Screw the JW association thing and live with it, as its the best colour on that shape by a country mile. It's definitely worth doing some work on this guitar to get it up to scratch thoughįirstly - don't paint it. If I have an effect I like I want to use it with all my guitars Whether it's a good idea is a whole different question. Onboard effects are certainly possible here, loads of room in the normal control locations. It can be a minefield with unusual designs. I wouldn't bother trying to change the whole neck. Nothing we suggest is going to be without challenges and variables You already have one here.Īlthough you should test under a plate first. It would need keying (a light sanding with 240g + wet and dry abrasive) first, but the biggest challenge when finishing is getting a level surface before you paint. Re the binding, yes I was going to frog tape it to paint the two different colours, then if the edge is a bit iffy it's ok because the binding would cover it What like right on top of the existing colour? Will it work over lacquer? Get your colour sorted first, I would just overspray, not strip The stock on edge strip should work well on this. Not go well but that was only partially my fault, so a bit wary but keen to Suggestions, warnings etc gratefully received. In FX if there’s room? Something like that Octopus passive octave thing would Haven’t looked much yet inbetween, but I don’t imagineĪnywhere makes one with a similar headstock shape. Seem to be some on Amazon and Ebay with paddle headstocks but I’d have to learn I do however quite like their longer scale
Įastwood do a scale correct Airline branded neck but it’s something like £150, Just think I could get some cool retro ones cheap ish to whack on. It around the centre of edges, that’d work right? When did my resoglas Airline, he used the provided EZ Binding” which Iĭon’t think is available here, but there were stick on bindings available in Separated by stick on binding to make it look like the old ones Would love to do a different colourįront and back (so either yellow or blue on the front, white on the back) Paint and either rolling or sponging it on. So I was thinking of a previously suggested idea of brake caliper or machinery enamel Reason (it rained, I had no technique, it wouldn’t dry for over two weeks etc), Repainting it, I failed miserably with spray painting last time for various That do the job to strip it? Or should I use hairdryer heat or something and chip Thinners (?) from my previous disaster story on a DIY kit guitar, so would I have some (I think this is the right name) cellulose White fanboy I undoubtedly am, and refinishing it in maybe a Yellow or a BlueĬolour scheme instead. Hopefully they fit in the same size hole as the current onesĬolour – I quite fancy stripping off the red so I look a bit less like the Jack Pickups ” which I think should do the job. I bid on some apparently “Gretsch like” pickups that were going cheap on ebayĪnd accidentally won them, so I am now the proud owner of two “VANSON Alnico II 12 screwpole Gretsch style Humbucker What do you reckon?Īs follows, so any guidance and tips on these would be great:ĭefinites: Change of pickups – for some reason Ideas but thought I’d open it out to you crazy cats to suggest what else IĬould do, on a practical level or even some fun stuff that might make it more It has an imitation bigbsy, and a tone and volume control forĮach pup, so has the basis for a useful thing. Version already) so could be quite cool to do it up as a back up or alternate But it’s certainly uniqueĪs a “not quite accurate” copy of the old plastic guitars (of which I have a fiberglass Wrong way around, the neck doesn’t quite feel right but I’d need to study thatĪ bit more to work out quite what isn’t comfortable. Currently it’s a fairly fun instrumentĪlbeit not without issues, the pickups are a bit hummy and the switch is the I’d consider keeping it and doing it up, to see if I can learn some skills and Does not seem to be able to sell (well, apart from some lovely offers on Facebookįor <£50 saying the usual “I’d be doing you a favour” type thing) I thought
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