Feronix
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The new body has arrived!
At first, I just got a confirmation of shipment email from Thomann, without any actual reply to my email, so I was a little confused. A day later I got the reply, they have sent me a new body.
Well duhh Thomann, clearly I know to use primer first but that doesn't help when it's full of holes
Also, the manual of the product clearly states "The first consideration to be made before assembling is to choose the preferred finish of the guitar body.
The basswood body of the guitar is sealed and prepared for various types of lacquer coating. A wide variety of finishes can be procured from DIY, timber and automotive outlets in aerosol cans making finishing straightforward without requiring specialist skills. The use of a dust mask is essential when spraying." (X)
Oh well, in the end it was all taken care of very nicely!
Internet cookie for whoever can spot the difference in lay-out compared to the old one.
This one is actually sanded and smooth. Does not make a rattle noise when I put my nail on it and drag horizontally across the wood
You can also see from the edges that this one, in fact, does have a wood-sealer/ grain filler layer on top, something the other one was supposed to have, but didn't.
It has a couple of areas that need slight fixing but that just takes a bit of sanding
Did the primer trick to find the rough patches again, there's only really one where the top drops.
And there are a couple of tiny bumps like these, I will fill them up and sand them down! Much better than thousands of tiny holes everywhere :lol:
All in all, this one already looks muuuuuuch better, and I've not even done any work on her yet
At first, I just got a confirmation of shipment email from Thomann, without any actual reply to my email, so I was a little confused. A day later I got the reply, they have sent me a new body.
Well duhh Thomann, clearly I know to use primer first but that doesn't help when it's full of holes
Also, the manual of the product clearly states "The first consideration to be made before assembling is to choose the preferred finish of the guitar body.
The basswood body of the guitar is sealed and prepared for various types of lacquer coating. A wide variety of finishes can be procured from DIY, timber and automotive outlets in aerosol cans making finishing straightforward without requiring specialist skills. The use of a dust mask is essential when spraying." (X)
Oh well, in the end it was all taken care of very nicely!
Internet cookie for whoever can spot the difference in lay-out compared to the old one.
This one is actually sanded and smooth. Does not make a rattle noise when I put my nail on it and drag horizontally across the wood
You can also see from the edges that this one, in fact, does have a wood-sealer/ grain filler layer on top, something the other one was supposed to have, but didn't.
It has a couple of areas that need slight fixing but that just takes a bit of sanding
Did the primer trick to find the rough patches again, there's only really one where the top drops.
And there are a couple of tiny bumps like these, I will fill them up and sand them down! Much better than thousands of tiny holes everywhere :lol:
All in all, this one already looks muuuuuuch better, and I've not even done any work on her yet
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