Les Paul Fender Mashup Finished Pg.2
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Les Paul Fender Mashup Finished Pg.2
Rosser guitars made me an ash Les Paul sort of body. I asked him to add contours, make it set up for a Fender hardtail bridge and a 51 P Bass control plate. I picked up a Starcaster neck pretty cheap that had nice tuners and a good aged amber color and painted the headstock so far. Here is what I have so far.
20190722_134241 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20190722_134308 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20190722_134333 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
So then I did this.
20190722_163311 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20190722_163303_HDR by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
Pretty pleased with it so far.
20190722_134241 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20190722_134308 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20190722_134333 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
So then I did this.
20190722_163311 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20190722_163303_HDR by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
Pretty pleased with it so far.
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Re: Les Paul Fender Mashup
Is that black dye? I love that you can clearly see the grain!
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Black spray paint. I did grey primer first. Since I didn't fill the grain you can see it really well. I thought the grain was really nice and would just let it show.
I got the tape off the neck/headstock. I will clean up the edge with some fine sandpaper tomorrow and let it cure for a week before I start putting clear on. I need to work on a decal still.
2019-07-22_09-19-12 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
I got the tape off the neck/headstock. I will clean up the edge with some fine sandpaper tomorrow and let it cure for a week before I start putting clear on. I need to work on a decal still.
2019-07-22_09-19-12 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
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Re: Les Paul Fender Mashup
Love it! I really like your white overspray too
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Thanks! First time trying it. I always try to avoid paint run so doing on purpose was a new experience. LOL
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The control cavity was too small to fit the control plate guts so I used my drill and router to open it a bit. I also test fit the pickups and rings. Seems like those will be fine.
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Re: Les Paul Fender Mashup
You could fill the grain in a contrasting color and make it really pop.
King Buzzo: I love when people come up to me and say “Your guitar sound was better on Stoner Witch, when you used a Les Paul. “...I used a Fender Mustang reissue on that, dumbass!
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Re: Les Paul Fender Mashup
This mongrel has a millk moustache..
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I lightly sprayed my pickup rings with white. I think it should work well with the body.
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Almost done here. Missing ferrules and I need to wire it up still, but it is looking great!
20190819_185158 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
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I sprayed some satin deft over my minwax poly on the headstock and it had a weird reaction. It crackled up. Works for this project and is a cool texture, but really strange. Never had that happen before.
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