Translucent blonde ash cabronita

[Steiger]

Heres a few shots of a cabronita im working on

First i applied a couple of coats of behlens sanding sealer

I then used timbermate grain filler, ebony on the front and back, neutral on the end grain.

Then more coats of sanding sealer which is when i started to take photos.

Next came rothko and frost translucent blonde.

You can see the first couple of coats were very light and now its starting to get to where i want it.

Despite the grain filler and sanding sealer i still missed a few spots on the back which i couldnt see until the paint was applied.

I also had a small run on the front where my finger interfered with the spray, some light sanding sorted that out.

The plan is to get a 24.75" scale roasted maple neck and tv jones powertron and powertron plus pups. The controls will be a volume control for each pickup only. Nice and simple!

I also have a mark rutters half bridge i plan to use

 

[sixstringsamurai]

Something forever classic about a blonde Tele with a black PG. :headbang1:
Looking good! :icon_thumright:

 

[Great Ape]

Cool finish, but those pics are bigger than the Barry Manilow posters on the wall in my bedroom!!!

 

[bagman67]

That Barry Manilow is just dreamy, ain't he?

 

[DangerousR6]

Cool finish, but those pics are bigger than the Barry Manilow posters on the wall in my bedroom!!!

oh please, you know there are pics non bigger than you Manilow posters.

 

[stratamania]

I like the look of this so far. Well done.

 

[Steiger]

So the neck finally arrived Woohoo!!!  arty07: :cool01: :headbang1:

Roasted maple, gibson scale conversion with boat neck profile, ss6105 frets, earvana nut, no dot inlay.

The smell is awesome and it feels even better. I have a warmoth rosewood, birdseye and regular maple necks already and this roasted maple feels like it will be #1

The pups are tv jones powertron plus in the bridge, powertron in the neck,

mark rutter bridge (awesome customer service from them even though I didn't have any issues)

Apologies for only providing links to the pics, the embedded pics were hooooge

http://imgur.com/jMAa6AZ
http://imgur.com/rt9oHT6
http://imgur.com/5BZAqbs