My trusty old Hohner St Lead Professional needed a makeover. Here's a few before-pictures
- Lacquer and primer was removed with zieh-blade and sanding paper.
- The wood was tinted three times with a waterbased cherry-color.
- 12 layers of Nitro-cellulose lacquer was applied with a good quality paintbrush. Sanded between each layer
- The lacquer was left to set about two weeks and wet-sanded with grade 400 to 1200 sanding paper and finished with polish
- All cavities shielded with adhesive tinfoil from the local hardware store
- All electronics were upgraded
- A new Scratchplate was cut from aluminum and spray painted. The shielding connects to the the scratchplate to make a Faradays cage. The ground leds to the Tremolo.
- I mounted a Kent Armstrong P90 in bridge position and a homemade (not by me...) bell sounding wonder in the neck.
- The plastic saddle was replaced by cows-bone. The Saddle-Saws came in handy.
In the end it came out like this:
