I realize I never finished my series of completing my custom guitar project, Sable. Rest assured, I did finish the project and the guitar has seen some heavy use with my band, DEWar. I have attached some additional pictures of the construction process as well as some of the finished product in use.
After contacting the manufacturer of the John Deere Blitz Black paint, I found out the issue in regards to the paint finish coming out glossy. Apparently, this paint does not like numerous coats. The more coats you build up, the glossier it gets. Therefore, I need to sand my finish back down and start back from …
Today I started off by applying the Sable decal to the Truss Rod Cover Plate. I first sanded the polyurethane finish I sprayed on the cover yesterday lightly to get a smooth surface and then trimmed and applied the decal. Once that was done, I went to pick up another can of the Blitz Black paint. I …
After letting the last coats of paint on the neck cure for about a week, I decided it was time to put the decals I had made on it. Since this is my second custom guitar, I came up with a logo to dub the guitar, Custom 2. A while back when planning this guitar, I …
I let the body and neck setup for a week after spraying the first 6 coats of John Deere Blitz Black paint on them. The first 3 pictures are of the body and neck with these coats after sitting for a week to cure. Today, I then did a light sanding of the neck and body …
After a long break from working on Sable, I was finally able to find some time to get back to it. During the break, the primer had ample time to setup. Before I started to spray the final coats on, I lightly sanded the primer so to have a smooth under-coat for the color finish. …
I found a phantom-power mod on the Yahoo FCB1010 User Group that allowed the FCB1010 to be powered through the MIDI cable so you did not need the power cable supplied with the FCB1010. I went with option of installing a switch that allowed me to still use the supplied power cable if I so desired. You …
After a few days of not being able to work on the guitar body, today I was finally able to sand the sanding sealer down to a smooth finish. Once I was done with that, I wiped down the body to get all the dust off of it and started spraying the primer coats on …
I read up on sanding sealers and decided to go by my local Rockler to pick up some sanding sealer. I found a product I think I’ll be happy with. I then proceeded to put 3 coats of sanding sealer on the body with a foam brush. This sealer went on very thick and should do …
After leaving the neck and body to set overnight, I checked to see how the primer setup. To my surprise, the grain was showing slightly through the primer on the back of the guitar body. Not too noticeable, but I want the finish on this guitar to be top notch and not look like I …