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This is a Shop Goodwill guitar I got for next to nothing. I stripped the paint and add some gold glitter paint. Putting it together with just stuff I had in the parts bin. Going to be just one volume pot and a kill switch. Plain and simple!
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Looks good! How do you “like”? I thought exclamation was “like” and it was not. Hopefully this caused no issues
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AnotherJim wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:06 pm Looks good! How do you “like”? I thought exclamation was “like” and it was not. Hopefully this caused no issues
Thanks! I haven’t figured out how to “like” somebody’s post yet either. I think the ! Is for reporting a post.
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dbrian66 wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:28 pm
AnotherJim wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:06 pm Looks good! How do you “like”? I thought exclamation was “like” and it was not. Hopefully this caused no issues
Thanks! I haven’t figured out how to “like” somebody’s post yet either. I think the ! Is for reporting a post.
There is no "like" yet, it's being worked on.
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I like it! What paint did you use? I have an upcoming project and I was thinking of some sort of silver sparkle/metal flake sort of finish. Thanks!
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I've said this before, but in my experience, I've found that most FA guitars have pretty darn decent necks. Definitely worth picking up for projects. Looking good, man!
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Tiga wrote: Fri May 29, 2020 5:46 am I like it! What paint did you use? I have an upcoming project and I was thinking of some sort of silver sparkle/metal flake sort of finish. Thanks!
Is a Rustolium gold metallic base with Rustolium gold glitter on top. The trick to the glitter paint is to use very little. So that’s why you have to do a base coat of the color you want. Don’t try to color your guitar with the glitter paint. Then you have to bury the glitter in a lot of clear coats because the glitter paint leaves the surface rough.
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