This is such a great thread! Fantastic build Robin.
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This is such a great thread! Fantastic build Robin.
Robin - haven't commented yet - more from awe inspired silence than anything - overall I am loving this - shape - f holes, overall look, all of it. You're doing a great job and I'm looking forward to seeing it complete.
@Stan
Thanks mate, I know I've learn a whole lot of ways how NOT to do some things. lol.
@John
Thanks John.
@Brendan
Thanks Brendan. Don't forget its only pine. So I'm hoping I at least get a chance to play it before its all twisted out of shape. I have a bad feeling that this one is going to end up on the wall, so the least I can do is make it look good.
Cheers guys
rob
Just catching up with your thread Robin. It's looking amazing! Great work on the binding, and I really love that f-hole.
cheers,
Gsv.
So were the early Fenders - anyone here that would say no to an early Fender? I think you're underselling yourself and it's looking amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by robin
@Gav
Thanks mate.
@Brendan
Thanks Brendan, but its not just the body that is pine, the neck is a laminate of pine and marine ply. Its the stability of the neck that I have doubts about.
Cheers guys
rob
It’s been a while but I finally got some motivation back so I thought I’d better post a status report.
I’d finished the staining and applied 20 coats of MinWax wipe on poly when I dropped the neck on the floor of the garage and chipped and dented the headstock. So sand back the 20 coats of finish and take the headstock back to bare wood and start again. It was all good experience of repairing a damaged finish and although still noticeable it didn’t turn out too bad.
I used MIxWax on this guitar because I had finally run out of Tru-Oil but luckily I found I had some MinWax left over from a previous build so I decided to use it up before it goes off like the TO did. To apply MinWax it is pretty similar to applying TO, so no drama there.
After 20 coats of MW I let the guitar cure for a week or two and then started the procedure of sanding, cutting and polishing in much the same way as I do with TO.
It was soon fairly obvious that I either didn’t sand down the body as thoroughly as I should or the MinWax is not a self-levelling finish, as while not being too bad it does not have the wet-glass finish I was hoping for. No big deal, as being made of pine it will relic up pretty quickly anyway.
I sanded though a few grades of paper up to 2,000 grit and then went to my go-to cutter, Brasso.
The back of the guitar after sanding back with 2,000 grit paper
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The back after polishing with Brasso
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The top, after 2,000 grit
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And after Brasso
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……….. The neck
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And lastly the headstock
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I now have to glue on the bridge, cut the nut, I still have to sort out how I’m going to install the piezo pickup and then the final setup. I hope to have it finished next week. I guess I will then find out if it is actually a guitar or just a wall hanging. lol.
Cheers guys
rob
Ooooh! Lots of shiny goodness.
Love your work Robin!
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