Nobody_G13
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I thought I'd make a thread documenting my road to a poor man's burst..(warning will be pic heavy)
It started with a $249.00 usd purchase of a 2008 GrassRoots GLP-60S..
I decided to make my own burst with the idea of keeping it under $600 usd completed ..
Sooo our journey starts with binding scraping on an already finished guitar ? I'm super crazy, I know..
With the guitar being sub $600 and from China I expected a thick poly finish and was super hesitant to do the scraping..
If I make a mistake, I wouldn't be able to afford another one, and this is my only guitar..
Sooo I clinched my cheeks and gave it a go, and to my surprise it's an extremely thin finish and it only took 3 gentle passes with a razor blade to get completely through the finish to the binding, and it left almost no ridge... I pressed forward and scraped the rest of the binding,I didn't expect a massive change in appearance, but boy was I wrong!!! The whole guitar just looked better and it began to have a look of craftsmanship to it..
After scraping I did a light buff and you can't even tell that the scraping was done at all ?
As funds allow and I'm able to purchase part's I'll keep this thread updated...
*I've uploaded the pictures in order to show progress*









It started with a $249.00 usd purchase of a 2008 GrassRoots GLP-60S..
I decided to make my own burst with the idea of keeping it under $600 usd completed ..
Sooo our journey starts with binding scraping on an already finished guitar ? I'm super crazy, I know..
With the guitar being sub $600 and from China I expected a thick poly finish and was super hesitant to do the scraping..
If I make a mistake, I wouldn't be able to afford another one, and this is my only guitar..
Sooo I clinched my cheeks and gave it a go, and to my surprise it's an extremely thin finish and it only took 3 gentle passes with a razor blade to get completely through the finish to the binding, and it left almost no ridge... I pressed forward and scraped the rest of the binding,I didn't expect a massive change in appearance, but boy was I wrong!!! The whole guitar just looked better and it began to have a look of craftsmanship to it..
After scraping I did a light buff and you can't even tell that the scraping was done at all ?
As funds allow and I'm able to purchase part's I'll keep this thread updated...
*I've uploaded the pictures in order to show progress*









