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It looks... sooo.. RAW. It's BAD ASS. Could you post a video with some sound samples? Great build

Maiden, you probably had those issues with deft cause you sanded so quickly. usually after 3-4 weeks of sitting its good enough to sand and buff without case damage (in my experience). I agree with the stew mac clear though. Its hard, and cures a lot faster. I have too look into the behlen now though sounds interesting. Oh yeah, I agree with maiden, Scuff the finish. Hes probably right about it flashing and not letting it off gas. I did this the first time I used deft when I coated to heavy. After I sanded it the smell went away after a couple days. (by this I mean I couldn't smell the deft unless I put my nose right next to the guitar. Instead of smelling it right away when I walked into my makeshift spray booth at the time.

hahaha no way its a model now? or been? crazy rad. I wonder now, with what restoration said, does this help sustain and such? It must do something if ibanez made a model with it :-P

Still trying to figure out how to get the carve closest to the original. I don't have a Les Paul and pics aren't helping. so I was wondering if you guys could post pics of your LP carves? That would help a bunch Thanks guys

That's good to know. Luckily I haven't had any problems like that. I'll stop using lights though. Oh, and are you talking about the spraymax sprays? I wanted to try those out but wasn't sure. Like you said, the prices are up there :-P.

ohh I see what you mean. Then yeah if it needs to fit the tuners, it looks good as is.

Don't rush it, Deft actually comes out pretty damn awesome and cures pretty durable. Curing time sucks yes but its worth it later if you don't have 2 part finishes. I've used deft enough before to let you know that you can probably sand and lightly buff right now and it will be fine, just let it cure on its own after. Just don't ding it. I did with mine and kept extra care with mine in the case and all and it cured up nicely over a couple months. I never got any depressions or anything in the finish from the case or whatever. To this day she looks great Then again it sounds like you hit it pretty heavy with the deft and that means that its probably going to be harder for it to off gas. I usually hit mine with light coats and let them cure until I cant smell them to much at all. Then I give it the next coats. In this case, I'd agree with Prostheta and try another build. maybe even put some lights on it to try and speed the cure process.

the head stock looks good. maybe a tiny bit smaller but looks good

backs rounded over tops coved for carve And that's all I got done today :-P Now I sit trying to figure out the dang carve for the LP I cant figure out how to draw something that looks good/symmetrical .

tops chambered body and tops rough tops glued to body Bodies routed to template

So I decided to try and remake my dads first guitar he misses for Christmas. This is it.(well a pic that i found that looks exactly like it.) 1954 les paul deluxe I dont want it to be exactly like it. but pretty dang close. With some of the stuff I add to my builds of course. I also wanted to make the same guitar I'm making in the NMVDI002 build thread. Except green this time with a gold center burst. Here is a test color rough body top gluing NM top rough body

that looks amazing. the black guard and the semi gloss/satin finish looks perfect

damn that flame showed up out of nowhere! looks awesome! This is probably the first natural looking guitar that I actually like

Jesus those top pics are a tease!! That burst and blue both look amazing. I wish I had some of that wood!!! I cant wait to see when all of that is in guitar form :-P haha awesome man! Incredible work for your second build

very awesome! you should make a tutorial oh how to make different shadings and such. :-P

whoa where can i find those micro mesh pads?

then again its kind of smart he now has fine tuning on a hardtail :-P good work man

i agree with chris. but im sure this is hard work so i have no say. lol

dont be gone too long! :-P take your time man.

whoa its looking awesome. im really interested in how that clear works too

well a dark blue would look amazing haha. anyway that thing is going to look amazing and sanded back. what color are you going to dye on top after?

looks awesome. those knobs are sweet

jesus thats awesome! I'll have to try this.

whoa looks blue. but damn that looks good

for sure, thanks man