Again Kudos!!
Out of curiosity, what was you drying/curing time? i am doing a guitar using some acrylic stuff and would appreciate any info.

Edit: haha!! I R SMRT!!!! Just reread, you said it in the first line, 1 week.

Hey Ya'll,
For those who were following my "Body ID" thread, here's the latest update. After letting the lacquer set for a week, I sat down today to do the final polishing on the body. After 4 hours of wet sanding and rubbing and buffing, my fingers feel like they're going to fall off but I think it was worth it. Just as a refresher, again here's how she looked the day I brought her home...





And here's how she looks now...





Little bit of a difference huh? I did make a few screw ups on the back...had a couple of sanded throughs between clear coats...




If this had of been a nicer body, I would have gone back and fixed these but this project has been more about "character" and since this is on the back, I'm not really going to worry about it. I think that once I get the hardware on, it's going to look more like natural wear anyways. I wasn't really trying to do a relic or a Road Worn...just worked out that way.

I've also replaced the logo on the headstock with a vintage correct Fender logo. Now before the flamefest starts here, please know that I do not intend to sell this neck or guitar! I wouldn't be advertising it if I were. I did this strictly for my own personal satisfaction. The way I see this is while a lot of folks buy a particular guitar because of the way it sounds and feels (myself included), looks are important. With this project I wanted to create the look of a more vintage instrument and to me, the headstock logo is part of that. Now honestly here, from a distance it's passable, but if someone were to look closely at it, it's pretty easy to tell that it's a fake. Again I do not intend to sell this neck or anything and I'm not trying to rip anyone off with this. More over, I've left the serial number and the "Made in Indonesia" on the back of the headstock in tact...all someone has to do is check the serial number to see this neck is from a 2004 Squire Standard. The only reason I mentioned it is that when I post the final assembly pics in a few weeks, I don't want anyone to freak if they saw the other shots I posted. So please...no one get bent out of shape on this...I just did this for my own shits and giggles.

I also have the new bridge on order...vintage style Mexican bridge (with the big trem block) and I also ordered a vintage RI "F" neck plate to go with the aesthetics and I'm going to have my birthday engraved on the neck plate as a serial number. I was toying with even putting some Kluson tuners on it but honestly, I like the tuners I have here so they're going back on. I think I've decided to go with my old Lotus pickups on this sucker too...they have a bit more of a vintage tone than anything else I have around here and I can always upgrade the pups later. The other parts should be here in a couple of weeks and this will give the lacquer a chance to harden. Once the rest of the parts come in I'll get her put together and see how she sounds and then I'll get more pics up!

Alrighty, just wanted to post an update now that the final polish is done! I"ll probably start the next project in the next couple of days...going to do a 12 string Strat!

Enjoy,
Jim

Hey Lomitus, I really like whay you've done there. Couple of questions...
Was it a squier body?
I like the CBS decal, I'm assuming that as it was a squier neck, the original decal had no top coat over it and was easy to buff off? (the decal on my old Japanese squire wore away in time!)

Did you top coat over the new decal? (and I'm on your side - it's part of the aesthetic) - so long as you don't rip anyone off on Ebay!!

Cheers