Tried something new...Resin topped guitar.
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:46 am
Here's one of the latest from my workshop. I actually thought that this would be an easy project, ummm I was pretty wrong on that count! Working with resin is horrible and not what I expected, the 45s are encased in the resin top which is about 10mm-12mm thick and the pickup surrounds and control plate are also made from 45s. I completely underestimated the work required in flattening and polishing the resin, also the plastic that records are made from is such a poor quality which again makes it difficult to work with and get a quality finish.
In all honesty this guitar was about five times the work I expected and I would have gladly smashed it to pieces or set it alight at many points in the build! Because of the difficulty working with the materials the finish is short of the quality that I wanted so it's not something I'd be happy selling so I had a change of heart and decided to finish it and give it to a young guitarist who plays in a local band, they play all original stuff and may be one day the guitar will end up being good advertising for me.
The "Bigsby" was a last minute change, it was going to be a wraparound but the above mentioned guitarist let it slip to me that he'd love something with a Bigsby, hence the recessed bridge. The pickups are GFS and coil tapped and the rest of the guitar is pretty standard stuff.
In all honesty this guitar was about five times the work I expected and I would have gladly smashed it to pieces or set it alight at many points in the build! Because of the difficulty working with the materials the finish is short of the quality that I wanted so it's not something I'd be happy selling so I had a change of heart and decided to finish it and give it to a young guitarist who plays in a local band, they play all original stuff and may be one day the guitar will end up being good advertising for me.
The "Bigsby" was a last minute change, it was going to be a wraparound but the above mentioned guitarist let it slip to me that he'd love something with a Bigsby, hence the recessed bridge. The pickups are GFS and coil tapped and the rest of the guitar is pretty standard stuff.