[: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 [...]

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 [...]

Having decided to do a “self coloured” headstock I have now primed and painted it and it all looks like it’s finally taking shape!:

It’s not too easy to see from this picture due to slightly strange light, but it is actually much darker than it looks, it’s a metallic dark grey charcoal sort of colour [...]

We had more nice weather suited to doing ‘outdoor’ stuff today. So as well as doing another coat of paint on the body, I now have the headstock complete! This was done by tracing round the “paddle” (blank) headstock including the holes for the tuners, then drawing the required shape onto paper and transferring it [...]