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GuitarAttack: We really like the color of this LP build.
Paintscratch.com is a good resource for paint. Colin Neslon
<ufat211@yahoo.com>
Hey, my name is Colin. Thought I would submit a Les Paul Style Saga Kit that
I
built over the winter.
This guitar was originally planned to have an orange base with dripping (or
melting) black hardware. This was scraped. The only technique I could think
of
to spray these intricate designs would involve a fuzzy stencil and, frankly,
I
was just sick of painting. But now I realize (of course after it's too late)
that hand painting and sanding the black drips would have sufficed. I did
manage to add create a little pinstripe on the transition to the back.
The color coat is an acrylic lacquer Duplicolor black and an orange from a
350z
ordered from paintscratch.com.
One can from paintscratch was just enough to cover the front and sides.
The primer I used was the acrylic sandable white primer from
Duplicolor. I simply ran over the body with 600 grit sandpaper before
spraying the primer (that was it!). I clearcoated with Duplicolor clear
acrylic lacquer. I used approximately four cans. This may have not been
enough, as i dealt with numerous sandthroughs, especially near the
bottom edge and fretboard edge, and my strap rubber has worn through to
the primer.
The headstock shape is a little incongruent with a Les Paul, but i wanted to
throw in some metal influence.
Everything that came with the kit was used other than the tuners (which were
a
complete joke).
From what I can tell (I'm running through a practice amp) it sounds pretty
good
It plays very well after the correct setup was found. The neck warped quite
a
bit during the painting process, but a truss rod adjustment fixed
everything. I
also popped the nut out and filed down some material and extra glue to find
the
right nut height.
Thanks for putting the site
together.
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