So I got two identical decals from StringKraft in the Jazzmaster Style that say "Billy's Uddmaster" in Metallic Silver. My online handle since I was a kid is Billy Udders/BillyUdders (random name generator online when I was twelve looking to make a character in Diablo 2), so I thought it w...

I got the pickups and the pickguard out and put them on the guitar so I could figure out how I feel about the eventual colour combo - here's how it's gonna look, kinda:

Front colour photos, now curing. 12-18hrs according to the tin.

Excitement building here at in the Rhys household.

Got a colour coat on. My enthusiasm got a bit swallowed up by a big work project and a few other things. There are some imperfections but overall I'm happy with the quality of the job, gonna let it cure for tonight and then do the front. This paint dries a lot faster and drips way less than the prim...

TL;DR: Boring sanding post, no pictures. Guitar smoother now, Rhys happier. This project definitely marks a big step up in my knowledge of things guitar related and probably wood related. I spent a good chunk of the afternoon getting the body to look decent with sponge sanding blocks and I feel much...

Overall not happy with my sanding job and after some soul searching I've decided that it's not gonna cut it. The primer coat has shown me that it's just not smooth enough. Heading out to the store tomorrow to get some foam pads for my orbital sander and some proper grain filler from sherwin williams...

Progress report: sanding will be necessary but we have a fair decent primer coat on. Sides are drippy, will rotate and spray the sides individually for the top coat.

My sanding is not robotic by any means, primer coat has shown me I probs should’ve spent a bit more time on the contour.

Oooo ooo, also had a fucking brainwave extraordinaire last night about how to set the guitar up to spray it. My painters table legs go up to like chest height on me, so I can use the cinder blocks I have to weigh down the plank I'll attach to the body to hold it in position and then I can hang it of...

Cool, good to know I'm on the right track then! I got some flat white primer from Rustoleum, 2x painter's touch stuff , which I assume is going to play nice with top coat and some Rustoleum clear coat gloss to finish it off with. Plan is: 1) two coats of primer a few minutes apart and then leave it ...

Ok body is now sanded and filled. My technique leaves a bit to be desired but I’ve found that 320 grit and time cures all. Oh and filler.. Currently filled just some small open rough bits around the horns and contour where my sander work was less than stellar, nothing too deep because it was mainly ...

So really liking the orbital sander I bought, going 60, 120, 240 grit. Don't have a ton of outdoor lighting and next door have just had a sprog who goes to sleep round this time so I decided to be a good neighbour and pack it in for the evening. So far I have got down to 120 grit on the front, once ...

Nice picks. I want to play these guys some time this year so will need to find an Eastwood dealer. There's so many intriguing Eastwood models now, lots of interesting Baritones - these ones have stood out to me for a while. There was another cool black model somewhere I wanted to noodle on also will...

Yeah could do, also thought about maybe getting one of those Eric Clapton grease bucket things and putting it there but an extra knob might be a pain in the sack. Refin is happening!!!! I have never painted anything with rattle cans and I’m starting out with blue metallic, so pray for me! E-fucking-...

DAMN! Pickguardian do great work look at this beautiful guard! I have some problems just slinging this all together: 1) It took a huge scratch at the bottom that needed to be sanded out, there are other gashes on it I want to go over. I'm searching for HNB's thread on building it to see what it's pa...

Waiting for Tony from Pickguardian to send me back a pg to put the pickups in :) I've been meaning to try to do a bit of gear demoing, this is a good chance maybe. I have a strat with Fishman Fluence's in which just sound like decently hot Texas pickups, so I've got a decently standard sounding guit...

Hi all, similar thread to my SG one; what floats your baritone boat, Shortscale?? I want to buy more, need inspiration! I’ve been really getting into my Dano 66BT, recently restrung with daddario medium baritone strings and tuned down to A instead of Bb, has taken over most of my playing time! (Pic ...

Ok cool so I'm barking somewhat up the right tree! I was going to get a few rattles of gloss coat for the body and graduating grains of grit and try to get a more glossy finish on the body, I'll add some more tins and see if I can attempt something similar. Similar to you I was thinking I could shoo...

Ah photos

Begat from the other two threads I made today, thought it would be nice to document this little Jazzmaster project I've embarked on Plan is: 1) Add gloss finish to the body so it's more inline with my other guitars aesthetically 2) It had Dimarzio Super Distortions in it, which I love as pickups but...

Bought a nine guitar floor rack to save some space. It had fairly iffy reviews but so did every other fucking one! It's pretty good, but it needs to be stationary, definitely no way I'd put this in the back of a car and use it for stages or whatever though it touts that as a possibility. It's fairl...