Purple and gold look awesome, just look at Prince (or the late Prince) lolOriginally Posted by wokkaboy
Purple and gold look awesome, just look at Prince (or the late Prince) lol
Fender electric Fat Strat mim. (Bought)
Maton Electric Acoustic EM325C
Pitbull Guitars ST-1 ( finished) http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=5970
Pitbull Guitars SG-2 ( Finished) http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=6124
Pitbull Guitars JM-1 (Finished. 2018 June GOTM))http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=7150
Pitbull Guitars TL-1 (In production) [url]https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=8676
So I'm pretty happy with the colour now and I'm ready for clear coats.
Took some photo in the sun (finally the sun!) before clear.
#1- STA1M - Completed Jan16 - GOTM Feb16 - Here
#2- IB5 - Completed Aug16 - Here
#3- 335 style 12 strings - 3rd build - Almost done - Here
No #- SG1 'Franck Zappa' - Completed Apr16 for a friend - No build diary (yet?)
#4- 'The Red Plywood Strat' - Completed Aug16 - Here
#5- ST-1JR Star Wars - Completed Dec16 - Here
#6- SG 3 pickups - Almost done - Here
#7- JBA-4M JPJ Bass - Completed Mar18 - Here
I did a test comparison of 2 wipe on polys, the Feast & Watson (oil based) I used in the red Strat, and a Minwax water based.
I was expecting the water based one to be less yellowing than the oil based product, so I stained a test bit and applied 6 coats of each side by side, with a reference strip in the middle protected by masking tape.
Minwax on left, F&W on right:
Interestingly the minwax came out more yellow than the F&W... not a lot, you can't really see it on the photo, and it could be because I applied it thicker than the other, but no benefit compared to the F&W.
Also because it's water based it seems to take some of the ink off the wood, the cloth used to apply ended up coloured purple while the other one was just the expected oily yellow... don't like the idea of removing any colour!
So I'm going to stick to the F&W. It was super easy and forgiving to apply last time and I got a great glossy finish.
So I got started with the neck and the front.
They say it dries in 6h so I'll do the back side tonight.
Pretty happy so far.
#1- STA1M - Completed Jan16 - GOTM Feb16 - Here
#2- IB5 - Completed Aug16 - Here
#3- 335 style 12 strings - 3rd build - Almost done - Here
No #- SG1 'Franck Zappa' - Completed Apr16 for a friend - No build diary (yet?)
#4- 'The Red Plywood Strat' - Completed Aug16 - Here
#5- ST-1JR Star Wars - Completed Dec16 - Here
#6- SG 3 pickups - Almost done - Here
#7- JBA-4M JPJ Bass - Completed Mar18 - Here
Hi Fred, that is a really nice shade of purple and coming along nicely.
# 1 - EX-5 https://goo.gl/fQJMqh
# 2 - EX-1 https://goo.gl/KSY9W9
# 3 - Non PBG Tele https://goo.gl/W14G5g
# 4 - Non PBG J Bass https://goo.gl/FbBaFy
# 5 - TL-1AR GOTM Aug 2017 https://goo.gl/sUh14s
# 6 - MMB-4 Runner-up GOTM Oct 2018https://goo.gl/gvrPkp
# 7 - ES-1 Runner-up GOTM Aug 2018https://goo.gl/T9BEY8
Yes, I'd be very happy with that if I was doing a purple guitar.
this is coming along well, looking good
Stan's LP Build for my Sister: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=3146
Benson Pickup Strat mod: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=5229
Epiphone LP headstock fix: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=3410
Martin Backpacker Repair: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...?t=5038&page=3
'57 Harmony Jazz guitar project: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=2972
Loving that deeeeeeeeeep rich purple Fred! The purple one himself would approve.
Edit: named the wrong builder!! How embarrassment!
Last edited by FrankenWashie; 27-03-2017 at 09:43 AM.
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Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
love the colour Fred, should come up nicely after the clear coats !
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Thanks guys!
The wipe on poly should give it a yellow ish tint based on my test, but I actually like this, will make it look a bit vintage.
#1- STA1M - Completed Jan16 - GOTM Feb16 - Here
#2- IB5 - Completed Aug16 - Here
#3- 335 style 12 strings - 3rd build - Almost done - Here
No #- SG1 'Franck Zappa' - Completed Apr16 for a friend - No build diary (yet?)
#4- 'The Red Plywood Strat' - Completed Aug16 - Here
#5- ST-1JR Star Wars - Completed Dec16 - Here
#6- SG 3 pickups - Almost done - Here
#7- JBA-4M JPJ Bass - Completed Mar18 - Here
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