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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:23 am
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Ceri,
That thing is turning out amazing! I've been following this project from the start. I hope you have the little rat b*****d's ebay addy who sold it to you so he can see just what a moron he is. That really is a great color, too. I'm wondering what the "Ceri-al" number's gonna be? (Sorry, couldn't resist)
Great job!!!!!

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Thank you Paullie, very nice of you. I exchanged a couple of emails with the seller before buying (where he assured me it was ash and from a legit source) so when the thing is finished and photo'd I may be vengeful enough to drop him a line with a link to the thread in it. Essentially to say, "nah, nah, nah!"

Not very noble, eh?

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Ceri, I know you're waiting a month or so to let the clearcoat cure, but please continue to upload a picture every week or so to keep us from going nuts. You've shown us that something "as exciting as watching paint dry" can be very interesting indeed! :shock:

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. You've shown us that something "as exciting as watching paint dry" can be very interesting indeed! :shock:[/quote]

This is true. Don't leave us with nothing to look at. :(


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Ceri, I know you're waiting a month or so to let the clearcoat cure, but please continue to upload a picture every week or so to keep us from going nuts. You've shown us that something "as exciting as watching paint dry" can be very interesting indeed! :shock:


Hehehe - not for the first time, russianracehorse, you have made me laugh out loud! Please keep it up: it's good for our health!

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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:24 pm
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Ceri wrote:
[Panting] OK, after some busy days I'm finished painting (hey, who needs to earn a living anyhow?).

Here's the bod with two coats of blue nitro lacquer:
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And here it is a couple of days later with the clearcoats on top:
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I agonised about how much clear nitro to spray on: thinness versus the need to be able to buff it to a high gloss without breaking through into the color coat below. I finally sprayed five clear coats - but there's still time if anyone thinks that's too little!

Here's a couple of details of the color coat, before the clear lacquer went on. Remember the problems with the neck pocket on the first page of this thread? Here's the finished pocket:
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And here's the rebuilt trem cavity:
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You can just see the little lip created by rebuilding the neck side of the block cavity on the front of the body. I wondered whether to rebuild that all the way down the depth of the body but decided to just extend the rear overhang all the way round as another little clue to anyone in the future that it ain't a legit Fender body. Don't want to assist any sucker sales in decades to come!

Incidentally, like everyone else who posts pics of their guitars on this Forum I feel the need to emphasise that these photos don't at all represent the real color of this paint job. I've tried tinkering around with the color cast in Photoshop to make them look more like the real thing - without much success. You just have to take my word that this blue is in fact just about identical to Fender's Sonic Blue (in one of it's incarnations, anyhow).

The difference between the pre- and post-clearcoat pics is misleading too. But on that, I took the opportunity to finish a scrap piece of wood with exactly the same process as the guitar, 'cept that I clearcoated half of it and left the other half just the blue paint. Naked blue lacquer on the right:
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In the second picture I've covered half that color test crosswise with a piece of card. I shall now leave it on a windowsill for as many years as I can be bothered to study the effect of daylight on the paint with and without the clearcoat. That's in relation to the discussions we've had on this Forum of the idea that in the '60s Fender clearcoated some of their bodies and not others. Let's see how that works out on this test sample. I'll post on it as the years pass!

People have been surprisingly involved in the fact that I've been doing my finishing flat. Half way through this week's work I suddenly became irritated with the little block of cushioned wood I've been balancing the body on while spraying, and I ran myself up a slightly better tool for the job:
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Not exactly high-tech, but at least now I can reach in underneath to rotate it as I work, rather than trying to move it round by fingertipping the underside of the body. I doubt you'll be seeing that stand available for purchase from Luthiers' Mercantile any time soon, however!

Right. I'm afraid Orvilleowner has got wind that there now follows a hiatus while I leave my lacquer to harden for a bare minimum of three weeks. I suspect Mr Twelvebar would prefer that to be a full month - and I tend to agree with him. Let's see how long I can hold out...

Here's the bod in a corner of the spare room hanging to dry on my glamorous Dan Erlewine designed Stew-Mac guitar drying stand, imported at vast expense. Well, no...:
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See y'all in a few weeks for the finished instrument and the guitar porn photos!

Cheers - C

ceri brilliant paint job. i have been thinking
on doing my own custom strat would you do the paint
i'm very impressed on what you have done.

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russianracehorse wrote:
. You've shown us that something "as exciting as watching paint dry" can be very interesting indeed! :shock:


This is true. Don't leave us with nothing to look at. :(


Hop, I'm completely mind-boggled at how many views this nurdy little thread has had. Not quite up there with "pics of your Strat", but vastly more than the hundred or two hits I expected.

Everyone's enthusiasm has really been such fun - we must do it again sometime! Perhaps with a project that's about doing something unusual and creative, rather than just making the best of a bad job.

In the meantime, I have quiet hopes that Mr Twelvebar is intending to do us a thread on finishing: he's had a lot to say here and elsewhere that's very interesting and promises good things to come...

And I wouldn't want to put unwelcome pressure on anyone, but I am well aware there's folks amongst us much better at this stuff than me. We'd all love to see some other people's work, wouldn't we?

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Alwaysstrat, thank you very much. And if you do some custom work, why not share it with us all too? The more the merrier!

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Ceri wrote:
fhopkins wrote:
. You've shown us that something "as exciting as watching paint dry" can be very interesting indeed! :shock:


This is true. Don't leave us with nothing to look at. :(


Hop, I'm completely mind-boggled at how many views this nurdy little thread has had. Not quite up there with "pics of your Strat", but vastly more than the hundred or two hits I expected.

Everyone's enthusiasm has really been such fun - we must do it again sometime! Perhaps with a project that's about doing something unusual and creative, rather than just making the best of a bad job.

In the meantime, I have quiet hopes that Mr Twelvebar is intending to do us a thread on finishing: he's had a lot to say here and elsewhere that's very interesting and promises good things to come...

And I wouldn't want to put unwelcome pressure on anyone, but I am well aware there's folks amongst us much better at this stuff than me. We'd all love to see some other people's work, wouldn't we?

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Yes, we would! The more the merrier I say. Never get tired of this type of thread with everyone working together rather than.....!


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Ceri I am sure You have increased sales of unfinished guitar Bodies for a few places by showing to some viewers that yes you could did this. Times vested lessons learn can make for a very good result. Thanks for sharring it with Us here on the Forum My Friend!

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Ceri I am sure You have increased sales of unfinished guitar Bodies for a few places by showing to some viewers that yes you could did this. Times vested lessons learn can make for a very good result. Thanks for sharring it with Us here on the Forum My Friend!


Haha - don't tell Fender that!

Cvilleira, I'm sure you can guess that yours is some of the work people would love to see. I strongly suspect you have amazing things to show, if you feel like it...

Cheers - C


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cvilleira wrote:
Ceri I am sure You have increased sales of unfinished guitar Bodies for a few places by showing to some viewers that yes you could did this. Times vested lessons learn can make for a very good result. Thanks for sharring it with Us here on the Forum My Friend!


Haha - don't tell Fender that!

Cvilleira, I'm sure you can guess that yours is some of the work people would love to see. I strongly suspect you have amazing things to show, if you feel like it...

Cheers - C

I got a kick out of the orv. sign. That one brought a smile to My face. What a great bunch of People on the Forum.

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Let's get back to the weight of the finish.

You figure your "coating" weighed 52 grams. Niki's guitar's finish weighed 197 gram.

So yours is about 1/4 of the thickness?!? That would be thin enough, I guess. I hope it's not too thin ... knock on wood.

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orvilleowner wrote:
Let's get back to the weight of the finish.

You figure your "coating" weighed 52 grams. Niki's guitar's finish weighed 197 gram.

So yours is about 1/4 of the thickness?!? That would be thin enough, I guess. I hope it's not too thin ... knock on wood.
Actualy, we don't want him 'knocking on wood' that WOULD mean the finish is too thin!!


I think it looks great.

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orvilleowner wrote:
Let's get back to the weight of the finish.

You figure your "coating" weighed 52 grams. Niki's guitar's finish weighed 197 gram.

So yours is about 1/4 of the thickness?!? That would be thin enough, I guess. I hope it's not too thin ... knock on wood.


Niki's finish was a thick MIM polyester, remember. So bettering that was a bit like shooting fish in a barrel.

But yes, my concern would be whether it's too thin, rather than too thick. Unlike Niki and Mr Bill, I won't be happy to see that join seam starting to show through the paint - 'specially as it's so crooked!

Still, I'm a careful chappie with my guitars: don't think I'm going to wear through the lacquer:
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Actualy, we don't want him 'knocking on wood' that WOULD mean the finish is too thin!!

Another comment where I nearly laughed my coffee out my nose...

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I am impressed...to say the least :!: :shock:

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