Alright, time for update nummer zwei.
Yup. More supplies from Lowes.
Time for the fretboard to get some
Polished vs.
and my car
After a couple coats of stain on the body, it's not looking half bad
But it needs something else....
Okay, so I used the sunburst technique that was on Project Guitar, and I was rather pleased with it, except for the fact that the spots where the pushpins were didn't get covered. I think this was more of a rookie mistake than
anything, but the more I looked at them, I actually kind of started to like them
I was actually rather pleased with the overall color distribution
Woke up this morning and came down the steps, and had someone looking in at me
Went ahead and got the soldering finished up. This is the first time I've ever done a large soldering project, and holy crap it's aggravating. Especially when it's 98 degrees outside at 9:45 in the morning
I'm also aware that my soldering skills are on par with a 5 year old blind kid
Got the pickups fitted, and then realized I could be doing the assembly inside where it's 30 degrees cooler, so I packed up and moved indoors
Spike has a Bond movie on every morning
Lots of parts (and some food crumbs :lol)
It's all put back together and ready to go
It was around 11 o'clock, and I hadn't eaten a thing yet. Maple turkey rollup on a wheat tortilla with spicy brown mustard, a bit of Frank's Red Hot, and a piece of organic onion dill bread
Time for oil dye!
versus
The fretboard turned out amazingly well, and we're all ready to be put together
Got it all put together, went to the music store and picked up some new EB slinky strings, and came up with this:
Then I took it upstairs, plugged it in....
AND IT WORKS!!!!one!!
Overall, I think it was a great learning experience, I'm pretty pleased with the cosmetic results, and I like the sound that it has. It's very smooth and far more balanced than before. As far as my budget that I kept referencing, with the guitar itself included, and for all the supplies and new parts I bought, I spent probably in the neighborhood of $175 or less. The thing that really mattered it I took my time, and spent a lot of hours working on it, in an attempt to get it just right. I had a ton of fun doing this, I just wish I had the money to this to more guitars. That's how much fun I had. Plan on seeing another guitar from me sometime in the future