my own lp project

[sully]

man, i should have done that!

my wife is from knoxville, so as you'd imagine, she's all about the vols.

sully

[Dinky93]

Very cool.

[Firebird V]

cool video! keep us posted on the LP Standardio!

[Mr.Shreddy]

Love the dramatic music when the syringe comes loose!!!

[sully]

thanks! just trying to create a mood.

i'm uploading a few more to my youtube page this evening.

sully

[metalchurch79]

Cool, can't wait to catch the new episodes!

[sully]

well, these two aren't all that exciting; mainly grain filling.

[Ben...]

Cool videos. It's always neat to see those things get restored to their former glory. Oh, and that video with the morbidly obese Santa bear is hilarious.

[sully]

that video with the morbidly obese Santa bear is hilarious.

thanks!

[Ben...]

Here's part 4 and 5:

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llIc83ML6TU

Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeaUycDsE5c

[metalchurch79]

Sully, did you use a wood dowel rod to plug the hole where the toggle was? I either use that or old broken drumsticks and I counter sink them slightly so I can add spot putty over the top to blend it in nicer.

How long does it take for the grain sealer to fully cure? So far it's lookin good, and it's coming along just fine. What color are you going with?

[sully]

i used a wood plug to fill the toggle hole. this will be the first mahogany bodied guitar that i'll be painting, so i'm going off of reranch's instructions about nitro finishing. their info suggests to grain fill, scrape, and let it sit overnight. next day, sand and grain fill again. once that's done, you can start with your sanding sealer and go from there. i'm going to return it to stock, so it'll be black.

sully

[zeegler]

Hey Sully, are you planning on filling that big gouged out hole inside the control cavity? I'd fill that with epoxy, just to tidy up the cavity a little.

[metalchurch79]

Hey Sully, are you planning on filling that big gouged out hole inside the control cavity? I'd fill that with epoxy, just to tidy up the cavity a little.

I agree. It could be left alone also, but something like that would bother me, just knowing it's there. After it's repaired, the cavity could then be shielded to cover it up and look cleaner.

Sully, it would look awesome if you restored it with out the pickguard, I think LP's look so much cleaner with out them.

Great job so far, and thanks for sharing this with everyone.

[sully]

I hadn’t really thought much about cleaning up the inside of the cavity; especially since it’s got one of those plates that the volume/tone controls are mounted to. From what I remember at the moment, it’s not just a mess on the cavity floor, so to speak. I wasn’t planning on cleaning up the inside of it, but now I just might!

As far as the finished result, I’ll most likely leave the guard off; I’m in a bit of a weird spot with this one because I’m REALLY not a fan of unbound les pauls, and I’ve done a lot of research on “studio to standard conversions” and it may be a little more than I want to get into; I don’t have the jigs to make it work just yet. I thought I’d be able to get by with the stew mac dremel/router guide, but it’s not super easy to keep it straight and it seems like the end result may not be as desired. So yeah, I’m most likely not going to bind it. I’ve been trying to decide what the final set up will be, and I’ve got it down to either all black hardware (which might be kinda neat) or nickel – definitely not gold. I’m also toying with the idea of giving those Duncan p-rails a shot; it could be pretty cool.

sully