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Here's a shot of the gold in the sunlight yesterday, shows off the colour and scratch plate a bit better. Jon really nailed this, i'm so chuffed!
(formerly miserneil)
In the process of updating the website, here's another shot of The Hurricane that really shows the depth of the gold:
(formerly miserneil)
It's been so busy here since lockdown (and i'm certainly not complaining!) with a large order of guitars plus lots of customer work being couriered in and out so forum time had to be curtailed for a while. Apologies to those who sent PM's or tagged me in posts that I haven't replied to, I will attempt to rectify asap!
Anyway, the first couple of months of lockdown were spent getting this batch of guitars done, 2 private commissions, a Spitfire, a semi-hollow oversize Hurricane and 3 Fillmore's for stock at my new UK dealer @ATB_Guitars:
A Piano Black DC for Tony:
A little fettle of a KILLER '63 Strat...
And while I was waiting on parts last week I was able to get on with a couple of my own jobs that had been patiently waiting in the wings. First was a refret on my '56 TV Model - replacing the literal train tracks (originals on right of the picture) it had before with my preferred Jescar 45100 wire:
And later in the week I decided to give my 2002 LP Standard a little makeover....
I had it refinished about 8 years ago and was never really happy with it, so stripped it, I re-carved the top so it had a little more of a vintage shape - it's not 'vintage correct' (not everything has to be.... )but it now has the dish of a '57 Goldtop that i'm very familiar with and the classic 50's re-curve - I didn't want to get all cork sniffer about it, just give it a little more shape and finesse. It's also a top only refin - I had this guitar for my 21st birthday and toured with it for 10 years so there's a lot of history in those dings and scars on the back and I didn't want to erase that.
And after a yellow base, my own aniline cherry mix and some help from mother nature, we're here:
I also went for the vintage style 'parts shadows' for a bit of fun!
It's currently gassing off then i'll wet sand and add some play wear in keeping with the rest of the guitar
(formerly miserneil)
(formerly miserneil)
Here's what i'm working on currently, my first flametop guitar, The Spitfire!
I just shot a cherry burst using aniline dyes and faded it back a touch with the help of Mother Nature and I'm just starting the clear coats. It'll have a nerd level vintage spec PAF in the bridge and a low wind P90 in the Neck. This one has already been reserved!
(formerly miserneil)
(formerly miserneil)
Thanks for the kind words chaps! I’m really pleased with this one and it’ll now be my main shape. The pickup/hardware configurations are endless. There’s another flame top and a Goldtop ‘54 in build currently.
(formerly miserneil)