Always fancied a Pink Paisley, I started searching for them again after seeing the one for sale on here and found out that Allparts make a licensed PP body
More searching later, the UK price was £600+, I ordered via eBay one of the USA sellers, after paying VAT on it today, it came to just under £400, which is still a lot, but the quality is amazing!
Here it is as it arrived, next to a very special neck (it's like a piece of art!) I got from
@GSPBASSES as part of a Tele thin line partscaster
Not letting my lack of skill or knowledge get in my way, I started measuring out, ready to drill the holes for the pick guard I'd sourced, bridge and control plate. After measuring / checking the pick guard and bridge layout about 10 times, I was ready for drilling (held steady with lots of masking tape)
Some nervous drilling later
Pretty happy with how it went, the control plate isn't perfectly straight, but more than good enough!
I got the closest pink I could find mixed up in Halfords today to go on the bottom of the pick guard, but that's not to be done until I decide what neck to use, as that will likely involve modifying the pick guard with the Dremel to allow a 22 fret neck to fit in place. More on that in a bit.
I then turned the guitar over and fitted the ferrules
So the neck, I originally planned to use an Allparts TMO-C, I bought one and a Wudtone vintage yellow kit, but sadly my impatience and lack of skill originally made a bit of a pigs ear out of it, I've recovered most of it, but he fretboard is a lot lighter where I kept having to wire wool back (after going a bit OTT on the first attempt at cutting it back).
This is it prior to the clear being added to the fretboard
Headstock with logo from guitardecals.co.uk
However, pale fretboard aside, as soon as I received the parts caster bits from Grahame (GSP), I decided then I couldn't use this! So I have another birdseye / birdseye neck on the way! Once that arrives I can decide which one to use for this and which to use for the thin line
So progress is stalled for now, until the neck choice is made!
I have all the rest of the parts just waiting, including pickups (Thames Deltas) from Ash @ Oil City, can't wait to get this finished!
Dave.
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I keep looking at the chap who is doing lasered one's on t'bay.. but yours looks miles better methinks
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/niEAAOSwQItT28EJ/$_57.JPG
Certainly going to give it a go, I've got a decent colour match to the sides in a spray paint, a flat colour though, but shouldn't make much difference when behind the perspex
They do look cool
I ordered this kit from eBay:
http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r638/davewitchalls/Pink Paisley/image.jpg
I sprayed some of the paint into one of the pots and set to work.
Two different clear guards arrived this week, after many practice attempts on paper, I ended up with these two:
http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r638/davewitchalls/Pink Paisley/image-2.jpg
http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r638/davewitchalls/Pink Paisley/image-1.jpg
Fairly happy with both, they do have overspray, which I'm debating what action to take. You can't see it when the guard is on the guitar, but I read that t-cut is OK to use... I'll get some and try it on the test guard (the Spanish one) and see what happens. Either way, the guitar will be wired up and tested ready and waiting for its neck by Monday
http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r638/davewitchalls/Pink Paisley/image-3.jpg
Can't wait