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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:34 pm
by Richard
Competition Orange!
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 12:21 am
by Joey
Lake Placid Blue with Ice Blue Compstripes
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:38 am
by Zack
inverness green!
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:42 am
by chisa
mars purple!
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 4:51 am
by rlm2112
I think the color's been decided, dogs.
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:11 pm
by robroe
I did the filling work with D.A.P
when i purchased the guitar it had a tele pickup in the neck, the pickguard was trash and i think the dude routed it with a fucking electric turkey carver.
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:43 pm
by rodvonbon
It's been a while and I've pm'd Rob, but just wanted to give the board a quick update. I'm waiting for the weather to clear up a bit before I start. After Pat's guitar, my girl will not let me do any sanding in the house, so I've got to wait for it to get nicer outside. It was clearing up last week then we got snow over the weekend. Once I get started I'll post pictures.
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:01 pm
by rodvonbon
Ok, I finally had some time to start this and it was nice out today.
This is the early stages of the prep work, sanding and filling. Under the pickguard was pretty bad and Rob said he didn't care what it looked like, but even though only he and I would be the only ones to ever see it, I couldn't let it go without trying to clean it up.
The first step was to smooth the entire body out the best I could to get an idea about how much work was going to go into it. For the most part the body is in good shape and I was able to sand out most of the dings, but some are so shallow they won't take wood filler. I've got it to a point where I could put the first layer of wood filler in the routes and will have to wait for it to dry, then a second and probably third or fourth coat. I didn't take pictures of the filler, but will before and after the primer goes on. I'm off work tomorrow, so I'm thinking I might get it close to primer time.
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:29 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
lookin' good.
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:31 pm
by Haze
Looking good indeed. Pretty cool to see the gutted body filled up again
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:25 am
by robroe
Haze wrote:Looking good indeed. Pretty cool to see the gutted body filled up again
thats because i filled it in like 4 years ago. right after i bought it. im sure all those photos got lost with the memory wipe of 08 though. piss.
this guitar has totally lived a hard life dudes. it might be the only bronco on earth with a contour. haha
rod, i didn't notice this thread until AFTER the sabres just lost the last playoff game of the year, so its totally cheered me up. i actually was so mad tonight that i went out fishing in the dark alone.
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:27 am
by robroe
all this extra work is bonus warp zone points. i would have been totally happy if he just painted puke yellow green over the white paint
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:42 am
by robroe
photos look like you are refinishing it at wilson skatepark
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:12 am
by rodvonbon
Haze - These pictures are before I even added any filler. I was just sanding down the rough stuff that was there. I've skim coated, sanded and skim coated again after I took the pics and it looks like one more pass over it and it will be good.
Rob - I was going to just respray it, but once I started sanding I figured I'd fix as much as I could. It is by no means getting a full restoration and there will still be some bumps and dings that won't take wood filler, but it will be way better than it was.
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 7:48 pm
by More Cowbell
robroe wrote:does cowbell still own that thing?
SOLD'D.
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:23 pm
by robroe
shit i forgot!!
any updates on the puke green ?
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 2:28 am
by Berto
the paint the bronco had on originally looks like it was a custom color job
Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 12:29 pm
by rodvonbon
robroe wrote:any updates on the puke green ?
Not yet. Work has been crazy lately and I've had to put in some long days. Last weekend I went to get some primer and realized I can't buy any kind of spray paint in the city of Chicago, not even primer. I picked up a can during lunch on Monday and am off this weekend, so I'm hoping to make some serious progress then.
Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 12:53 pm
by robroe
did the national guard come in and buy all the spray paint ?
Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 5:48 pm
by Leisureclub
No, you're just not allowed to buy spraypaint in the city proper. I think it has to do with gang stuff rather than huffing though. Huffing is why you have to be 18+ to buy it here.