Well the beast is finally together. In the end I copped out on the finish - the Crimson Guitar Finishing Oil was just never going to cure (left it five weeks and no change). Eventually used a minimal...
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Well the beast is finally together. In the end I copped out on the finish - the Crimson Guitar Finishing Oil was just never going to cure (left it five weeks and no change). Eventually used a minimal...
Really grateful for this advice, guys.
Subsequent to this, for the last week the body has been a sticky mess with no sign of the finish curing. The last coat was ultra thin and applied to what had taken almost as long to dry - maybe I...
Well, it might not seem I have progressed very far, although I've been working on the box as much as I can. The electrics are done and ready to be fitted but the main problem has been the Crimson...
This is the scaper I used. I cut a 5mm section out of an old paint scraper - the result allows any stain to be easily removed from the plastic binding without touching the finish to the wood.
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Cheated a bit, all were masked up well - at least I thought so - but there were runs... I scraped these off and rubbed down the binding with 800 wet and dry, then stained them honey pine, to give...
I'm now about halfway through the finish using Crimson Guitars' finishing oil over a water-based wood dye, rather than stain.
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Several more coats to add, and a lot more...
That's really helpful, Waz, thanks.
I am intending to use a water base, although the area where the fault occurs will be under the dark area of stain, so I should get away with it.
Thanks...
I could use some advice here. On rubbing down the body with fine grade wet and dry I have one specific area on the back where it appears it has already been rubbed, and quite deeply. A nice burnished...
Okay, this is my aim for the finish.
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I'm going for a water based stain finished with oil, which worked well for the resonator (see first post), and I do have some red Liberon concentrate left...
Previous post shows the top nut. My next job is to remove this and cut a decent base for the bone piece that will replace it after finishing. I think finsihing will take longer than usual - I'l be...
Okay, on closer examination I can't get away with a slice off the headstock:
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the holes are simply erratic. I suppose it would be possible to bush with maple plugs and re-drill...
Thanks, Blinddrew, that is really helpful. I see you had the same problem re. machine head holes, and yes, you are quite right, it is the headstock itself that is out. Still not sure if to address,...
Kit has now arrived and, despite the UK's rather punitive VAT, import duty and clearance fees, I'm pretty pleased with it and still think it represents good value (although you guys in Aus. are...
Just eagerly awaiting my ES-5V kit. It was despatched at high speed by PBGs and reached England in record time, but has spent the best part of a week in UK customs; I'm sure it will be all the better...
Love to know how you got on...
Really grateful for this thread as I am considering an ES 5V myself. This will be my second build, the first - a non Pitbull acoustic resonator - went together well enough and has resulted in a very...