Traveler Guitar

[laurie]

Don't take my advice above just yet.

I've started adding the copper RF shielding and the polyurethane is flaking off. See the marks in the middle of the body.

I'll need to investigate. And this guitar will be sanded back and refinished.
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[Pepe]

Oh, that sucks.

[Gasgano]

Oh no! Good luck with that.

[laurie]

In the process of stripping back to do another refinish.

I used a 220 grit disc on a palm sander for stripping the old polyurethane off on the flat surfaces. Finishing with hand-sanded 220 grit wet on the curved surfaces. When that's finished I'll use 400 grit.

I *think* the reason the paint failed is twofold - I painted when it was too cold (December), and I didn't scuff the colour coat enough for proper adhesion.

You can see the bondo repairs (there are more, on the sides).

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[laurie]

Finally found the time to do a liitle more work on this guitar.

Repainted, using normal rattle-can acrylic this time. Dark green with a semi-gloss topcoat.

The manufacturer was kind enough to send me pics of the connections for the broken wiring. All reattached now.

Last thing remaining is to fabricate a new jack-plate. The original one is broken in half. I have some dark green plastic sheeting that should work. I've glued the original plate back together to use as a template.
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[Pepe]

I see that the new paint job worked correctly this time.

[laurie]

I see that the new paint job worked correctly this time.

Not sparkly like the last attempt but looks pretty good to my eye.

[laurie]

Slowly coming together

Reassembled everything after a bench test and found the battery clip had failed. Pulled it apart and fixed it

Now just needs a full setup. Intonation is woeful.
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[laurie]

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[Gasgano]

Looks nice.

So you're saying follow the advice on your inital post, but use an acrylic rattle can and scuff the original finish better? And ideally do it in the summer time?

I just need time and a cheap bass now lol.