Prepping a two-piece, alder, "reissue" style Jaguar body - ready for spraying a candy apple red, nitro lacquer paint job
Candy Apple Red H/H Fender Jaguar. Sealing and priming the body for nitro lacquer
“Mary Kaye” Blonde Fender Jaguar. Filling a few pinholes, tinting, toning, and applying the final clear coat
Filling a few minor "pinholes", tinting and toning the colour coat, and applying a final clear gloss lacquer topcoat on a white blonde "Mary Kaye" type nitro finish.
“Mary Kaye” Blonde Fender Jaguar. Change of plan – Spraying a white blonde nitro finish
I've had a while to rethink my original plans for this Jaguar, and instead of a "natural", shellacked finish - I'm going to spray a "white blonde" nitro finish instead.
“Natural Ash” Jaguar. Body preparation – Sealing the wood, and flatting-back
More essential body prep, before the enforced lay-off for my upcoming eye op. This time it's sealing and fine sanding an Ash Jaguar body.
Kurt Cobain “Jag-Stang”. Preparation, and sealing an alder wood body
Sealing an alder wood body for my JagStang build. As always - the best-looking finishes rely on proper preparation
Kurt Cobain “Jag-Stang”. (Slow) progress.
Time goes by so slow... or so it seems sometimes. Obviously - some projects take time to assemble a sort of "critical mass" of componentry. Working with Fender parts can be a time-consuming thing for us "Limeys" - what with waiting for shipping and the inevitable customs clearances. Plus - I have to spin on a limited budget. Nevertheless - bits for the JagStang are beginning to roll in...
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