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When I restore cars I do the same thing with them I even get the primer so smooth it shines like the paint would( I do that so I can see all of the defects early on

Before the finer the scratches the better the clear coat will get the same kind of treatment before the final polish

I'll be going up to at least 2000 grit, maybe higher if I feel like it.

Derek you should go to progressively finer grits you can start with 600-800 -1000-1500-2000 but make sure you wet sand for the 360 that I'm doing I use a small bowl of water with a drop of dawn dish soap I use the blue stuff that's the original one and make sure To keep the paper wet and check...

Mojo Mike the type of lacquer you paint was if I had to guess was an acrylic lacquer I've used this type of paint on some of my cars it's very forgiving but a bit labor intensive But the results are worth it there's a trick to doing a great finish other than the prep work trick is to be patient...

What does the T stand for? I hope it doesn't mean transistor.

I have a friend that's an old guitar tech and he explained that the blackface and most early silver face were good up to the early seventies and that's when the early transistor amps came out with the different knobs and that is where the Bassman reputation took a hit and this is where the...

I wonder how it would sound with two Tens installed as well

An in the case of the 3000 if I was to sell it I will let all buyers know that I made the body even if everything else says Rickenbacker on it

Besides the only way I can afford i Ricky is piecing it back together like I'm doing with my 360 granted it has a set neck and I will be making a 4000, 4001,4002, 4003, a couple of 480s I'm doing this mostly for the fun of building them and I like things that are different and have a touch of...

I have been looking at some 3000 parts on eBay and the only thing that I would be missing would be the body they have a neck and neck plate pickup/ w pots and output jack and a pickguard, besides that I would like to make a couple of guitars and since most of the parts would be Ricky parts it's...

Would you mind laying them down on construction paper and marking where the top of the highest horn and the button of the body draw straight lines from each, parallel to the width of the paper and measure and do the same at the widest point of the guitar body if you wouldn't mind doing this...

Thanks so far guys, does anyone have any access to a 3000 body that someone would be willing to measure?

Does anybody here own a 3000 if so what is the total height and width of the body those measurements would really help

It does make for a good stain