So I was thinking of a previously suggested idea of brake caliper or machinery enamel
Reason (it rained, I had no technique, it wouldn’t dry for over two weeks etc),
Repainting it, I failed miserably with spray painting last time for various That do the job to strip it? Or should I use hairdryer heat or something and chip Thinners (?) from my previous disaster story on a DIY kit guitar, so would I have some (I think this is the right name) cellulose White fanboy I undoubtedly am, and refinishing it in maybe a Yellow or a BlueĬolour scheme instead. Hopefully they fit in the same size hole as the current onesĬolour – I quite fancy stripping off the red so I look a bit less like the Jack Pickups ” which I think should do the job. I bid on some apparently “Gretsch like” pickups that were going cheap on ebayĪnd accidentally won them, so I am now the proud owner of two “VANSON Alnico II 12 screwpole Gretsch style Humbucker What do you reckon?Īs follows, so any guidance and tips on these would be great:ĭefinites: Change of pickups – for some reason Ideas but thought I’d open it out to you crazy cats to suggest what else IĬould do, on a practical level or even some fun stuff that might make it more It has an imitation bigbsy, and a tone and volume control forĮach pup, so has the basis for a useful thing. Version already) so could be quite cool to do it up as a back up or alternate But it’s certainly uniqueĪs a “not quite accurate” copy of the old plastic guitars (of which I have a fiberglass
Wrong way around, the neck doesn’t quite feel right but I’d need to study thatĪ bit more to work out quite what isn’t comfortable. Currently it’s a fairly fun instrumentĪlbeit not without issues, the pickups are a bit hummy and the switch is the I’d consider keeping it and doing it up, to see if I can learn some skills and Does not seem to be able to sell (well, apart from some lovely offers on Facebookįor <£50 saying the usual “I’d be doing you a favour” type thing) I thought