GOLD LEAF GUITAR

Better Pictures 4

2010-07-19T14:41:00.000-07:00

Better Pictures 3

2010-07-19T13:23:00.000-07:00

Better Pictures 2

2010-07-19T11:33:00.000-07:00

Better Pictures

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Finished Fretboard

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Finished back

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Finished Headstock

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Finished Knot

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Finished!

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It's all done finally

Headstock

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

Gold Leaf Guitar

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Gold Front

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Gold Neck

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Gold Neck

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Gold Back

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Gold

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Goldie's Gold

2010-05-06T12:54:00.001-07:00

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!

2010-04-13T14:45:00.001-07:00

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

2010-04-08T11:10:00.001-07:00

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

Strings

2010-04-08T10:29:00.001-07:00

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

2010-04-08T10:15:00.001-07:00

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

2010-04-08T10:07:00.001-07:00

Gold leaf arrived from Thailand

Recrowning

2010-04-08T09:56:00.001-07:00

The frets are finished.

String Tree Nut

2010-04-08T09:53:00.001-07:00

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

String Tree Nut

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Restrung

2010-04-08T09:49:00.001-07:00

Countersunk

2010-04-05T08:58:00.001-07:00

Tailpiece is finished.

Wonky Wood

2010-04-03T06:07:00.001-07:00

Fret file

2010-04-03T06:03:00.001-07:00

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

2010-03-30T13:09:00.001-07:00

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

2010-03-30T13:01:00.001-07:00

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

2010-03-29T11:19:00.001-07:00

Tailpiece Jig

2010-03-29T11:12:00.001-07:00

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

Crack

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Houston We Have A Sh#tload Of Problems

2010-03-22T14:00:00.001-07:00

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

2010-03-15T15:36:00.000-07:00

Tailpiece

2010-03-15T15:32:00.000-07:00

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

Shabby Chic

2010-03-15T15:27:00.000-07:00

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

2010-03-15T15:17:00.000-07:00

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?

2010-03-12T14:10:00.000-08:00

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

New Machine Heads

2010-03-12T08:58:00.000-08:00

I've Only Gone & Done It

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Take Me To The Bridge

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Polishing The Nut

2010-03-10T13:11:00.001-08:00

Fret Level Timelapse

2010-03-06T12:28:00.000-08:00

Fret Insertion Timelapse

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Fret Cut

2010-03-06T07:42:00.000-08:00

Inlay Timelapse

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Side Inlay

2010-03-06T01:56:00.001-08:00

Side Inlays look nice, the third fret inlay is on an angle because of the chip. I quite like that though.

Fretboard Polish

2010-03-04T15:58:00.000-08:00

After a polish working up to 2500 grit the fretboard has come up amazingly well.
Left the chip as is as it looks ok, the glue dried the colour of a turd.

New Inlay

2010-03-04T15:52:00.000-08:00

Not Straight

2010-03-03T16:21:00.000-08:00

Missing Piece

2010-03-03T16:07:00.002-08:00

A bit is missing on the third fret. I've mixed up the dust from sanding using a clean piece of sandpaper with wood glue to make a nice pink coloured paste to fill the gap.
See what it's like in 24 hours.

Fretboard Sand Timelapse

2010-03-03T16:07:00.001-08:00

Fretboard

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Here We Go Timelapse

2010-03-03T09:07:00.000-08:00

I've taken off the strings and funky nut, time to defret...

That was easy!

Now the inlays

Bent

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Notes

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Creak

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Block up

2010-02-20T11:59:00.000-08:00

Radius block came yesterday. Holes drilled in tailpiece. Arm attached to the fret pusher block so it can be put into a pillar drill and push the frets in.

Fretwire

2010-02-15T11:54:00.000-08:00

Stainless steel fretwire came today all the way from Laguna Beach with a fret end file that is super tiny but well made.
Thanks Bernie!

2010-02-13T18:31:00.000-08:00

The begining of the tailpiece and nut.

Gold Leaf Guitar Blog

2010-02-13T18:17:00.001-08:00

I bought this guitar on ebay for £17 and have dreams of upgrading this guitar with stainless steel frets and tailpiece with a gold leaf finish.

The frets are grim so it should be easy to improve.

New abalone inlays and new tuners.

That's the dream. Let's see how far we get...