ok. well… here’s where we’re at. i think i hate it?
problem 1. i did not do nearly enough prep work on the headstock. the finish on it looks… not great. i’m really hoping with enough wet sanding and polish and then having the tuners and strings in place will camouflage most of it.
problem 2. i did not do nearly enough double and triple checking of the masking job i did on the fret board. i did a bunch of touch ups already, and if you don’t look too closely, it’s not THAT bad. but i will never be able to unsee the imperfections. hopefully, with some scraping, wet sanding and polish i can smooth out a lot of it and make it passable.
problem 3. i did not do nearly enough careful thinking and consideration before i chose this color. i don’t know what i was thinking when i chose orange. for real. can i plea temporary insanity? there really isn’t much i can do about it now. so i guess i better just learn to love it. on the plus side, the finish itself turned out way better than i was expecting. i do also have a plan for the face of the body which will cover up the orange almost entirely… but i’m not sure i can go through with it. we’ll see.
before i can do anything else, this paint and clear coat need to completely harden. that’s going to take a while. maybe up to 2 weeks even. it’s hot and muggy in the garage. if i try to rush the sanding and polishing, i’m just going to make it a million times worse. so, now we do the thing i love most in life… wait.
lastly, i still need to come up with a name for this guitar.