Hi Flyer in the works! PG.3 Loads of Pictures

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I don't get the toggle switch position on the stock ones. "Let's put it in the most easily bumped spot!"
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Cooterfinger is going to try to get it more like the Mosrite/Univox look. As far as the carve goes. :)

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He'll do an ace job. He did on the old univox body he built.
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It will be hard because the guitar plays really well, but the neck I picked up came in. I wasn't anticipating that the guitar would sound any good since it was a cheaper guitar, but it is super impressive. I mostly grabbed it because the neck is so lovely and it has tuners that would be easy to swap if I needed to change them without making any new holes.

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This neck is pretty hot looking. Glad I picked it up.

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Starcaster necks are great. Foook the nay sayers
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Cooterfinger's progress pics. Awwwww yeah!!!!

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theshadowofseattle wrote:
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theshadowofseattle wrote:SHUT IT DOWN, COOTERFINGER
SHUT THAT SHIT DOWN!!![/quote

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Got the tuners and trees off and sanded the headstock to get it ready for the new decal. I think it will look pretty cool.

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BAM!

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Everything came off ok. I am going to replace all the cheap little screws. One of the tuner screws head was stripped, but I got lucky using my dremel to carve a line in the top and got it out with a flat head screw driver. It is looking great! Just need to work on clear coats now.
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Gonna be a sweet axe
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weeping_moon wrote:
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SHUT THAT SHIT DOWN!!![/quote

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theshadowofseattle wrote:
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Neck is curing now. I will give it a week or so before I knock the gloss back with steel wool or my fine sand paper to be satin like the rest of the neck. After that I can put all the hardware back on.

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Body came in today! Super psyched. I did some light sanding in some areas and then mixed up some white milk paint and got to work on my first brush on coat. I am using a foam brush and 3:1 thinned paint. I am hoping to have a whitewash/blonde finish when I am done. First coat went on pretty easy. This stuff seems to work well.

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First coat on the back!

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Wow, that got there a little faster than expected. Thanks again!
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Second coat of milk paint on the front. Looking more even. I will let it dry overnight to lightly sand tomorrow and do a third final color wash. Then I will wait a day and start spraying clear over it.

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Coat two of whitewash on back. :)

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Last coat on the front and back. I will check it this afternoon after work. Not sure if I should seal it or use the clear to seal it. I don't want to risk sanding though.

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