Zemaitis / Bonabyrd / ??? type thing

PeteC · July 2020

This is looking great Matt - as a Paul and FB lover I really appreciate the combined look. Not Banjo tuners though ??

MattNovak · July 2020

Thanks all - I got lucky with the grain, there’s some lovely figuring in there. Not usually a fan of fancy woods! Would love banjo tuners Pete, but funds won’t stretch to it at the mo.

MattNovak · July 2020

Going to stop with the colour now. This is Osmo honey btw, first time using it:

MattNovak · July 2020

It was pretty much finished, when I realised I hated the paint job:

So, that came off. I added some binding:

And now it's had a few coats of Sonic Blue.

PeteC · July 2020

Really like the binding you've added Matt - works very well with the thin waist. Definitely worth changing. I thought the paint job looked fine tbh - but I am sure this will be even better.

MattNovak · July 2020

Thanks @PeteC - I like it a lot more now:

MattNovak · July 2020

There's still a bit to do - wiring, final finishing and set up etc but everything is where it should be and I like how it looks. Am undecided on a pickguard, not sure that it needs one to be honest.

PIckup is a Jackson J-90c I had in a drawer, sounds good if I remember rightly and now apparently quite sought after?

Anyways, thanks for looking chaps.

SteveRobinson · July 2020

That looks great Matt!

paulnb57 · July 2020

Nice!

StephenB · July 2020

Looks great! if it were me I'd recommend covering the pickup, I always think that uncovered pickups + bigsby look a little weird. Looks like you've learned alot over the lockdown period, that neck is lovely!

MattNovak · July 2020

Thanks chaps - and thanks for the paint, @SteveRobinson

MattNovak · October 2020

F*ck me, was the last update on this in July?? I could have sworn it was more recent. Anyway, I decided that the sonic blue didn't make the most of the white binding and natural cherry body. So, before my day job went mental (which I am grateful for), I refinished it in 'Dark Cola'.

It was in the corner of my music room for the last month, and today I've gotten around to having a look, scraping the binding etc.

Some pics: