Better Pictures 4

Better Pictures 3

Better Pictures 2

Better Pictures

Finished Fretboard

Finished back

Finished Headstock

Finished Knot

Finished!

It's all done finally

Headstock

I used some of the free silver that came with the gold to make a flourish using a rubber stamp

Gold Leaf Guitar

Gold Front

Gold Neck

Gold Neck

Gold Back

Gold

Goldie's Gold

I sanded the front back to the grain. Looks mint and f'd at the same time. Ran out of gold so that's it, just gotta clear coat it.

New Screws!

I finally found the right screws. They are stainless steel and fit the countersink nice. They have a nice chunky head. They are bridge screws for a telecaster. The dude i bought them off searched everywhere and found them in the usa, i just searched ebay.

Revised Nut

I've tilted the string trees so they touch on the front.

Strings

I put phosphor bronze 13s on it originally but they snapped with the taking them off and on so have put some electric 9 guage on there to try. Pretty bendy compared to the 13s and sound weaker so i've ordered some phosphor bronze 12s to see the difference compared to the 13s.

Guitar Hanger

I made a hanger for Goldie, painted it black, covered it with gold leaf and then filed and sanded it so it will look worn like the guitar.

Gold Leaf

Gold leaf arrived from Thailand

Recrowning

The frets are finished.

String Tree Nut

The string trees need to be tilted so the string is touching the front.

String Tree Nut

Restrung

Countersunk

Tailpiece is finished.

Wonky Wood

Fret file

Ich leiber files! File came from germany today with two concave edges of different size. So the next job is crowning the frets.

Piezo pickup

I bought these Piezos off ebay for £1, they should pick up the vibrations of the soundboard once installed inside the guitar. With the jack strap pin it will turn Goldie into a stealth electric guitar :)

New Tailpiece

Changed the rear section and drilled hole for jack strap pin, just holes for fixing screws

Tailpiece Jig

I've made a jig for the tailpiece, cut the bad out and inserted new.

Crack

Houston We Have A Sh#tload Of Problems

My nuts too small, the tailpiece has a crack, frets needed extra work, strings snapped with all the on and offness and machineheads pegs are loose. Sounds nice though.

Artist Impression

Tailpiece

I tacked the tailpiece together. Once it's fully welded it's gonna get polished to a mirror finish

Shabby Chic

Goldie told me to cover her in wood filler. While sanding it off she said STOP! All the parts with filler on will be covered with gold leaf as Goldie likes the shabby chic look.

Lemon Oil & The Talking Guitar

I've oiled the fretboard, it keeps sucking it up so I'll keep doing it daily until she tells me that's enough. I've noticed that while drinking wine with her she tells me things, like her name..
Goldie Horn.

Up or Down?

Like JB said
Get Up
He did say Get Down too mind...

New Machine Heads

I've Only Gone & Done It