rightintheface
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hey guys, whilst i'm doing some uploading, thought i'd show you my crap-standard-looking-epi turning into nicely-oiled-lovely-looking axe. i dont have many progress shots, mainly just before/after. began life as a very standard epiphone g-400 with everything stock and gloss trans red finish. yawn.
BEFORE: note the seediness, the multiple coats of sparypaint, stickers, changed controls, beer-caps nailed around the edges.... general filth. only good thing really is the zebra Vintage Vibe HSP90 pups (hummers wound like p-90s somehow). oh yeah, and the mexican-skeleton-playing-a-guitar-sticker (i saved that one).
now my only in-progress shot, after several days of sanding, more sanding, and MORE sanding to get the thick-assed stubborn trans red finish off. this stuff was ridiculously thick, no wonder the guitar sounded like bog. applied a little turps to show the grain. notice the seedy white/red/green overlapping colours from previous half-assed attempts at a re-finish on the sides, and the humbucker cavities re-routed to fit the large HSP90's.
and the finished product, all sanded back, a dozen or so coats of danish oil, cured, waxed with carnauba. controls moved to spare tele plate covering most of the holes. i didn't want to plug the holes as the wood tone would've been so much different, so i just left them. headstock also has been attacked with a saw to make it much less epi-looking. she looks 'aight in the sunshine!! sounds much better with the thinner finish, and the neck feels amazing.
if you like it, i could be tempted by offers of sale....
BEFORE: note the seediness, the multiple coats of sparypaint, stickers, changed controls, beer-caps nailed around the edges.... general filth. only good thing really is the zebra Vintage Vibe HSP90 pups (hummers wound like p-90s somehow). oh yeah, and the mexican-skeleton-playing-a-guitar-sticker (i saved that one).
now my only in-progress shot, after several days of sanding, more sanding, and MORE sanding to get the thick-assed stubborn trans red finish off. this stuff was ridiculously thick, no wonder the guitar sounded like bog. applied a little turps to show the grain. notice the seedy white/red/green overlapping colours from previous half-assed attempts at a re-finish on the sides, and the humbucker cavities re-routed to fit the large HSP90's.
and the finished product, all sanded back, a dozen or so coats of danish oil, cured, waxed with carnauba. controls moved to spare tele plate covering most of the holes. i didn't want to plug the holes as the wood tone would've been so much different, so i just left them. headstock also has been attacked with a saw to make it much less epi-looking. she looks 'aight in the sunshine!! sounds much better with the thinner finish, and the neck feels amazing.
if you like it, i could be tempted by offers of sale....
