ozo's first build

Hi everyone. Got my first kit that I have started , so I thought I might break the ice by showing a few pics. Not actually my first build as such though. I purchased a 2nd hand guitar some months ago and stripped it, replaced most of the components, got it painted and reassembled it. Cheers.Attachment 23391the unboxingAttachment 23392colouring/dying the frontAttachment 23393after sanding and setting the neck:D

Looking great so far!

Nice grain showing through. What colour is the stain, looks to have a purple tinge to it, nice.

Yeah Nitro it does have a purple look too. I used Rit black clothing dye.

Thanks Brendon

Hi Ozo, looking good. Looks like you have oversanded some of the dye so you will lose a bit of the lovely flame. Looks like you used an orbital sander. If you have the patience I would rub more black dye over to pop more of the flame, then carefully sand back with a sanding block, then apply your stain colour.
You can see the areas around the F holes and some patches are back to bare timber

Yeah that's correct Wokka, decided to have some highlights here and there. Cheers Steve