I went to G3 nottingham, and got to meet satriani. Unfortunately vai & Co weren't there, but dave wiener was extremely cool, and took it up to get it signed. On a side note, satch's pick hit my dad on the head.
Anyway, i took a guitar body to get signed, and so this is the process of re-finihsing the guitar, and making a kick ass G3 guitar.
The day after the G3 concert.
1st coat of lacquer
Thsi is the original neck, which has a huge crack in it, as a certain someone tried to throw a guitar round their head vai style.
Tis neck will be repaired, and the headstock sanded down and refinished with a groovy logo on it. (Not yet decided.)
Bought some gold hardware
all lovely and gold, and with a pearl scratchplate it'll look great.
about 5 coats of lacquer on this one.
Still has the speckly look, but the layers are building up nicely.
I'll post more updates as and when they happen.