Have a Happy Guitar Building New Year!

I’ve just put 4 coats of clear coat on these and I’ll come back to it all tomorrow. Things always look better in the morning (sometimes 🤣). I’ve got an idea to disguise the paint bleeding. &#...

Just unmasked these and put clear coat on. As I unmasked, the paint had bled under some of the masking. My workshop is really cold so maybe the line tape has moved in the low temperature. When I put t...

Super bright colours. Attachment : 3EE96266-1EE6-47DB-A721-6AA5C6B4DFBE.jpeg Attachment : F3016BB8-B7DF-40A1-AEB8-A68C7B720E11.jpeg Attachment : EC5AFE7D-0C8F-4276-9457-81820A032445....

Done some more work on these pickup covers today. Got them in a solid white base first, then pearl white base, then masked them up and had some fun with red and pink pearls. These paints are super br...

I went to a mushroom growers convention in Belgium a few years ago (long story, previous hobby, still got an ex military medical autoclave, and laminar flow cabinet in my factory!) and one of the big ...

@peter-johnson Well, if you are ever passing.... I wonder why the guitar making Gods are ignoring the South East? Darren

Sorry I missed out the guide coat picture. Spray this on before flatting (sanding) the primer. It’s only a light coat and it will all get sanded off anyway. Attachment : 3E9E6304-1D0B-4110-86E2-F...

Once you know how to do it, it’s easy, you can apply the same principle to whatever you are painting. Prep Prime (spray) Flat sand Paint colours (spray) Clear coat (lacquer) Flat sand up to and incl...

Unmask and then clear coat the lot. Attachment : 80887D47-D28E-47DC-9077-0B53A22383E7.jpeg Attachment : 489078F1-9F66-471A-AC0E-76B5D49A3918.jpeg

Then I applied the second colour, pearl green. Attachment : 9C9B8A3D-5F38-4893-81E9-34DE7A6C4438.jpeg Attachment : 1E8B9454-F427-42F4-8CC2-0A65119EF981.jpeg

Then I masked off for the second colour using lining tape. Attachment : C14CB59D-A4EA-4258-8566-1140CF265ACF.jpeg

Sand the primer back with 600 grade paper and then apply colour. I used two colours for this job so the first one was white pearl. Attachment : E0AA41F7-1580-44FD-BF27-856C65CF64D3.jpeg

Primer. Attachment : 137F7804-86AB-4EC1-BBC1-41ECEBF49F5D.jpeg

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@peter-johnson Don't go Peter! It'll be bassists' turn soon!! 🤣 🤣 🤣

Oh yes. I want one. I WILL have one. That'd be a great place to start your guitar-making journey ... I think I've posted a few pics of my various LP Jr types, though most are single cut rather than t...

@peter-johnson Those are all the reasons for me wanting one!!!

Aloha Peter

Best I'll be able to do is around 7'*18'. That's not too bad at all @peter-johnson - you'll be able to have plenty of guitar building fun in a space that size. 👍 (don't get old. It sucks)....