[:project guitar:]

I’ve now got most of the assembly done and a lot of the electronics, as I now have the final bits I needed to start on the electronics (capacitors and extra wire!)
All the parts that can be put together have been now, so we can get an idea of what it looks like overall and [...]

After about 8-9 coats total the lacquer is finally done (not least because I’ve now finished up the can and that is a pretty substantial amount!). It does have a nice sheen to the surface, I haven’t sanded/buffed it to an ultra-shiny finish as it looks better slightly matt due to the design.
I left it [...]

I’ve done about 6-7 coats of lacquer so far and still ongoing with it – it is getting harder and more glossy but still a bit more to do. (I’ve got through most of a can of the larger size of Halfords lacquer already though!) So there’s not a lot of progress to report really, [...]

The transparent pickguard arrived (quite a few days ago actually!) and is much better with the paint than the original white one they supplied. I might ebay the white one – nothing wrong with it at all, it just doesn’t really go with the paint as it would end up covering up a lot of [...]

Before starting on the lacquer I’ve taken some pictures of what the body looks like “so far” and with the neck placed on (not actually attached) to get more of an idea of what the overall thing will look like.
Here are some results:

I’m pretty pleased with the result so far, even with a lot of [...]

After masking stripes the other way as well (making squares) I have applied the first paint in the charcoal colour – 2 coats total (quite thin ones). The squares being painted here are the ones that are going to be the darkest colour in the final thing. The parts that have both a vertical and [...]