Well, a lump of clay bought enough time for the pickguard for The La Cucaracha One to get a liquid pearl finish, with 14 layers of gloop coming together rather beautifully.
This has taken nearly a week, but it has paid off and I think looks rather cheeky in a Pete Townsend jacket kinda way.
The body is WIP too and though I don't want to come over all Daniel X. Boyle (that would be awful, clearly), it has a definite Gruel Britannia vibe going on...still quite a way to go on that, but hopefully it will be finito'ed by Easter - it is a time of miracles after all..
As you obviously remember (as I am sure you are taking notes), The La Cucaracha One is a reverse Jazzmaster type of thing, La Boracha influenced, though more from the Charvel side of the tracks than Fender, and is destined to have three nice lipstick pickups peeping thru this 'guard. I also have a rather lovely neck on the way for this that should set it off a treat.
But the clay needs firing now, so a toodle and a tootle and a pip and a pop
La la laaaaa
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