Recent content by Brightkj

Well, here's the neck I ordered from Warmoth... It's solid Indian rosewood.  It will be fitted with stainless steel frets and a Graphtec graphite nut.  I'm planning on adding a set of Grover mini locking rotomatics.  I went with the Rosewood because I wanted to tone down the sharpness of the...

Based on all the feedback, I've pretty much nixed my idea and airbrushing wouldn't be precise enough for what I wanted to do.  Now, I'm looking at either a black grain fill with blue dye over coat or black grain fill with black dye over coat.

Tom Scholz of Boston has the pickups on one of his two LPs (Mighty Mouse, I think) screwed directly into the wood.  In an interview, he said there was no adjustment for the pickups, but doing so eliminated some extraneous frequencies caused by unwanted vibrations.  This isn't something new...

It's actually a MightyMite body.  I've got an e-mail into them trying to find out exactly what it is they put on it. I appreciate the feedback from you guys!

I have access to all the equipment and a spray room, but I've never sprayed either.  However, I've got a buddy that owns a body shop and he's willing to help me out if I need him.  More than anything, I'm just looking for ideas at this point.  Thanks.

God, I hate that subject line, but it is what it is...  :tard: Thanks for taking the time to check this out.  As the subject says, this is my first project guitar and I'm just looking for a little guidance.  Since this is my first project, I didn't want to go too high dollar on the body, so I...

No sketch needed... you've confirmed what I had already expected, but I just wanted to make sure.  Thank you very much for your time. Kevin

Ok... I have this very nicely grained Swamp Ash body that is just begging for a finish, but I want to do something I haven't seen anybody else do yet.  Just to get one thing out of the way... I already know grain filler is a must on this body. What I want to do is stain the body, which sounds...