One more thread and I promise I'll shut up

[ksdaddy 440]

Forgive the lack of technical expertise, it was my first attempt with windows movie maker.

 

I freakin' love this guitar.

 

[CowboyBillyBob1 25]

Nice work!

[BigKahune 427]

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I never get tired of looking at these kinds of projects.

 

She looks fantastic Scott. Great work. .

 

 

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[Kennis 70]

Nice!

 

think you saved her life.

[PingPongBob 30]

Great job! And please don't shut up.

[jannusguy2 93]

you deserve a medal! seriously, great job.

[Big Bill 1,180]

Fantastic job!!!

[pippy 1,517]

Thanks for the post, ksd!

 

Great work in all aspects!

 

 

P.

[badbluesplayer 522]

Great job. Nice video, too.

[NightTimeConcealmentX91 5]

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[Guest rogerb]

100% improvement! Good job!

[ksdaddy 440]

So you sanded all the stickers off to the wood?

 

Yeah pretty much no choice there. Some were "just stickers" but much of it was random pics glued on and then varnished. I peeled what I could, then had to use lacquer thinner and steel wool and one bodacious degree of elbow grease... on the stickers anyway. The "faded" finish washed off with no fight whatsoever.

[kidblast 936]

nice work ksdaddy..

[ShredAstaire 622]

You keep posting about this one man...its very cool!!

[NightTimeConcealmentX91 5]

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[Vega1 28]

Nice!

 

think you saved her life.

 

Agreed, on behalf of guitarists everywhere, thanks for saving her.

 

Great job.

[rocketman 176]

Great work. I wish I had your talent!

[tazzboy 60]

Nicely done man.

[quapman 152]

Sweet

[Guest Farnsbarns]

Nice indeed but more importantly, don't shut up, it's not like we have a glut of truly interesting threads. Bring it on!

[sellen 55]

love it

[EVOL! 279]

 

You missed a spot.

 

j/k. She looks great.

[ksdaddy 440]

Is it just bare wood now or did you put some kind of protectant on it after you sanded it?

 

I wiped on one (or two?) coats of danish oil, which doesn't add much since you rub it in like gunstock oil. I then wiped on one or two coats of Minwax wipe-on Poly, which is somewhat sacreligious to put poly on a Gibson BUT I then steel wooled it, pretty much taking off most everything that may have been on the surface, then buffed the snot out of it with a liberal application of Minwax finishing wax... I slathered the wax on and then got it good and hot with a sheepskin type buffer pad attached to a Makita angle drill and some pretty intense pressure, calling it both loving names and derogatory names simultaneously. I could have charged $3.99/minute.

 

So really while there is technically a finish on it, if you held it in your hands you'd think it was bare wood that happened to be really smooth... think of a well handled wooden handrail or shifter knob.

[LPguitarman 115]

Nice work... can't for the life of me think why anybody would ruin a guitar with all of those stickers and pictures. To each his own, oops, hope is wasn't you that did it.

 

Anyway, you get my point.

[RaysEpiphone 68]

Nice SG! Going back all original?