7/8th P90 Plank of Possibility

[Rick]

Agreed ... that finish is great! Getting towards mahogany, but smoother. Must log this away for future reference. Thanks!

 

[rockandroller]

For the record, that was color #111 "Golden Wheat".
Next time, I am thinking about trying Azure, Turquoise, or maybe Raspberry over swamp ash...

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[rockandroller]

I went to buy some shielding paint, all I saw on Amazon was some no name product: 30 ml for $36 plus tax! Did some digging, found a one liter bottle of some serious professional paint for 78 dollars... And my amazon business account piped up with a $40 coupon... So now I have enough shielding paint to do 15 guitars, and this is really nice product, I like it better than the MG stuff (which is seriously expensive too, as I remember)


"None more black"...

 

[ragamuffin]

Now you can paint your house with it to shield yourself from the lizard people's evil mind control rays!

 

[rockandroller]

Today I got the bridge mounted. And threaded in the bridge ground wire to the cavity. I had to drill a hole for it as the body was ordered 'tremelo back cavity only'

Then I got to modding the pickguard to accommodate the custom Kahler hardtail. Turned out orders of magnitude more difficult than I expected... My dremel just melted it, exacto scribing was unreliable, I ended up using a mill bastard by hand. "Close enough for rock and roll"...

Then I cannibalized the low profile five way super switch from the Esquire slanted switch control panel.. Maybe getting wired tomorrow!

 

[rockandroller]

Wired! No time to string it up today, but it won't be long now...



Cream knobs and switchtip coming next week, along with the Esquire repair parts...

 

[ragamuffin]

Ol' Yeller!

 

[Heavy Rock]

That's a high performance axe right there! Classy stuff.

 

[rockandroller]

It's ALIVE
Still needs straplocks, knobs and switchtip, but it is playable 'right out of the box'.
["Just add strings"...]
When I get time to take it up to the third floor (studio) I will give it a proper setup and evaluation. (And weigh it on the postal scale)

Acoustically, it is louder than either of the two other solidbodies I have handy down here, with more midrange tonality. Very good sustain as well. It'll be interesting to hear it plugged in!

 

[JohnnyHardtail]

Who knew that a Canary neck, Supernova inlays, and Poplar body would make such a great looking guitar?

Awesome concept and execution …

 

[rockandroller]

Knobs are on, waiting for strap locks to arrive...

 

[rockandroller]

Now with its Schaller straplocks installed, weight is 6 pounds, 15 oz.

Pretty nice considering that the Kahler hardtail bridge must weigh close to a pound!
PS: body spec sheet said "Bonus Extra Light Poplar"...

 

[Spud]

Wired! No time to string it up today, but it won't be long now...

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Cream knobs and switchtip coming next week, along with the Esquire repair parts...

awesome!

 

[PFDarkside]

Wow that’s a wild bridge!