thanks guys,
was a steep learning curve,
It looks good in the photos but the finish doesn't bear close inspection.
when I embarked on this Project I thought it would be my joinery skill that let me down not my spray painting skills, I come from a sculpture and prop making background and have done a bit of graf so I thought the paint job would be easy. turns out doing a large plain area with is deep factory shine is actually more of a black art than flashy shadings and highlights . I ended up redoing it three times to try and get the nice finish I wanted, and typically the first one was probably the best. in the end it was budget that made me stop, I spent more on spray paint than I did the guitars. But the whole thing came in at under £200, over budget but not by too much.
I made myself stop and finish it as it's meant to be a workhorse not a show pony, but the bad paint job does bug me so I'm already thinking about having a go at relic-ing, but I have other projects to get to first..
Talking of which there is a sentimental touch in that the machine heads and volume and tone knobs on the twin were both taken off my first Bass, a short scale epiphone ET-280 that I am now ressurecting as a T-bird inspired travel bass.
All in all though I am pleased with my first attempt at Luthery, Its a bit on the heavy side, and I thought about routing out some of the wood thats hidden behind the scratchplate but it's a bit on the neck divey side anyway so I don't know on that.
But I woldnt have even attempted this without the things I have learnt from all you guys, so once again Thanks
Red
