Now the hard part... waiting... Friday I shipped out the neck to get the "Mosrite" and "The Ventures Model" logos screen printed on the headstock.  It was a little difficult to let it go out of my site, but I have full faith that it's in good hands. PLUS, I insured it :).  A big thank you to my buddy Brandon who helped me do the wiring and shielding on the pick guard.  I could've done it myself, but he did a much nicer, cleaner job than I would have I'm sure (and i'm meticulous). For the tech minded out there, We wired it with switchcraft switch and output jack and a CTS pot on the tone and the new Seymour Duncan high speed, linear-audio taper volume pot, a 600V .047 Orange Drop capacitor, and vintage cloth "pushback" wires.  Anyway, I gotta wait for the neck to return then clear coat it with 7 or 8 more coats then wait ANOTHER week to let it cure before wet-sanding and buffing.  Good news is that's the light at the end of the tunnel. If all goes well, I'll be playing her in just a couple of weeks!

Today I spent about 2 hours scraping the plastic binding around the guitar body to get the black paint back off of it.  This is a very tedious task but all in all it went well.  I had to touch up a couple of spots where i scraped too far and hit the wood edge.  Once that dries I'll scrape the binding just a little more to make sure it has a nice even edge and then it's on to 10 coats of clear on the body.  The neck is getting shipped out on Tuesday to get the headstock logo screen printed by Bob Shade of Hallmark Guitars!  Not much longer and I'll be playing it!  Photos are better this time. I shot them with a real camera instead of my phone!  Look at that color pop!

Sunburst

Made some serious progress over the last two days! Laid down the sanding sealer and then all three colors of the sunburst! Now it's looking like a real Mosrite! I got a couple of coats of clear on the body and neck as well. Next week the neck is getting shipped out to Bob Shade at Hallmark Guitars where he will use the original silk screens from the Mosrite factory circa 1960's to silkscreen the "Mosrite" and "The Ventures Model" logos on the headstock. When I get it back it will get about 8 more coats of clear then cure for a week and get buffed out. In the meantime, the body will go ahead and get all 10 coats of clear!

Today I got in the Vibramute.  I cannot tell you how excited I am to have it.  Both the Vibramute and the roller bridge are original, new, old stock pieces from the 1960's.  Never installed on a guitar.  Now that I got these final pieces in, I can get back to work.  Next step is to assemble the guitar, measure and drill the mount holes for the tremolo then I can move on into finishing.  Hopefully I'll be able to spend some time on it next week.

Back at it!

The Mosrie has been on hold awaiting both funds and the Vibramute. This week I ordere both the Kluson Deluxe tuners from TonePros as well as the Vibramute. Once the Vibramute arrives, I can assemble the guitar, measure, mark and drill for the bridge and Vibramute placement. Then it's on to the sunburst finish.

Today I made the jig needed to hold the body and neck to the rotisserie style painting support.

Still at it

It's been a few weeks since I posted. Not much progress since the last post. I did, however, get the grain filler done and final sanding finished. I hope to get the sanding sealer done this weekend. Then ill be waiting to get my Vibramute and bridge in so I can measure and drill for those. Then it's on to the sunburst finish!

Holed it!

This doesn't appear to be much of a task. After all, it's just 4 holes, right!? Well, considering I only had one shot at doing this right, it's a big deal. Proper alignment of the neck is important. I put the neck in place but even with my small shims in the neck pocket, there was some play. Using a straight edge, I was able to line up the fret markers (white dots on the neck) with the centerline of the body then mark and drill those holes!