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A colour called Japanese Black from the locally owned timber and hardware.
Its not black black, but it lets some of the grain show.
I have to admit, the body looks like garbage.
I dont think any amount of staining or lacquering is going to make these six slices of packing crate make for a good finish.
The up side of this, is it reaffirms my theory that active pick ups could make a cricket bat sound good.
It was then after some practice and arranging of things I decided to do this to the body:
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It is mezmerising!
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I live in a lovely small old house by the sea, so there aren't really any dedicated workshop places. Its one of the things that drew me to pitbull guitar kits and the dingotone product. It could all be done in the kitchen and around the house.
I was thinkng I would have to hand paint an acrulic over the top, but would have preferred to spray.
At first I had been against spray lacquering because I could not think of a place that the instrument could be left undisturbed by others in my family and by my cats and dogs.
Then it hit me.
Where do I go to be undisturbed by my family and cats and dogs!
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the dunny is your spray booth wow !
so what is the shiny finish Beef ?
So must be Feast Watson Japanese black ?
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As some of you might be able to see on the headstock, it has the major brand name logo decal on it now.
You will be pleased to know that where the "TM" is meant to sit in the centre of the logo, I got the designer to replace it with the word "FAKE" and it looks awesome :D
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22 karat gold leaf from Thailand
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wow Beef what a different idea !
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Loving this project! Way to go!
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One of the best parts about this project was needing to find out more about gold leafing, and getting sprung by my (adult aged) son wanting to know why was watching this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHTFw2gt5Io
Also, you guys may not suffer from the puerile sense of humor I do, but scroll on thru to about 5:28 for about 10 seconds and see if you can hear the words that had me cracking up for far too long :D
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Not wired and torsion bar adjustment is settling in, but happy with everything else so far.
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looks pretty cool Beef, presume there's no clear coat, how tough is the gold leafing in terms of knocks and scratches ?
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there are about 10 clear coats :)
sanded with 1500 grit between the last half dozen
gold leaf is about as tough as cigarette ash, you cant actually touch it
