MOTORIK II - Final pics on page 21 - new owner!

[ludobag1]

spider leg for me it's cats hair

really nice color

[john999]

"Cow Pleaser" is a bit unfair, I liked that Porche green, (regret calling it green, green now), very 60's. Having said that the pearl green one is way more unique & "flakey", the previous may have been a bit hard to live with I guess.

[crazyzeke]

Yeah, I added a load of white pigment and some black lacquer here to grey it down. It's actually a bit greener than it looks in the pics, at least on my screen, but it's nothing like the cow-pleaser it was.

Hehe... cow-pleaser. Haven't heard that one before. I like it both ways, but I love heavily saturated base colours so the uber-greeness didn't bother me.

[theworkoffire]

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Well I spent the last four months with this looking like this, with neither the money nor the time to get it finished:



But now, as I'm sure everyone's sick of hearing, I've made a new guard and had it anodised, and I've ordered new pots, caps, and rollers, due any day now.

While it was still together I couldn't resist a little mock-up:







It crossed my mind that I should maybe go for a white rhythm switch and white rollers...

But before all of that, I needed to shave the neck down a little more, so off it came. I screwed a couple of threaded inserts into my bench, which means I can just bolt necks down on there to work on them - no more messing about with clamps:



Then, since I was going to have to re-spray the neck anyway, I decided to get rid of the green on the headstock and replace it with black:



I much preferred the look of the black headstock on the first MOTORIK, and I'm still not 100% sold on the green body, so if I ever re-finish it (white) I won't need to touch the neck.

[Stereordinary]

Hah! That's great, it's so simple.

[MattK]

I'm sure I speak for many when I say, that is EXTREMELY hot. Can't wait to hear it played.

[theworkoffire]

Two coats of primer on some CIJ rollers

[Brock the Mod]

Gotta see it with the black headstock and white roller knobs

What kind of bridge is that

[theworkoffire]

What kind of bridge is that

An old Japanese one - from the Matsumoko factory, you can find them on loads of 60s/70s models.




White rollers turned out perfect - two coats primer, two coats white lacquer

[mtotallywired]

I really need a set of those white rollers! may just follow suit with what you did...
did you have to do any sanding at all?

[the older brother]

It's a killer, Ben!

It will look awesome with the white rollers and slide switch.

[theworkoffire]

It's a killer, Ben!

It will look awesome with the white rollers and slide switch.

You mean like this?







It's not wired up or properly shielded yet, and I still need to sort out the decal and a little more clear on the headstock, but it's nearly there. I'm really pleased with how those rollers turned out.

[the older brother]

Yeah - I meant something like that....

[PoppaPopp]

superb!

[mongoose]

Dibs!