Well time to press on...I have managed to put some photos here:
http://photobucket.com/albums/y151/0-fanlee-0/
No 1 is of the Warmoth stuff. It's beautiful. The photos don't do it justice. I decided not to use boot polish on the neck. It looks slightly more tan in real life. How will I ever dare to drill it? LOL
No 2 is the Saga stuff...test to destruction!!!!
No 3 Make sure your paint shop is well ventilated. Did I mention the breeze? It was like target practice early on...but...
No 4 It could be.....Black?
No 5 Yeah It's BLACK.Actually it looks better in real life and everything went well. No spills runs or anything requiring sanding back.
No 6 While the paint dried I had to do something so I started on a non dangerous task on the Warmoth body.
I can see that a BIG problem will be keeping my hands off the Warmoth until I've dione with the Saga.
As with all good projects I've changed my mind about a few things. My plan was to build a stock standard Warmoth tele so I did not go for tummy cuts,tapered heels & snazzy tuners. I reckoned I'd build a second one with all the bells & whistles.
Now I've decided I will put on locking tuners and change the neck pickup mounting from directly into the wood to scratch plate mounted. Since it is not a cheap guitar I want a little of the modern comforts and at the speed I'm going I may not do another in this lifetime. :o)
The tuner holes will have to be reamed as they're 11/32 and it seems all the locking tuners require larger diameters. I haven't chosen the brand yet. Any recommendations?
I reamed & threaded the pickup lugs on the neck pickup, painstakingly marked the hole postions on the scratchplate so the pickup would sit perfectly and DRILLED!
OK..first hitch. The 1/8 screws have a head that is slightly too large given the hole postions and they impede the movement of the pickup. Also the bloody thing is slightly tilted...but only I will know.
So I'm considering the next step. I think I will probably try to grind the screw heads a little.
Any ideas team?
Next step will be to put a dummy logo on the Saga neck, ream the tuner holes to accept the now spare Callaham tuning keys and clear coat neck & body. I've come accross a product called 'enviro-tech' that is a high gloss self levelling polymer...no sanding or rubbing out. Sounds great in theory!! :o)
What have I learned? Use conductive paint to shield things and that I didn't think of everything. LOL .... and it's taking such a long time...and DON'T TOUCH the WARMOTH yet!!!LOL
More soon I hope.
Robbo