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Started by Ranbat, May 27, 2012, 07:01:26 PM

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Ranbat

Picked this up at a yard sale for $5. Thought I screwed myself, but I have already sold the neck on eBay for $20 plus shipping and got a couple bucks out of the pickup. I'm gonna re-contour the body and do crazy things to it. Crazy things like put a 'bucker in the neck and a Tele pickup in the bridge with one of those GFS Bigsby tremolos on it. After I spray it with Krylon Glitter Blast. Yep, gonna be craaaaaazeeeee!  ;D






All I can think is that somebody used paint stripper and it ate up that particle board top and back. And then things went bad  :D
Meh :/

The Shocker

Awesome!  I'd buy it for $5.

Ranbat

Stripped the body of everything and got out my sander to remove the rest of the paint. I'll be re-cutting those bevels with my router.
Meh :/

jibberish

[inb4 sunno creams his monitor]

VOLVO)))

Platinum series BC Rich, Class Axe era, particle board and sawdust. Ill send my condolences with a tin of lighter fluid. :D
"I like a dolphin who gets down on a first date."  - Don G


CHUB CUB 4 LYFE.

Ranbat

What's really weird, is, the particle board veneer on the front and back. The middle is a soft solid wood. It's too bizarre to not turn into something even more bizarre.
Meh :/

Metal and Beer

Yeah, those were basically junk but for five bucks ? Hell yeah...

Bonus Points: Quadrupling your money on the neck alone. Make a beater, use as guinea pig, paint-art sacrificial lamb and such
"Would it kill you fellas to play some Foghat?"

Mr. Foxen

Quote from: Ranbat on May 28, 2012, 06:40:16 PM
What's really weird, is, the particle board veneer on the front and back. The middle is a soft solid wood.

The wood part the outline an routes and the particle board a stuck on the faces moulding for the contours?

The Shocker

Quote from: Mr. Foxen on May 28, 2012, 08:50:44 PM
Quote from: Ranbat on May 28, 2012, 06:40:16 PM
What's really weird, is, the particle board veneer on the front and back. The middle is a soft solid wood.

The wood part the outline an routes and the particle board a stuck on the faces moulding for the contours?

Say what?

Ranbat

Once I get the body in a little better shape, I'm going to paint it with some of this stuff.

http://www.krylon.com/products/glitter_blast/

I going with the Citrus Dream or the Orange Burst.
Meh :/

The Shocker

Sunn, post a pic of my citrus burst. More like explosion really.
I like the orange.

mortlock


mawso

Quote from: SunnO))) on May 28, 2012, 05:24:05 PM
Platinum series BC Rich, Class Axe era, particle board and sawdust. Ill send my condolences with a tin of lighter fluid. :D

i'd totally buy a burner guitar for $5

Mr. Foxen

Quote from: The Shocker on May 28, 2012, 09:13:56 PM
Quote from: Mr. Foxen on May 28, 2012, 08:50:44 PM
Quote from: Ranbat on May 28, 2012, 06:40:16 PM
What's really weird, is, the particle board veneer on the front and back. The middle is a soft solid wood.

The wood part the outline an routes and the particle board a stuck on the faces moulding for the contours?

Say what?


That should have started with a 'Is'.

tombhex

is that a scalloped fretboard?!

Ranbat

Quote from: tombhex on May 29, 2012, 08:31:27 AM
is that a scalloped fretboard?!

Somebody started to scallop it.  :-\
Meh :/

Hemisaurus

so if you sold the neck, what are you using for a neck?

Ranbat

Most likely? A GFS Tele neck.  Or, a Mighty Mite Gibby style replacement neck. Still debating. The GFS is way cheaper though.
Meh :/

Ranbat

#18


Looking better. Took my router and recut the bevels more extreme. Filled in the gouges with Bondo  ;D I still need to apply spot putty to a few dings and spray a final sealer coat.
Meh :/

The Shocker


Ranbat

Officially Glitter Blasted. My phone camera doesn't show the sparkle, but it's fab  ;D It needs another coat and some clear sealer. This stuff has a very textured look and feel though. Which, is probably what one should expect when spraying fuckin' GLITTER on a guitar. I imagine with several coats of clear you could get it to smooth out and achieve a nice glossy finish though.

Meh :/

The Shocker


Ranbat

Ha! Scored a neck off of ebay. I was looking at GFS replacement necks and a Xaviere neck popped up. I got it for a cool $36!
Meh :/

Ranbat

So, here it is Glitter Blasted with the neck attached. I'm hoping to score some dogear P-90s, but was wondering if they'll cover the humbucker routes.
Meh :/

Lumpy

You could make a pickguard that covers the slop?
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