Guess thats alright if we are talking about the underside of the steel guitar.
With some helpful advise from Mike Scaggs I decided to do the underside of this re-build in Bright Red Flocking.
He let me know the best place to get the material, some youtube links as well as a few tips. For anyone who don't know, he is one of the best at restoring steels.
.The guitar was originally done in that weird speckled undercoat that looked like a cheap kitchen appliance and would have showed the places where all that C6th neck stuff had been. I expect the flocking will not only look much better, but may help dampen some of the rack noise too.
I will use a Wallace Truetone split pickup and add a red fake leather pad about 5" wide X 12" long for an armrest to cover the hole where the C6th changer came through. Will be set up with 4&4.
Good to be getting back to this project after a 5 year delay.
It needs a couple more coats of lacquer which I'll have to hold up on until I can get back home.
My good friend Denny died two months ago so I sent his Black & Purple steel to Tommy Huff for him to finish up for himself
The one with the British racing green finish will be the last one to get done.
