PGK Korina V project... pics

[DaveL]

 

Did, I just become a loothier?   YUP!!   lol  

 

pics of my precision guitar parts kit... got it for a good deal used.  I did some light sculpting of

the heel..  My training was watching Mike Shishkov do it for 15 minutes at the 2003 Hamer

Open house...   glued it... (clamps from harbour freight $4 each) and resting peacefully.  

 

 Will get to grain filling soon.   My plan is to shoot it with aged clear nitro... and then

hit it with Oxford Vintage formula nitro and lightly relic and check it...    I think the grain

looks pretty good.  More pics to come.        

 

 

 

edit...  out of clamps and I cleaned up the heel a little more,   not as elegant as a Hamer or Gibson Custom Shop

but I was happy with it... done by eye with a rasp and a file (more harbour freight)     I could have rounded 

it more but I didn't want to take away extra material.    Seems like a very resonant neck and body.   

Weight is 4 lbs 15 oz as is,  guessing high 7, low 8 f;;lly loaded. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 19, 2025 by DaveL

[RobB]

18 hours ago, DaveL said:

 

 

Nice job on the heel, Dave. Can’t wait to see the finished guitar. 

[Travis]

Oh, man…. That is going to be badass…

I’ve been considering one of their Junior kits for a while but haven’t pulled the trigger yet…

[Saul Goodman]

Nice! Following. 

[Hbom]

7 hours ago, Travis said:

I’ve been considering one of their Junior kits for a while but haven’t pulled the trigger yet…

 I'm just starting a PGK double cut jr. kit that I bought from Dave last year. I'm in the sanding, whiskering, sanding stage and plan to seal before I glue the neck in. Fun times!

[Ua D]

13 hours ago, Travis said:

Oh, man…. That is going to be badass…

I’ve been considering one of their Junior kits for a while but haven’t pulled the trigger yet…

Worth it.  Love my Junior from them.  I have 3 of their kits.  All stellar. 

[DaveL]

For anyone considering a kit build,  here is a really good thread on tgp that I’m referring to as I started on this one.      

 

 

https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/pgk-korina-flying-v-build.2544746/

 

[Ua D]

The grain looks great on that V.  What are you gonna load it with for pickups?

can’t wait to see this done

[DaveL]

2 hours ago, Ua D said:

The grain looks great on that V.  What are you gonna load it with for pickups?

can’t wait to see this done

Thanks.   Yes, I love this grain.  Was surprised by the quality of the wood.     I’m going with something in the vintage hot variety.  (Duncan Saturday Night Specials, OX4’s or Wolfetones)    I do have some Gravelines that I haven’t tried yet. 

[Ua D]

Nice.  I have a Gravelin I just had Josh build me going in a project that's almost done.   Good luck with the project.  

 

 

[Jakeboy]

Is that the one that was FS on TGP? I almost bought it!! This is really cool!

[DaveL]

9 hours ago, Jakeboy said:

Is that the one that was FS on TGP? I almost bought it!! This is really cool!

Yes…  pricing on the korina v kits are up there so it was a nice deal!  

[DaveL]

 

   Hi,  some progress updates... 

 

     I cleaned glue residue,  sanded, grain filled...   I used a walnut filler,  which didn't quite pop...   I hit it with

a light hit of watco danish oil in walnut which did the trick,  not vintage correct, but I thought it gave it a nice

antiqued look...    I'm going to let it cure for a week...  use some light sanding sealer and then start the nitro (Oxford Vintage

formula).    so far,  I've been happy enough with this project that I grabbed another Korina V from PGK's in stock bodies.  

(ETA next week).   I'm going to talk to them about the possibility of a 1 pickup V kit... (which I'm sure is an upcharge)

for some kind of V Junior mashup.        pics...   

 

 

 

 

 

contemplated a stinger, but I don't think I can cover this up...   

 

 

 

 

 

[kizanski]

That's a beautiful piece of wood.

[DaveH]

6 hours ago, kizanski said:

That's a beautiful piece of wood.

TWSS.

[DaveL]

 

Update pics...   I started spraying this weekend,    sanding sealer,  hit it with a very light amount of

Stew Mac Vintage Amber and Aged Clear.  Masked the neck and hit the headstock with Black nitro. 

The clear is Oxford Vintage formular nitro (spray can) which is a thinner old school formula which will check and chip nicely.  level sanding every so often... it's going

on very thin so it may take a while.   I thought the color and grain looks good.     Alot of work but I think it’s gonna be cool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 6, 2025 by DaveL

[RobB]

Wow. The figuring on the back of the body looks like white oak. Are you doing a korina-yellow color or a tinted clear?

Edited July 6, 2025 by RobB

[Dave Scepter]

Great job Dave and thanks for the paint type/brand 👍

[DaveL]

37 minutes ago, RobB said:

Wow. The figuring on the back of the body looks like white oak. Are you doing a korina-yellow color or a tinted clear?

 

  Hi,  so I shot a bunch of necks and I always thought the stew mac (and other suppliers) neck amber looks really

orangey....  so I hit it with a aged oil (a la musikraft) sealed it and then used a very light hit of stew mac amber and

blended it with aged clear... so it wouldn't look wierdly orange.    I'm pretty happy with the color.    I'm takin a break and

letting everything cure... but will hit it with more coats of Oxford clear.  Oxford lacks hardeners and dries quickly... 

so it should chip and check easily.   

[Cboss]

5 hours ago, Dave Scepter said:

Great job Dave and thanks for the paint type/brand 👍

How many layers of those are recommended?

[DaveL]

10 hours ago, Cboss said:

How many layers of those are recommended?

Hi.   This is my first time spraying an open pore body so maybe someone else can answer better than me…

    I didn’t go as heavy on the grain filler so I’ll probably end up spraying more than typical.     

sorry for the non answer! 

[ZR]

I love the custom blue fretless fingerboard. Super cool!! 😉🤣😁 I'm surprised how nice the wood looks. I might need to look into those kits. Nice job on the neck heel too. 

[kizanski]

45 minutes ago, DaveL said:

Hi.   This is my first time spraying an open pore body so maybe someone else can answer better than me…

    I didn’t go as heavy on the grain filler so I’ll probably end up spraying more than typical.     

No pore filler?

[Cboss]

51 minutes ago, DaveL said:

Hi.   This is my first time spraying an open pore body so maybe someone else can answer better than me…

    I didn’t go as heavy on the grain filler so I’ll probably end up spraying more than typical.     

sorry for the non answer! 

It looks really great.. the black on the headstock is gorgeous! What does that body weigh at this point?

[DaveL]

1 hour ago, kizanski said:

No pore filler?

Hi,   Yes I did… but I didn’t do it as well as I could have,  the transition spots where you deal with the end grain was really tough to deal with.     I also didn’t want to oversand the neck….