Greetings,
things have progressed a bit...
Here it is masked up & ready for spraying:
and after two cans of black car paint & about 5 cans of clearcoat:
At this point I realised that the bridge needed to be recessed a bit more to allow for a very slinky action to achieve maximum Mwaaahh, so to avoid ripping up the finish I first stuck a sheet of low-tack airbrush masking film over the area, cut a hole in it where the bridge has to go & screwed the bridge in place temporarily:
The bridge was then penned in with timber held in place with double sided-tape to create a quick 'n' dirty router template:
A bit of routing later & the bridge now sits a lot lower (possibly a bit too much tbh):
At this point I decided to put it all back together to make it easier to transport home & finish off:
Next steps? Let the finish harden, flat it back with 1500 then 2000 grit wet & dry, polish it up, recreate the preamp circuit board, get around to following up a lead for the headstock decals, put it all back together, wire it up, plug it in & then start learning to play it.
Don't hold your breath for the next update.
Pete
