flat and polish - what's the trick ?

The stuff they make in that place is disgusting, I can't believe anyone actually buys it let alone eats it, I've been in dog food factories that make more appetising products and they were pretty crook!

I used to refinish guitars but now I only do my own.
Always nitro cellulose and an infra red lamp to fade them to the shade I want sometimes.
You can age and crack nitro but not the poly stuff.
Here's one I baked earlier..
         

That’s a nice job, is it a Kirk Hammett Greeny recreation, I notice the pick ups are back to front & have you fiddled the wiring.
It won’t be a 1969 LP! but is it Gibson, an Epiphone or a Chibson?
M

Thanks AP. You certainly know your guitars!
If you look closer you will see the pickups are actually the right way round but the light obscures the bridge polepieces.
It is a hand made replica of a 59 LP. All the right woods and specs. I have had it 14 years and although I have many guitars that one is Home. Just plays, feels and sounds like the real deal.
Huge Peter Green fan. This is not wired out of phase though.
Loved Peter's playing in early Fleetwood Mac.
I remember watching them debut Albatross on the Justin Dee show on the BBC and being mesmerised with the beauty of it.
I have played it in bands for over 40 years and I can play it well, both parts at same time..But..I can count the times on one hand where I actually captured the feel of Peter.
Good to hear you play too AP.

Please don’t imbue me with talents I don’t have! There was a spell when I was asked to modify the electronics in guitars & the fitting of “foreign” twin coil pickups, primarily to strat’s.
To get all the permutations of a twin coil on a single rotary switch was a challenge ; mind you I couldn’t remember how I did it at this stage in the game.
My Guinea pig pickup wasn’t expensive & it sounded better than a silly money Seymour Duncan.
I haven’t visited this area of my brain for some while, thanks for the prompt, I shall spend a bit more time in here & see what else I find.
M

I've just purchased some 2000 Grit for the small jobs that I'm doing.

I first saw PG open for John Mayall in a hot, sweaty pit somewhere in Essex towards Southend. 1968?  Clapton had just left and audience was not amused.  
"get off big nose" and other such charming shouts.   Didn't take long for him to win them around.  

That’s a very good job, Brian 😊
Maple?
I used to own a LP standard many years ago but found out it was not “my guitar”, so I sold it. I regret it now, LPs are not the same anymore.

Very much like cars 😂

I’m old enough to recall when old strat’s were being traded for new ones & I was given a “worthless “ one to play with.
It was hacked about unmercifully until it was more pegboard than guitar. I returned it to playable state & my son has it; he’s not all that fond of it,
Clapton had his “Fool” mine was foolish & fractured.
I had more sense with my AC30 & Marshall 1969 (?). My lad has those also.
M

Thanks Pedro!
Yes it's maple and it's the 4th time I have refinished it! I wanted it a certain burst and finally got there but each time you do it there is always the chance you ruin it! So this is it.
I played a Strat in the band for most numbers but always played the LP for the last set of heavier numbers.
When I left the band I graduated to the LP and had a couple made.
This one has it all.
I'm not the greatest player but I love it and music in general.
My passion is cars and guitars equally 😉

Guitars and cars, what else??
I had an American Standard Strat I bought in NYC some 30 years ago,  beautiful guitar, but sold it as well, and also regret it.
I mostly play rhythm or acoustic guitar, so it wasn’t my piece of cake, either.

I think Strats are the ultimate design, they are perfect in that sense. So terribly comfortable to play, so sleek

 

From the same cloth mate!

Painting and finishing a car or guitar is the same principle..preparation, preparation and more preparation.
If you see a blemish in primer on a wing then no amount of colour or lacquer will cover it.
It's all about not rushing to see how good it looks!
Enjoy your music!