the last time i was in Tim Thelen's shop getting an estimate, he asked me what kind of finish i wanted. i told him he could do it in amalgamated cow plop if he wanted as long as it looked fair and didn't smell too bad.
i find all this a bit funny. a Gibson finish will be fine.
Well, I'm displeased with my results, but I do appreciate your understanding and hope I can live up to the cow flop bar you set! There's just a lot of grain pore showing everywhere and nitro just isn't very forgiving in that department. I can't get the flaws to show up in the pics, but there's a lot of shrinkage there. You can see it better on the walnut back. On a positive note, no cow flop smell!!!
You can really see the grain in the walnut! Another wood that begs for poly!
Got the idiot's name sanded out from the back of the neck. The headstock polished up really nice.
Thumbrest placement. OK here?