Another GSPBASSES guitar finished (Nearly)

paulnb57

This arrived yesterday as a neck and body combination, a very nice LP jr copy, another excellent guitar from Grahame at GSP.... http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/paulnb57/IMG_9154_zpsfcb42ec3.jpg This is as far as I got today...Dry assembled, all necessary holes drilled, primed, painted, assembled, intonated. Needs the nut sorting as I could park my Defender between the fretboard and strings,the tone control doesn't work (Duh! shit wirer, can't get easier than 1 pup, 1 vol, 1 tone, I still got it wrong!!) Need a truss rod cover, rear cavity cover and strap buttons, sounds awesome (Iron Gear P90 pup). It got a thin coat of primer and 2 thin coats of satin black all dried real quick, the shed is like an oven and the rattle cans were stood in warm water prior to spraying, the finish is on a par with my new Les Paul Melody Maker, the grain shows through and hopefully it will wear through quite quickly. Oh and the vol and tone knobs have to go but its all I have! Anyroad up here it is now not too shabby! http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/paulnb57/imagejpg1_zpsd0071ce2.jpg http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/paulnb57/imagejpg3_zps6eb1d061.jpg http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/paulnb57/imagejpg2_zpsc71baa2c.jpg

JookyChap

Lovely. I've got one of those waiting for attention too, feeling quite the slowcoach now

paulnb57

The joker is so simple it takes no building , Paul

TTony

You don't waste any time !!!

Looks a beaut, I'd just put a better p'up in there when funds allow ...

paulnb57

Ill see how the pup fares when I get the tone control sorted, its quite similar in sound to my Les Paul Melody Maker…….

Paul

TTony

Sorry - I didn't mean that to sound negative (which it probably did).  

I used to rave about the Iron Gear p'ups because they were (are) head, shoulders and half a chest above anything else at that price point. 

But then our very own Mr Guitar Weasel* came along and gave us an option that's so much better, for not a lot more ££s.  Plus you know that his stuff is hand-wound in East London rather than coming off a machine somewhere in Chinaland, with about 3 sets of profit markup and, the costs of a rather long boat journey and a generous donation to HMRC built into the price.

* other p'ups are available.

dindude

That finish looks awesome. Like the combo of the pickguard and knobs too. Very nice indeed.

paulnb57

Didn't sound negative TTony...... A theme developing....... http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/paulnb57/imagejpg1_zpsd0071ce2.jpg http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/paulnb57/908fa603-0ed1-410d-ae17-be33523b3ee0_zps459c7248.jpg My first (15years old) parts Tele is in bits for a refinish (again) betcha can't guess the colour scheme! Stay tuned for more Rock and Roll! Paul

daveyh

That junior looks awesome!

xmrchi

Agreed well done with the finish it looks great.

dchwhite

Looks really good

fatherjack

That LPJ is an absolute corker.  I think the clear knobs look quite good.