clean-ish!
despite a less than stellar reaction to yesterday’s work, i motivated myself to continue, and i’m happy with the progress. it ain’t perfect, but it least 90% of the shit everywhere has been sorted. i still need to install that garage door opener, but it’s pissing rain right now and my car is clean soooooo….. yeah, it’s going to have to wait until the rain stops and i can put my car outside.
tonight i think i will be able to start sanding the body and neck and if all goes well, i’ll apply the grain filler too. if that happens, i’ll update this post with pics.
and yes, i said i didn’t want to put my car outside because it was raining. shut up.
UPDATE: actual guitar stuff is happening!
all the bits that came in the kit. body has had the first sanding completed, i forgot to take pics but don’t worry, there is plenty of sanding to come! i don’t understand why, but this kit came with like 10 feet of copper shielding tape. wut? also, tuners… no bueno.
i thought this thing would have come with appropriate glue, but alas, it does not. thankfully i still have some of this stuff left from the telecaster repair a few months ago. it’s not the right kind of glue, but it should work… right? RIGHT? fuck I hope it works.
like with everything i glue, too much in some spots, not enough in others… hopefully it will squish around to all the right places.
wiped up the excess, bunch of clamps on there… now we wait at least 24 hours.
things i am concerned about: neck and body were in my air conditioned office all week. now they are in the hot and humid garage. the wood is going to do funny things. hopefully the clamps and glue will keep everything together. also, the glue i used is probably not the best for this… we’ll see. i guess WORST case scenario, it comes apart and i have to clean it up and re-glue with the right glue this time.