LIGHTNING BOLT

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 8:29 am

I fully approve of this, Been mulling over refinning my strat in either comp orange or some kind of yellow.

tomin8r · Post by **tomin8r** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:04 pm

Cheers Dave, I'll get around to pics once there is some progress/looking half decent

tomin8r · Post by **tomin8r** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:00 am

Put on the first coat and wet sanded some runs out. Has a relatively flat surface now. Turns out, that there is a crack through the body, but considering it's a Bullet, I'm not too worried about it.

More news tomorrow, sports fans!

cur · Post by **cur** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 5:19 am

Buy a camera or quit posting!

Kidding, but I don't have the .gif of this ...... Useless without pics.

tomin8r · Post by **tomin8r** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:49 am

Pics incoming.

It's 98% done, just need to fix a spot on the back tomorrow.

Even with all the runs, orange peel people and general nicknacks, I love it already.

Not gonna bother with a clear coat for now, I like it the way it is so far.

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tomin8r · Post by **tomin8r** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:50 am

Color is kind of hard to photograph, it's directly in between those two shades

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:35 am

that is pretty cool looking, i must admit, AND HOLY CRAP THOSE PICS WERE HUGE!!! how many times have you leveled those frets and not re-crowned them?
it may have just been the pic, but they looked flat and polished.

tomin8r · Post by **tomin8r** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:01 am

Go big or go home, right?

There is a bit of oil on the neck, but I haven't touched the frets otherwise.

The lighting is, in a word, fucky, so it may just be the pic

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:06 am

i suppose so, it was just that before they re-sized the frets looked they had been leveled off and then polished back a bit. but anywho, i dig the color, reminds me of the international series.

tomin8r · Post by **tomin8r** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:12 am

Yeah, I've always liked the look of those, although I never got along with the CBS headstocks on strats, so I made my own!

tomin8r · Post by **tomin8r** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 12:34 am

Bastard looks sexy now.