Kelly Project (Pics)

[cullenszoo]

Amen to taking your time! The yellow jackson knock off some of you have seen was my 3rd official refinish. I don't count the spray paint jobs i did on my guitars in high school. they were more like graffiti. My favorite guitar already sold. I painted it with the "hammered finish" paint they sell to paint tool boxes. It was really cool and best of all you didn't notice finger prints. I love the process.
I was gonna ask if the putty job shrank any. I try to over stuff things like that and then let them cure a few days, sand and putty the little cracks.
So since we have inspired and encouraged you to pick the project back up, we all get joint custody right?

[Maiden89]

The rising sun looks bad ass! I might try to find a cheap kelly to try that with... but last time I tried to paint a guitar I completely f***ed it up. Maybe I'll find a cheap body somewhere...

[S1I2F3]

Keep the updates coming, this is exciting. And you're giving me that itch again, thinking of which guitar needs a refinishin'...

[BayRocker]

Ok, quick update....

Wet sanded the paint to get it silky smooth yesterday...
First dusting of clear went on an hour ago.

Glad I had to re-do this project. All the things that went wrong the first go round I know how to avoid. Funny, I did a ton of reading prior to starting this project and everyone says take your time. Many light coats, not a few heavy ones. Let paint cure long enough to dry properly before moving to the next step. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Well, I read it all, and until I futzed it up myself, I obviously paid no attention. Anyway, it's turning out a lot better this time than the first time, so I'm happier in the end.

No pics since it doesn't look much different than the last pics I posted.

So since we have inspired and encouraged you to pick the project back up, we all get joint custody right?

Negative....

[cullenszoo]

Can't blame me for asking.
Glad it's moving along

[BayRocker]

Well, here she is all finished up. Not going to say this was an easy project for me, but it is nice when it's done.

Final specs:
1. 1995 Kelly XL body. Neck hum route filled, volume hole filled.
2. Unknown year, new, unused DXMG 24 fret neck.
3. New, Original Floyd Rose MiG.
4. DiMarzio Crunch Lab Humbucker
5. 500k CTS Volume Pot in the pickup selector hole.
6. All brand new wiring.
7. Elixir 10-46 strings.

[stevieb91]

That is awesome... Totally killer work..

[Bobby8]

Beautiful! It screams '80s.

[Nimitz]

Oh man nice Warrior...

[jdr94]

Hell yeah good job. Too bad the dkmg neck was scalloped. It woulda looked super super sick with it

[BayRocker]

Oh man nice Warrior...

If you knew what I paid for it you'd really !! Here's a link to the story.... http://www.jcfonline.com/threads/105...Pro?highlight=

Hell yeah good job. Too bad the dkmg neck was scalloped. It woulda looked super super sick with it

It wasn't originally a DKMG neck either...I'm not sure what it was from, but it was 24 frets, no binding, standard headstock. I wanted binding, and to make it really obnoxiously pointy, a reversed headstock

[jdr94]

Ohhh yeah. I dont know why I remembered dkmg, maybe I was thinking about another thread ha ha. you had that ke3r neck or somethin. Either way its a killer job. I have a dxmg neck on my Kelly std body.

[S1I2F3]

Turned out great, well done!

[wilkinsi]

If you knew what I paid for it you'd really !! Here's a link to the story.... http://www.jcfonline.com/threads/105...Pro?highlight=

It wasn't originally a DKMG neck either...I'm not sure what it was from, but it was 24 frets, no binding, standard headstock. I wanted binding, and to make it really obnoxiously pointy, a reversed headstock

That's right. And selling stolen goods is a crime, so just send that Warrior Pro to me for free and we'll forget

Great job on the Kelly. As for the neck, its off a D-X-MG. The D-K-MG neck had piranha inlays, not sharkfins.

[vector]

Well, here she is all finished up. Not going to say this was an easy project for me, but it is nice when it's done.

Final specs:
1. 1995 Kelly XL body. Neck hum route filled, volume hole filled.
2. Unknown year, new, unused DXMG 24 fret neck.
3. New, Original Floyd Rose MiG.
4. DiMarzio Crunch Lab Humbucker
5. 500k CTS Volume Pot in the pickup selector hole.
6. All brand new wiring.
7. Elixir 10-46 strings.

Badass. Plain and simple. Nice fucking job!