PaulThePlug Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Nice... I picked up some cheap Epi Goodness... £42 from EvilBay... but not allowed to faff n fixup as 'It's for Christmass...' got a set of Olympia 10-48 Flatwounds for it, £8 from EvilBay... so £50 All-In... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 12 hours ago, PaulThePlug said: Nice... I picked up some cheap Epi Goodness... £42 from EvilBay... but not allowed to faff n fixup as 'It's for Christmass...' got a set of Olympia 10-48 Flatwounds for it, £8 from EvilBay... so £50 All-In... Wow, that’s a steal! Any plans other than just strings and play it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) More stain… ignore how blotchy the front is, it was still drying Edited December 17, 2021 by budget bassist 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 The back looks nice & even, hopefully the top will after drying out properly. Are you going for a satin or gloss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) If the front comes out anything like the back... Nice... Me? Satin... Watching with interest... My Epi.. Had the pickguard off, got some cheap flat metal pickup surrounds from the bay £3 as the epi is flat body flat neck and doesnt need the slanted surrounds... flat met truss rod cover £2... got a bit of wood for the trem cavity to block the bridge, ans leave the 3 springs in for the 'Angels Voices'... was looking at the Telecaster Humbucker all-in-one bridge... but the measurements are out, between the pickup and bridge bits presumably scale length Gibo 24 3/4 to Fend 25 1/2... so just the minor mods n plat it, Humbuckers 650 n 700 are meant to be US voiced and great, anything else is gonna be more than a quarter of the purchase cost... Edited December 17, 2021 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 Well flip. Final application of stain and the veneer started to lift at the bottom edge. Not sure what to do now. Sand the top and stain again hoping it doesn’t lift again or just oil it and enjoy it knowing that I’ve made a few mistakes and it has very little monetary value anyway… maybe if I’m feeling adventurous later on I could attempt to remove the veneer and put a new one on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Glue and pressure ? @Andyjr1515 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Any glue resudue may stop any further stain or oiling coverinf priperly, and might highlight the area even more, or requier even more sanding and staining...Maybe go with what ya got?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 What about continuing as-is, then glue when the finish is finished? Wick in some superglue and clamp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 (edited) Could try your hand at applying a new veneer? The poster @apaput one on his Sue Ryder using an iron in this thread but the pics are gone: If my memory serves me (and probably it doesn't, I'm old now) he went through the process in detail. Edited December 18, 2021 by lemmywinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Before anything I'd try ironing it back down. The stain has probably dissolved the glue but there might be enough left under the veneer to reheat and stick down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 3 hours ago, Maude said: Before anything I'd try ironing it back down. The stain has probably dissolved the glue but there might be enough left under the veneer to reheat and stick down. I think this might be the ticket. It’s settled down a bit now so isn’t nearly as bad. At this point I just want to play the damn thing so I think I’ll just crack on and see how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted December 23, 2021 Author Share Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) I decided to glue down the small sections at the bottom with super glue. Looks okay, not amazing. Got a few coats of oil on now, I’ve learned some hard lessons about sanding - I wet sanded the guitar with a fine grit of sandpaper and it took the stain back just a bit in a few places. I guess I’m going for the ‘roadworn’ look! After that I tried fine steel wool and that seems to have worked a little better. Thinking about trying wax after the oil as I’m not sure I’ll quite achieve the satin sheen I’m looking for on the top. I really like the way the neck has come out however. Note that in the below photos the back is wet and the front is dry. I really like the wet look. Any ideas if wax will help me achieve a similar look? Edited December 23, 2021 by budget bassist 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 Polished the frets today and oiled the fretboard. Still waiting for the top coat of oil to cure before I buff it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 Such a simple and satisfying job. I can’t believe how bad some people let their fretboards get. I can’t stand the look of the gross black goop on the fretboard. This is what came off. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 Short side project, I found an Epiphone G310 SG on marketplace tonight for $60 - bad photo and the ad said it needed stings and a knob might be broken. I chanced it and snagged it. After getting home I found that it was filthy. I mean FILTHY. I had to scrape the gunk off the fretboard with a blade. Frets polished, board cleaned and oiled, body cleaned. I swapped the bridge from my les Paul so I could put the chrome bridge on the LP (it’s also in better shape). Tightened the nut on one pot, new strings, set up and it looks way better, plays and sounds good. I’m going to use it until my les Paul is finished and then flip this for a profit - I’d hope to get $150-$200 for it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 (edited) Real nice find... looking good... i think itt would have to be a keeper... Edited January 2, 2022 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 It’s nice enough but if I’m going to have an SG I’d like it to be a set neck. There will always be more cheap guitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 A little more work on the LP. Let the oil dry for a week or so and finally scuffed the top to 2000 grit then buffed using a drill mounted buffing set. It’s definitely better than it was and has a nice sheen but there are some slightly dull spots so I’m not 100% happy but for now I’m just going to build it and play it. I might try to buff it a bit more later on when the oil has had more of a chance to cure properly. Here’s how it looked last night. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) Well, I finally got it all together, strung it up and played it. It needs some work as far as setup and intonation go, but so far it feels good and it makes nice sounds. In my haste I realized I fitted the bridge pickup upside down and so it’s slanted the wrong way and thus very quiet… oops 😅 One other thing I’m thinking of doing is fitting some dot inlays on the fretboard, mostly because I like the look of them over a blank fretboard. I’ll try to get some nice photos of it when I have some decent daylight, but these will do for now Edited January 7, 2022 by budget bassist 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 Finally got this properly set up, wiring finished and playing nicely. Ran into some electrical gremlins which the local shop took care of for me after I was ready to tear my hair out. Just need to get the intonation dialed in and the fret markers once they show up and I was waiting to sell the tuners to buy some nickel ones but I might just do it on my next pay check. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) Some mother of pearl dots showed up today, test fitted one into a scrap piece of wood and was halfway through removing it before I thought I should take a photo. Much easier than I thought though this was a piece of soft wood. I used a piece of painters tape around the bit as a depth stop. I think I’ll try to make a neck rest out of some scrap wood before I try to do the real thing. edit: will try to get the photo in focus next time… Edited January 14, 2022 by budget bassist 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) Sold the SG to a dad buying it for his kid for $250. That’s a profit of $185 towards my house/car repair fund and a hopefully happy kid with a nice guitar. Win/win. Edited January 18, 2022 by budget bassist 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Any kid should be happy with that SG, it looked great. And a good profit for a thorough cleanup 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 Today I fitted the dot inlays. Little bit of a nerve wracking job, got a couple of them wrong where I drilled a tiny bit too deep and had to drill them out and redo them. The third fret marker looks a bit hairy but I’m otherwise pretty happy. I think the mother of pearl contrasts and complements the dark look of the guitar nicely. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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