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I had put this together to see if I could get it to work, and it did:

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The body and neck are from an old Teisco that hbombgraphics gave me in pieces.
I cut out the pickguard from an Ikea recycling bin that my wife didn't want anymore, and dremeled it to make it smooth and bevel the edges.
The pickup is an old Danelectro lipstick (it has since been mounted to the pickguard, which is nice, because if I need to do any work to it, I can take the whole pickguard with pickup off in one motion.)
The bridge is also from Teisco, it's an adjustable height and adjustable intonation roller bridge which is actually pretty neat.
The tailpiece is actually from my old P-Bass. I flipped the plate around and drilled 2 extra holes for the strings, and was able to use it to hardtail the guitar.
I was going to use the original Teisco trem, but it wasn't the most stable thing in the world and I think I lost a few parts to it.
But I got it together, it really just needs a brass nut to be completely finished. In the meantime I cut a temporary nut out of a telecaster bridge plate that I had already mangled. It works, surprisingly.

Now I'm actually finishing the body up so I don't feel like I'm going to get a splinter when I play it haha

Rattlecan job last night using some leftover spraypaint that I found that must've been my wife's at some point, for something.
It's kind of like a muted/dulled surf green color, or like a mint.
The body itself really sucked up the paint. Used almost an entire can on it, and that was just to get a thin finish on top of it.
You can still see the grain here and there (moreso on the back of the guitar), but for the most part it's a solid coating. I kind of like that you can see the gain in some spots.

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The next step is going to be to poly it. I'm not going to to rub on poly for it, because honestly I don't want to wait that long haha.
Going to be doing satin spray poly- it's my first time working with it, but I've heard that it coats a little thicker and is overall a little faster than doing a rub on poly finish.
I'm hoping to build up several layers of the spray poly and sand between each of them to get the body super smooth.
Going to do the first coat of poly tonight and let it dry overnight. Tomorrow at some point between building pedals I'm going to sand it down and do the second coat.
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Looks good.

I'm too late though, I was gonna suggest just clear coating the body and doing a Dirge-ified Mondrian color treatment to the pickguard.
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Ah that would've been cool too!!

Not sure exactly what I'm going to do (if anything else) with the pickguard. I briefly thought about tracing the plastic one that I made and getting a sheet of aluminum so that I could make an aluminum guard for it. I actually quite like that idea as this plastic that I used is a little on the thick side....
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Ah that would've been cool too!!

Not sure exactly what I'm going to do (if anything else) with the pickguard. I briefly thought about tracing the plastic one that I made and getting a sheet of aluminum so that I could make an aluminum guard for it. I actually quite like that idea as this plastic that I used is a little on the thick side....
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I think the aluminum guard's a great idea. You should do that.
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Yeah and I think it would help with quieting it down too. Not that it's loud/noisy/buzzy or anything (which I too was surprised about), but I think it'll look sharp to boot.
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Slight change of plans. Just talked to the guy who builds my cabs, and he is going to do a spray automotive finish on it- it's thicker, more durable, harder, and has a nice shine to it :doom:
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HOLY BALLS THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!
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jrmy wrote:HOLY BALLS THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!
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Cool project. Quick suggestion--sand/scrap/remove the paint from the neck pocket. You really want a flat, solid wood on wood connection there....!!
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Don't worry, I put painters tape in the cavities before I painted!! And thanks dudes!
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That looks really good.
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Thanks man! Change of plans. Dropped it off with my cab builder about a week or two ago, and he is going to be painting it black sparkle with industrial car-grade clear coat over top, so it should be ace :doom:
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That sounds super ace :!!!: :doom:
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