Junior refinish...finished...

paulnb57

This morning my built by @GSPBASSES LP jr looked like this....

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Spent the day scraping sanding and swearing to 800grit ready for a refinish in Crimson Guitars Cherry Stain and finishing oil...The old Iron Gear Soap bar pickup will be replaced with a Dog Ear Bare Knuckle c/o @photek ;;;;

paulnb57

Close of play today...

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skippy76

Nice one, looks great in that stain colour.

I just refinished a Gibson LP Double Cut Special in Oxblood nitro so I'm a bit biased towards very dark red/black at the moment!

paulnb57

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SteveRobinson

You know you want to...

paulnb57

@SteveRobinson yes I do, bit the cherry materials are en route

paulnb57

2 coats of Cherry stain applied looking good! A bit patchy as its not quite dry yet, another coat on the neck probably.....

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Andyjr1515

Looking good, Paul

paulnb57

Looks good a close of play tonight, 2 coats of finishing oil, its on the brown side of red which I like.....the wood has soaked the oil up, so is still quite matte, more coats will bring more shine.......so far easier than Tru Oil, although similar it is thinner...

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paulnb57

At last a bit of shine is starting to appear! Another two or three coats should see it done, it's a lovely deep colour....

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paulnb57

Commitments today mean wiring tomorrow, but getting there......

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Andyjr1515

Oh that looks VERY nice @paulnb57  

I love the way that stain has come out.  Very classy, indeed.

paulnb57

High praise from you Andy, thanks!

paulnb57

Its finished, The Crimson Stain and finishing oil were a joy to use, the oil is similar to TruOil but thinner and I think easier to use, applied the same way as TruOil......In well pleased with the transformation......

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nick_s

Very nice!  I may be tempted to strip my white Studio and go this route.

joeyowen

@paulnb57 ;

Where oh where did you find that scratch plate?

paulnb57

ebay.com 

US seller, I'll try and find a link, it was while ago though....

paulnb57

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/B46-4-Ply-Guitar-Pickguard-For-LP-Jr-Les-Paul-Junior-Tortoise-Red-/221660858407?hash=item339c044827:g:XToAAOxyTyBSZcya

Andyjr1515

It looks great, @paulnb57  How does it play?

paulnb57

I plays very nicely indeed, when I put it back together I also replaced the Iron Gear Soapbar P90 with a Dogear Bare Knucle Nantucket, it sounds epic, the pickup goes from clean and chimey to snarling and growling from the volume pot. 
If you are in the market for a superbly made JR to self assemble and finish, and you can talk Grahame @GSPBASSES into making one, then do it, while he is still young enough!

The downside is, it's not a guitar I have gelled with, no idea why, I guess It's just me......all my other guitars are Fendery, with the exception of an Epi 335 thats been modded to hell and back....so next time the boy, @Simon Beckwith comes to the South Island, it will be donated to him to gig the nuts off!

paulnb57

Oh, and if I did it agian I wouldn't use Crimson Finishing oil, I would use @Andyjr1515 wipe on Poly method, which I used with great success on a Mahogany Tele body, no issue with Crimson just prefer the Poly.....