Re: stripping a 1981 gibson flying v
question 1 million on this project and some updates.
Previously I went too heavy handed using the orbital sander and I ended up having a smooth surface but it was a mess of divots and the like. I then slathered a bunch of timbermate over it and leveled it out with a sanding bar. This actually ended up with a nice extra benefit of helping to bury the seams from where I filled in the kahler route with a wood plug. I also drilled all the pickguard holes, vibrola mount, bridge mount, etc. Had fun using my new drill press on that one. Straight holes sure look nice.
From there I started grainfilling w/ zpoxy which has had it's own learning curve but I got a handle on it now and I'm almost done. I will say, getting the neck sanded is a bit of a pain with the rounded surface but it's coming along. So, all that to say, I'm about ready to actually start spraying some paint at some point soon.
Here are my questions:
I need to set up a ground in there somewhere. Where should I do it? To the bridge post or to the vibrola? Does it matter? People also seem to get bridge & tailpiece confused a lot. Most gibsons have the ground on the tailpiece stud. At least from what I've seen.
question 1 million on this project and some updates.
Previously I went too heavy handed using the orbital sander and I ended up having a smooth surface but it was a mess of divots and the like. I then slathered a bunch of timbermate over it and leveled it out with a sanding bar. This actually ended up with a nice extra benefit of helping to bury the seams from where I filled in the kahler route with a wood plug. I also drilled all the pickguard holes, vibrola mount, bridge mount, etc. Had fun using my new drill press on that one. Straight holes sure look nice.
From there I started grainfilling w/ zpoxy which has had it's own learning curve but I got a handle on it now and I'm almost done. I will say, getting the neck sanded is a bit of a pain with the rounded surface but it's coming along. So, all that to say, I'm about ready to actually start spraying some paint at some point soon.
Here are my questions:
I need to set up a ground in there somewhere. Where should I do it? To the bridge post or to the vibrola? Does it matter? People also seem to get bridge & tailpiece confused a lot. Most gibsons have the ground on the tailpiece stud. At least from what I've seen.
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