pohatu771 Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 I present to you the Gibson Spirit "Special" Repairs include: Stripping yellow spray-paint Patching extra space in pickup cavities Refinishing with black nitrocellulose Adding pickguard (made by our own TWANG) and new knobs There's still a small issue in the wiring, which I'm pretty sure is due to a ground wire, so it's not quite playable, but it will be making its stage debut at the end of the month. I will be spraying more clear nitro later on. It's a very, very thin coat at the moment, and I'd like to thicken it. I also need to shape the pickguard a little bit more... it doesn't fit quite perfectly, and is very difficult to take on or off... it's tight between the pickups and the pickup and fretboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSDx Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 I present to you the Gibson Spirit "Special" NICE !!! A job well done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpfan Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Very cool! I want one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midiman56 Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 VERY nice!!! That pickguard looks hot against the black and those knobs complete the scene! Kudos to you and Brother Twang! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Wow !! Mee Likee ! are those origional Gibbie soapbars? gotta finish it........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJB08 Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 That is intense!!! TWANG is the man.. You did a fine job with the finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 Wow !! Mee Likee ! are those origional Gibbie soapbars?gotta finish it........ No' date=' those are Seymour Duncans... I can't remember if they're SP90-2 or SP90-3. They were in it when I got it, and I liked them. It was originally fitted for humbuckers (Tim Shaws from the factory, I believe), but a previous owner decided to convert it to a Les Paul Special. I just cleaned up their mess. [img']http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/pohatu771/DSC00470.jpg[/img] You can see the space from the humbuckers... I filled that in, except for the one closest to the fretboard, which is covered by the pickguard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.