Mickguard

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Hi, Well, there's shiny....and then there's that blinding plastic stuff that was on my guitar before I sanded it... I've seen reranch, but I don't think they'll send it overseas...anyway, I don't need the exact color, just something similar. It's mostly the type of paint that I need that I'm not sure about. Thanks, mickey

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I'll be ready to start on the finish for my Bocaster project (I detail that in the projects in progress section). I left the primer/sealer coat on most of the guitar and I'll be sealing and priming the newly exposed wood parts. Then I'm going to want to finish it with an opaque color --probably as close as I can get to vintage white as possible. I'd like to get a NON-GLOSSY finish like you find on older Fenders --I definitely don't want the ultra-shiny poly type finish like what was on this guitar originally. I figure I'll use automotive spray paint for the primer and color coats. Should I stick with automotive spray paint for the lacquer coats? Can anyone give me a step by step --or point me to good resources? (Most of the finishing sites I've looked at are based in the States....so I'm not always sure which products are available to me here in France). Thanks! mickey

Don't force it. You need to ream out the holes a little bit. There's a tool for this. A friend used a drill to do this on one of my guitars....but it was overkill. And he was just a tad off on one of the holes!

simple is better, I always say. I still use my old Univox Hi-Flyer bass --the neck pickup doesn't work (it's, uh, filled with mystery fluid), and I don't miss it. I like the kick of the bridge pickup. I mean, it's a bass...how many different sounds you want out of it?

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I picked up a glue press today....it's got a little lever that you flip to tighten it down (instead of a handle you turn like on a regular vise). I'm hoping it'll give the right kind of pressure ...since I'm only gluing fairly small pieces to a larger piece, I think I can get away with one, and maybe attach a regular press to even things out. Anything I should know about this kind of press before I use it? I'll be gluing small pieces to fill out the side of a guitar body --I'm thinking I can clamp the guitar straight up in my worktable, so I'll be able to get to both sides for wiping away the glue. Or should I do this with the body lying flat on the table? Thanks! Mickey

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More food for thought: Why go for an Epiphone? There are other LP copies out there, cheaper, maybe lighter wood. Plenty of decent-quality guitars, most, if not all of which are built in the same factory as the Ephiphones. You'll be less reluctant to experiment, that's for sure. Instead of thinning out an LP you can look around for a Melody Maker --they go cheap, they're great guitars, extremely lightweight, easy to adapt for LP humbuckers and they're Gibson Otherwise, just chamber the LP from the back, take out as much wood as you need, then cover it again --I'm using the back of an old acoustic for that--who ever looks at the back of a guitar?

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I think the first one looks like a bathing suit too...but why not work from that idea? Maybe round off the edges, go for a thong thing...

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