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tlguitars wrote:That Gold top is RAD!!! And the Cigar box git-box, I just giggle every time I see it cuz it's sooooo COOL!!!!

Thanks for that, but it took me two tries to get it that way - I don't get along well with painted finishes - both times I've tried it it turned out to be at least three times as much work as I thought it would be. I'm sticking to clear finishes from now on.

Yeah Steve I know what you mean. Took me 45 guitars just to get simple translucent colors down. Burst are tougher yet, but I got em nailed now. Yeah the Gold on a SG with the Bigs is Killer!! Nice work.

tlguitars wrote:Yeah Steve I know what you mean. Took me 45 guitars just to get simple translucent colors down. Burst are tougher yet, but I got em nailed now. Yeah the Gold on a SG with the Bigs is Killer!! Nice work.

Thanks!

Here's another one I finished about a year and a half ago. 4-string fretless bass, my own body design. I bought a killer piece of burl/quilt maple on Ebay, and a vine inlaid fingerboard from Bruce Wei in Taiwan - one of the guys who sells a lot of inlay stuff on Ebay. I ordered this one special, because he doesn't ever list bass fingerboards on Ebay. The body is alder, and the neck is a three-piece laminate of curly hard maple, with a curly maple overlay on the headstock.

The body and neck before finishing:



The finished bass. The body was finished with KTM-9 polished to a high gloss. The neck was finished with Minwax Gloss Wipe-on Polyurethane.

Finally finished and shipped the gold-top SG today. Here's some pix:

I bet the Phat Cats sound killer! She looks great Steve. Nice work!

Dennis Mitchell wrote:I bet the Phat Cats sound killer! She looks great Steve. Nice work!

Thanks! Yes, she does sound good. One thing about this guitar - the customer has really big hands, so he wanted a 1-7/8" wide nut, and a fat boat neck profile. It felt like I was holding a LOG in my hand - almost like the neck of an upright bass. But surprisingly comfortable to play.