jackthehack
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Moved the thread over to here; here are the pics of the VIP I snagged on eBay for 178 Canadian as it showed up; heavy stain job topped with some kind of "Glo-coat" floor acrylic wax in a real heavy coat. Scratches in pics were made with my fingernail:
Here's a test shot of Mohawk toner used to burst I did prior to starting the stripping; looked good and as a base idea I'll pursue to try to get a '58 LP burst finish on this. Ordered a Warmoth peghead Pro 10/16 neck in mahogany with rosewood fretboard and trapezoid inlays for this one; will wind up putting some form of vintage like PUs:
After spending hours and MANY sheets of #180/220 sandpaper (whatever Glo-coat junk used clogs sandpaper up with a vengance, I'm almost done sanding all the shit finish off. The make this even more a pain in the ass, whatever retard did this finish abortion did it TWICE as thick inside the body horns where you can't get a power tool to... Body turned out to have a black pinstripe accent line, be hollow and has a one piece mahogany back...
Now on to finish the little bit of sanding left on the top and to start filling the mahogany properly with black grain filler...
![VIPrefinfront.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Famberjackmusic.com%2FVIPrefinfront.jpg&hash=2d7bb73a4ce8faab8e19a1553759a568)
![VIPrefinback.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Famberjackmusic.com%2FVIPrefinback.jpg&hash=bc610644fdf85ae83ef88120aea144d6)
Here's a test shot of Mohawk toner used to burst I did prior to starting the stripping; looked good and as a base idea I'll pursue to try to get a '58 LP burst finish on this. Ordered a Warmoth peghead Pro 10/16 neck in mahogany with rosewood fretboard and trapezoid inlays for this one; will wind up putting some form of vintage like PUs:
![VIPbtest.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Famberjackmusic.com%2FVIPbtest.jpg&hash=cadb7fa1110d0200e28605ccdb7efab1)
After spending hours and MANY sheets of #180/220 sandpaper (whatever Glo-coat junk used clogs sandpaper up with a vengance, I'm almost done sanding all the shit finish off. The make this even more a pain in the ass, whatever retard did this finish abortion did it TWICE as thick inside the body horns where you can't get a power tool to... Body turned out to have a black pinstripe accent line, be hollow and has a one piece mahogany back...
![VIPfsand.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Famberjackmusic.com%2FVIPfsand.jpg&hash=e9f8ed3690f8586ce8cc59302af8de69)
![VIPrsand.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Famberjackmusic.com%2FVIPrsand.jpg&hash=a7aed3abbc62fd0f13afa75bf6db5db8)
Now on to finish the little bit of sanding left on the top and to start filling the mahogany properly with black grain filler...