My RobertOG Mustang Project (DONE - Pix/Video page 7)

aen · Post by **aen** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:44 am

I lurve transparent white. It was a major factor in mye 50s tele purchase decision.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:09 am

is the neck all super glossy like a japan model?

cuz this looks awesome.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:42 am

It's glossy as all get out baby, I actually explicitly asked them to gloss the fuck out of it

astro · Post by **astro** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:04 pm

This thing is gonna look sweeeeeeeet when it's finished.

65fenvox · Post by **65fenvox** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:33 am

Alright, here it comes from the "incredible Muppet" noob, but what fuck is that?!

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:11 am

Side adjustment for the truss rod... There's a link to the company somewhere in this thread.

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:00 am

Mike, out of curiosity how much did they charge to ship the neck to the UK?

mewithoutus · Post by **mewithoutus** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:24 am

damn mike that is looking tits mcallister. very cool.

Post by **Mike** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:02 pm

More pics.

We took the neck pocket down a little after these, the action is glorious now. Getting some new neck screws and then I'll make a little demo of it hopefully next week. Then the finishing begins!

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:05 pm

that thing looks hawt as fuck!
but i can still see my center line and string lines, you best start sanding that bitch!
whats the radius on that neck?
doesn't warmoth only do compound radius on shortscales?

Post by **Mike** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:06 pm

I have no idea.

euan · Post by **euan** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:31 pm

Man I wish I could start my project

I hope maybe maybe I can pick up the neck in July and do a rush paint job that month.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:25 am

Grain Sealer, Wood Stain and Lacquer all ordered.

Post by **Hurb** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:04 am

This is seriously gonna be one hot mamma jamma!

Post by **Mike** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:28 am

I hope so. I'm going to string the badboy up tonight one more time before I start the finishing process. I'm well nervous about fucking it up, but I can always prime and block colour it if I do, that grain has got to be worth a try at a translucent white woodstain.

Like this btw:

Sexy, huh?

Post by **Hurb** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:29 am

yeah defo, don't cover that steez up.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:32 am

I won't. I do want it to be a fairly deep white colour though rather than a light stain, but I want the heavy grain sections to be visible, just like on my Baja Tele.

ludger · Post by **ludger** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:22 pm

That's gonna be sweet!

p.s. Shocked about your Deluxe sale.

Post by **Mike** » Sun May 25, 2008 9:19 am

Doing more work on this today. When we took the bridge off realised that two of screws had snapped in the body due it being KRYPTONITE Ash. Gah!

We had to drill them out, which wasn't easy, but we got it done. Very close to starting finishing this badboy. Because it's a Mustang, but doesn't have a Mustang bridge (it has a Toronado hardtail, which stands much less proud of the body than a Mustang bridge) the strings were making contact with the neck so we've dropped the neck pocket by about 1mm and also made a shim/spacer for under the bridge out of CD material to lift it slightly. It's gonna be awesome.

Post by **Mike** » Sun May 25, 2008 4:03 pm

My Dad is such a legend. The spacers for under the bridge are so awesome. I'm in love with this guitar.

Sanded the body with fine sand paper and a belt sander and a handheld

Here is the repair of the broken off screws my Dad did. Drilled to access them, he angle ground down his pliers so he could get at the screw and turned it out. Then replaced with dowel and glue. Immense. All this is hidden by the bridge plate, btw.

Cleaned off dust with white spirit, which helps show imperfections

Let teh staining begin! It's a lot more crisp white than this in real life

this is the exact effect I wanted, to see the grain still as it's such a nice lump of wood

Widened control plate holes for CTS pots. THEY SCREW IN ROBROE STYLE

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