Hondo finally done

Jazzthat

Finished it a while ago . It was cheap to buy and horrible to look at . 
I have customized it and redone the lot .  

Edit : It was meant to go to ' Your Finished projects' . For some reason it didn't . 
Can I ask Mods to move it across ?

BillDL

That's a beautiful looking guitar.  Are there photos somewhere of what it was like before you started working on it?

This is not a criticism, because people find beauty in different things, but my eyes keep being drawn to the silver/black nickel knobs on the lower bout because they don't match the gold upper ones.  It's probably just me because I am a bit OCD with symmetry and I feel a bit imbalanced when I see something that doesn't follow the pattern my brain wants to see,

Jazzthat

BillDL said:

That's a beautiful looking guitar.  Are there photos somewhere of what it was like before you started working on it?

This is not a criticism, because people find beauty in different things, but my eyes keep being drawn to the silver/black nickel knobs on the lower bout because they don't match the gold upper ones.  It's probably just me because I am a bit OCD with symmetry and I feel a bit imbalanced when I see something that doesn't follow the pattern my brain wants to see,

I think I have posted couple of photos in previous posts . I will attach a link to it in a bit .
As for the knobs , I have come to conclusion that 4 gold ones  would look like ' gypsy king ' and I didn't like it at all .
I suppose 2 different sets of knob might be odd looking for some , for me though it's kinda cool and I actually don't notice it .

Jazzthat

The link to original thread in making and modding 

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/203208/hondo-hlp-2n-restoration/p1

Jazzthat

There is One f... up with the neck plate . I asked my mate to laser it , sent him a photo how it'll go on the guitar and he lasered it up side down .
Hence chamfers are now facing up towards neck , rather than I wanted to be opposite  
To much hassle to put it right now !

Roland

Before image:

GluedtoMusic

This looks amazing, how did you make the chamfered pickup covers?

Jazzthat

Roland said:

Before image:

Thanks @Roland ; . 

Jazzthat

GluedtoMusic said:

This looks amazing, how did you make the chamfered pickup covers?

I have designed and machined myself from solid aluminium , then black anodised them .

ICBM

It needs an ‘SG style’ neck joint cover made from the same material as the fret markers, that would make it look even better…

ThePrettyDamned

Jesus that looks amazing. 

davros

Wow, what a transformation!

Jazzthat

ICBM said:

It needs an ‘SG style’ neck joint cover made from the same material as the fret markers, that would make it look even better…

I ma not sure if this is what you are referring as 'SG style ' neck joint , but I might make one similar to this to fit in there between neck end and pickup .

StefB

Brilliant job, very well done. You should be justifiably proud of that work. 

Jazzthat

StefB said:

Brilliant job, very well done. You should be justifiably proud of that work. 

Thanks! I do and still can't believe i actually pulled this off , though it took long time all together .

ICBM

Jazzthat said:

I ma not sure if this is what you are referring as 'SG style ' neck joint , but I might make one similar to this to fit in there between neck end and pickup . 

Yes, exactly that. I would do half-45-degree chamfered ends like the corners of your pickup surrounds. 

On yours, plain matt black plastic to match the pickup rings would look ok, but that fret marker material would be perfect if you’ve got any left...