 24, 2019 Report Share Posted April 24, 2019 3 hours ago, ADFinlayson said: They look flippin' awesome My thoughts too.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2019 13 minutes ago, Andyjr1515 said: My thoughts too.... thank you sir. i keep reminding myself that in the end, even if it takes longer... I'll be happier if I spend the extra time to do it the best I can. After all, for me... this is all about learning things and who learns more then when having to redo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 I think these are looking great! My experience with nitro and dust is most of it disappears during level sanding and the rest I can't see. I gave up fretting about it some time ago. I prefer lacquer thinner for tripping back over paint remover, because anything you didn't get completely wiped off is simply lacquer when it dries. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 I feel your pain. I managed to chip a lot of lacquer off my Nozcaster fretboard while scraping it off the frets. I also scorched it around the tuner ferrules while pressing them in too hot. It took an age to fix the damage. You will fix it eventually and you'll be even more proud of the result when you get it right after the extra effort. Take your time, it's not a race 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2019 On 4/27/2019 at 9:03 AM, ScottR said: I think these are looking great! My experience with nitro and dust is most of it disappears during level sanding and the rest I can't see. I gave up fretting about it some time ago. I prefer lacquer thinner for tripping back over paint remover, because anything you didn't get completely wiped off is simply lacquer when it dries. SR thank you sir! I probably could have made it work... but i'm glad I redid it. I went much lighter on my coats and I'm very happy w how it turned out. you couldn't even see the imperfections unless you were up close... but it would have bugged me to death. Good call afa laquer thinner... will keep that in mind. On 4/27/2019 at 12:16 PM, Norris said: I feel your pain. I managed to chip a lot of lacquer off my Nozcaster fretboard while scraping it off the frets. I also scorched it around the tuner ferrules while pressing them in too hot. It took an age to fix the damage. You will fix it eventually and you'll be even more proud of the result when you get it right after the extra effort. Take your time, it's not a race thank you Norris - you are absolutely right. no racing here! sorry for the belated response guys! Thank you very much for chiming in - i very much appreciate it! pretty satisfied w it at this point. some light finish swirls if you catch it in the light just right, but nothing I can't live with. and the cream - I'm going pencils up now. I was originally going to go gloss... but the first few coats came out satin and i really like it. the finish is very thin and I did grainfill and lots of sanding prior so... I like it just the way it is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted April 28, 2019 Report Share Posted April 28, 2019 They really do both look yummy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2019 37 minutes ago, Andyjr1515 said: They really do both look yummy thank you sir! hopefully I can get through scraping my binding w/o messing anything up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted April 28, 2019 Report Share Posted April 28, 2019 Are we going to be entering GOTM in pairs now? If so, I had better get finishing one of my other projects but I think the blue beasty is an absolute winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 1 hour ago, ADFinlayson said: Are we going to be entering GOTM in pairs now? If so, I had better get finishing one of my other projects but I think the blue beasty is an absolute winner well, I've already won because I have a great guitar here! the blond has a long way to go tho... still have to do the binding again and that will take me some time... but will def be entering blue this month anyway. working on it now... got it string up. starting to look like a guitar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 finished up at 6lbs 8.9oz... so whomever had that number - you win a fur lined bathtub! Electronics fired right up and I've been playing it to death and dialing it in. Some flaws here and there... but I don't think I own a better playing/sounding guitar. Thank you to all whom have helped with advice and encouragment here - couldn't have done it without you! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 54 minutes ago, mistermikev said: finished up at 6lbs 8.9oz... so whomever had that number - you win a fur lined bathtub! Electronics fired right up and I've been playing it to death and dialing it in. Some flaws here and there... but I don't think I own a better playing/sounding guitar. Thank you to all whom have helped with advice and encouragment here - couldn't have done it without you! Fantastic - well done 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 43 minutes ago, Andyjr1515 said: Fantastic - well done thank you sir! You are always very supportive and I am very thankful for that! I can't help but feeling the finish is a bit of a flop on this one in the sense that it didn't quite turn out how I planned and isn't 'blow your mind'... but overall I'm very pleased. I didn't even adjust the neck after putting strings on (10s). it is still perfectly straight but action is extremely low and no buzz. Nut needs some work as some binding going on there when I divebomb the trem. very comfortable to play! Pickups - man I gotta say I love these. I can officially recommend bootstrap... esp the 54pro. I like these more than my tex spec, antiquities, rio grandes and as much as I like my blue velvets. I'm going to be working on a video demo this weekend and will hope to capture the versatility of these pickups but if anyone is looking for some great single coils - BOOTSTRAP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 (edited) So many well thought of details! I once saw someone argue about having binding with a rounded edge. In this case hell yes, definitely! Well done! Edited May 2, 2019 by Bizman62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 17 minutes ago, Bizman62 said: So many well thought of details! I once saw someone argue about having binding with a rounded edge. In this case hell yes, definitely! Well done! thank you sir. that was quite the learning experience! had to redo it 3x as I didn't like it when it was rounded over with the wood. if I had to do over again (and I do on my sister build) I would get the top finish completely done before doing the binding. all in all I got lucky and it turned out ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 Well that's a pretty epic looking guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 16 minutes ago, ADFinlayson said: Well that's a pretty epic looking guitar Thank u sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 That's definitely a beauty Mike! I see some of the glamour shots were taken in the aforementioned fur lined bathtub. Nice touch. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 16 minutes ago, ScottR said: That's definitely a beauty Mike! I see some of the glamour shots were taken in the aforementioned fur lined bathtub. Nice touch. SR Thank you sir! Hehehe, that's actually my cat's bed! Had to kick the poor girl out so I could use it! ( jk, no cats were evicted in the making of these photos) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 4 minutes ago, mistermikev said: Thank you sir! Hehehe, that's actually my cat's bed! Had to kick the poor girl out so I could use it! ( jk, no cats were evicted in the making of these photos) Damn. You keeping a tiger as a house cat? SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 18 minutes ago, ScottR said: Damn. You keeping a tiger as a house cat? SR naw... shes just a little thing but has tiger-sized territorial tendencies! any other cat/dog gets near that thing and she'll fight to the death. I was lucky just to borrow it for a short period. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZekeB Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 Wow beautiful work mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 47 minutes ago, ZekeB said: Wow beautiful work mike Thank you for saying so Zeke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo Posted May 3, 2019 Report Share Posted May 3, 2019 wow have you been busy. Nice job all around! It’s awesome when what you build is the best thing you’ve ever played. Bravo! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted May 4, 2019 Report Share Posted May 4, 2019 Lovely 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2019 18 hours ago, komodo said: wow have you been busy. Nice job all around! It’s awesome when what you build is the best thing you’ve ever played. Bravo! thank you sir. I would say it's as good as my jem... it'd be hard to make a guitar play anybetter than that cause it's just as good as it gets but I get your sentiment. In a lot of ways it IS better... more stable, more me, and def more comfy. Thank you for taking the time! 9 hours ago, Norris said: Lovely Thank you norris. I very much appreciate it! Thank you all again for your help and advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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