HNB's ET270 / 1802T Custom Build Finished Pg. 2

[Rgand]

That looks really good. Nice job.

[HNB]

Body is done and coming back to me to paint! Looks awesome!

IMG_4156 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

IMG_4158 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

IMG_4159 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[marqueemoon]

Looking good!

[HNB]

Body and parts came in yesterday. Today I added shielding to the pickguard and moved the electronics to the new guard. I got a new switchcraft toggle, but it is junky. Ordered another. It would do bridge, both, but neck was dead alone. I resoldered it. Something is funky with the switch.

IMG_20200415_173058 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Everything sits great on the body.

IMG_20200415_173035 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Painted the body with filler/primer. First coat today. Will lightly sand it and spray again tomorrow.

2020-04-15_06-45-53 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Applied headstock decal to the neck.

2020-04-15_06-22-15 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[HNB]

Got a coat of clear on the body and a coat of metallic black / grey.

IMG_20200416_092411 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

IMG_20200416_092354 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[marqueemoon]

This is looking great.

[Rgand]

The shade of metallic grey is really nice. Looking good.

[HNB]

So at 2:30am I was thinking in my head and came up with how I messed up the wiring on the toggle. I accidentally switched the bridge pickup and output wires. That is why both worked, bridge worked, but neck alone didn't. I swapped the two wired and now it is allllll gooooooood. LOL

[HNB]

Color coat is done. In a week I will begin spraying clear on it.

IMG_20200417_160406 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

IMG_20200417_160427 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[HNB]

I lucked out doing my color coats this week. It looks like rain is back today.

[HNB]

Got the tuners installed. This Friday I can start spraying clear on the body.

IMG_20200420_142216 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

IMG_20200420_142227 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[HNB]

Bridge installed and strap buttons. Doing shielding paint.

IMG_20200508_125025 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[HNB]

Got stuff mounted on the body.

2020-05-11_08-33-43 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Then I got the neck mounted.

IMG_20200516_143452 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

IMG_20200516_143457 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

IMG_20200516_143512 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

IMG_20200516_143503 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

IMG_20200516_143523 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

IMG_20200516_143528 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[HNB]

An demo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPIN_cE ... e=youtu.be

[s_mcsleazy]

An demo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPIN_cE ... e=youtu.be

minus the kurdtz, i approve. tbh if i was to demo it, i would have just played unwound since justin trosper used one.

i've often liked the idea of modernizing these. like update the trem (i have this weird idea of a jazzmaster trem but it surrounds the bridge like a mustang) then have some low output pickups in it (as is my MO, some kind of overwound mustang in the bridge and 70's dimarzio in the neck) but i do appreciate this modernization