TheFue

I might sell this guitar... opinions? I like it, and it came together well, but Red's really not my most favorite color....

Well, as some of you remember from my only other thread, I announced I was painting my Cozart Les Paul knock-off, and dropped my camera. Well, Nikon still has mine, but i was lucky enough to borrow my friend's of the same make. So the following is going to be a mixture of Camera phone pictures and some better one. Enjoy! This is what I'm starting with. It came off-white from the factory, and my friend Cam airburshed a stripe on it, with an Iron cross. It wore this paint for maybe a week. And then i took into class to rip it down for a repaint. I started by dusting on a base coat of Deep Black, followed by hosing it down with a custom mixture of a red Candy and Pearl suspended in an intercoat clear. I finnished up with a 40% Flattened Clear coat to give it a satin finish. After letting the clear set up for a day or so, I hit it with One-Shot pinstriping enamel in gloss black, a nice contrast over the flat not-quite-black. For the stripes on the headstock I used a Mack 10 Series 00 and for the body i used an Xcalibur 000. (Don't ask why the difference, i'm not even sure...) The red candy and pearl gives it an almost brownish color when viewed from a distance, and up clso ein sunlight or bright lighting a VERY nice sparkle. Unfortunately this color has to be seen in person to get the full affect, and the following pictures allow it to seem rather dull. Anyway, enough jibber-jabber, here's the pictures: Dusty, i know, I know...Its been collecting dust waiting for new pickups and maybe an ebony fret board? This picture **best** shows the color, although its still not perfect... I really like this striping, this is my favorite of the whole guitar. And this is my least favorite....took 4 or 5 tries to ge tit looking "right" and I still think it kinda looks off. I like this one too, not as much as the first though... Anyway, let me know what y'all think of her! She's not done yet, not by a long shot, but i've gotta let the funding reaccumulate before i can continue.

Well, I got the word today, $167.98 and a full week for repair on the camera.... Good news is I got my friend to take some pictures of the guitar when I was painting it...and I'll have some finnished pics in about a week! The color is AMAZING and the pinstriping came out awesome

And, thanks to my stupid self, this is the last of the updates for a while. I dropped my camera when I was turning it on, and the lens broke free of it's mechanism. So, i'm sending it to Nikon's New York office to have it evaluated if its worth repairing or jsut buying a new/used one.

Well, my FULL name is John Fue Yang Netzlof, and my father was asian, so, it just kinda stuck. Well this is the last of this guitar i'll have for a few days, but I started my NEW project today, aCozart LC-10 les Paul copy...

My bad! Got a little caught up in packing. Anywho, he decided to have the guitar painted in a powder blue, somewhat similar to the Fender color. As you can see from the picture of the head stock above, the color i received was not light enough, so I lightened it slightly before spraying any further coats. And of course, there's the damage created by the dunder-head who took a short cut through the spray booth. The guitar dropped and lande don the upper horn first, and bounced to the butt. Both areas of damage wher ein an area that the strap would conceal, and being a "beater" my client explained he didn't care. The bulk of the damage was finish chipping, so I simply feather-edged the damage out. A close up of the damaged horn with 2(i think) coats of paint. The lighting in the booth reacted with the camera settings to darken the color... The guitar body, with some fenders froma 32 Ford in the back... Those pictures were after 2 coats of base, so the splotchiness was taken care of before clear was applied. I missed pictures of the clear application, as well as the damage control, so we'll skip right to the finished project! Out from under the gas lights in the shop and booth, the guitar looks a bit more powder blueish. Partial assembly with the yellowed pickguard. And because i love natural light, The "finished" guitar half assembled with a bleached pickguard (note; you can still see the old yellowing, we're working on a fix now) It's done for now, I've delivered it to him, and when all the hardware is reinstalled I'll grab some pictures. I'm trying to convinc ehim some really simple lined black pinstriping was absolutely needed behind the bridge... we'll see.

Howdy folks, Whats shakin? Allow me to introduce myself. I'm John but everyone calls me "Fue" so, thats what i tend to answer to first. Anyway, this is my first project post. my friend and i guess band-mate wanted his beater guitar repainted. It was a little rough, a white Cort strat copy, and the clear coat had yellowed over, as did the pick guard. All scuffed down and hung in the booth (*this would later be my demise) The head stock painted, things are going good! --Then, they took a turn for the worse.... You can't see it in the picture, but the guita rbody was held up by a copper wire run through the neck mounting holes, and around a pipe held form the ceiling by 2 wires on each end. I slipped the wire supporting the guitar over the end of the pipe, like an idiot. And, sure as anything some idiot walking through the paint booth bumped the guitar, the wire slid off the pipe, and cuh-clunk, she nailed the floor. No, thats not the end, I've got somethings to get done though, will finish the story in a bit!