Lag Splatter Jet

Last weekend was a very creative and productive one. the weather was good, and Rachel (My partner) had a week off work so I had no childcare duties which enabled me plenty of time in the workshop (Shed :-) )
I bought the Lag Jet some time ago off a gigging musician near Glastonbury. It came with a Dean Markely 75 watt amp and a vintage Boss Pedal and a hard case.
The guitar was in a pretty bad state still playable, just, but the frets where very worn and the neck was extremely grubby, the tremolo bridge was very badly corroded,  and there where a few heavy chips and scratches on the body all testament to hard gigged life. Ignoring the wear and tear  I was very impressed by the quality and originality of the Lag Jet for what is essentially a entry level guitar. Its beautifully routed inside. not a rough edge anywhere. I love the fact that the back cover plate is recessed into the body so it fits flush. A 24 fret neck with a very cool 2 level headstock and marker dots that recede in size either side of the 12th fret. and two blank control knobs which I think are great as I've always thought that having the numbers on control knobs was pretty pointless. I mean it's either loud enough or it ain't. I never use a tone knob anyway so they are always surplus to requirements.

Any way back to the guitar! I thought a cool Shonky paint job was needed to give this old girl a new lease of life.

It is obviously inspired by Jackson Pollock, I have done many a splatter/drip painting in my time as an artist and it is by far the most satisfying form of expression for me.

Any way back to the guitar again.
I stripped the original finish off. and primed it. I then gave it a backing coat of slate grey acrylic. I used acrylic paints for the splatters then coated with several coats of Poly Varnish.

The finish is quite textured as the paint was very thick. It has to be the right consistency i.e to thick and it just ends up blobby too thin and it runs like crazy. so if you like your guitars with a super smooth finish your going to hate it.

As the Bridge was corroded I Have given it a nice new modern roller Tremolo Bridge.

I have also dressed and polished the frets. The action is low low

The electrics and pick-ups are the original ones which work perfectly well. so I'm not going to change them.

It still has it's original cover plates which have aged nicely.
It also has It's original machine heads with white plastic buttons.

The fret board is still a bit grubby but I am going to leave that as it's only cosmetic and plus it's a bit of history.

SOLD