Grain pattern checked and confirmation of coolness.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwimatt
Printable View
Grain pattern checked and confirmation of coolness.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwimatt
I second the confirmation. Coolness verified.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkMark
Thirded! (Not a word but just go with it)Quote:
Originally Posted by FrankenWashie
Sent from my SM-J120ZN using Tapatalk
Yeah, that grain is killer. Nice work on the build too
A bit of entertainment on the comments, thanks guys!
Righto - updates - and a few...
Sanding, sanding, sanding.... I've read the stories on here, and I can confirm the truth - there's a fair bit - I found it fun, though, seeing the shape evolve. I had a plan for what I was after, but you sort seem to go an a bit of a journey with it.
Anyway, a picture or two are better than more words.
Attachment 29496Attachment 29497
Masking - some of you'll see where I'm going with this...
Attachment 29498
Staining. It's a basswood body, so pretty light on grain, and with the differences in the colour of the different pieces (as you can see in the above), I did think about going for a solid colour - would have been the easy option for a first build. But I thought "stuff it" (well, the actual word was less polite), and went with my original plan anyway.
I used Resene Colourwood Apollo Blue - even a test pot was way too much stain, could probably stain about 20 guitars from it! Anyway - for any other kiwi's doing a build looking for a decent wood stain - they have a good range.
Attachment 29499Attachment 29500
Fretboard end shaping is very cool man
It was looking good at that stage, then I decided to sand it. Which was a mistake at that point, because you end up with blue powdery wood stain, which goes EVERYWHERE, and is a royal PITA to clean up from any bare wood.
Attachment 29501
Anyway, all is well that ends well, and it ended up like this prior to painting
Attachment 29502
Next up, I cut out some cardboard shields to sit above the body and headstock, no secrets here - I'm going for a black sunburst effect. I saw this method on YouTube.
Attachment 29503Attachment 29504
You can see the headstock in the background on this next one.
Attachment 29505
And the results
Attachment 29506Attachment 29507
I wasn't happy with the headstock - for obvious reasons. That required a light (very light!) sand, and another go at it. I used Dulux DuraMax spray (rattle can), which has quick recoat times, and seems to give a good result (Satin Black for the burst, and Gloss Clear over the top - but I'll get to that soon).
Thanks Andy, yeah - it seemed like I had enough there to do something a bit different :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy40