im a sucker for hollow bodies.The new project turned up this week, thanks adam. Ebony timbermate the top, back and headstock today, the plan is to use DT bushfire sunrise on the top and back and leave the neck and sides clear
first stain coat of bushfire sunrise
Another coat of stain
Looks good
Hi Adam, when I saw 1st post with all the Ebony TM immediately thought it would be another Bondi Blue job to match the others.
Good to see what you have already done and the natural bits will provide a striking contrast. Bushfire Sunrise looks a nice shade.
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# 2 - EX-1 https://goo.gl/KSY9W9
# 3 - Non PBG Tele https://goo.gl/W14G5g
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# 5 - TL-1AR GOTM Aug 2017 https://goo.gl/sUh14s
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# 7 - ES-1 Runner-up GOTM Aug 2018https://goo.gl/T9BEY8
It was very hard to not do it blue.
3rd coat of stain the top is looking awsome but the back is a bit blottchy, its starting to get a burnt orange look
4th stain coat, colour is getting close, the darkened grain is showing through nicely
Dingotone seems to work the same way as Shellac, but in reverse.
With Shellac, you multiple coat it, then sand it down.
How have you found the color spread?
I have a ES3 build using Shellac [which is applied in the same method ] but found that there can be places that the color appears dark than elsewhere on the body.
I strongly suspect this is an issue because of the particular guitar design we are trying to finish,[Hollow -semi hollow body] if it were a Strat or Tele, or any other Solid Bodied guitar, the problem of darker areas in the concave sections [ left & right cutout areas, both middle bought's ] wouldn't be a problem
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a bit of black stump on the neck and sides
nice one Barnesy, coming along well. Some lovely grain on that top !
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