Taylor (LP-1M)

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/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from Dengreg on May 21, 2014, 19:04
Love the walnut. Will look sweet.

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AAaaaGGggg! Haven't done much, just put some red on the binding and gave the back another coat of walnut.

The face repair looks ok, not so good in the pic but think another dab of colour will do. Then start to think about some shine on the back and neck. will also need to gloss the face as I have hit it with the 4 X 0000 again, will wait until it is near the end to do the final glossing.

1st pic shows the attempt to red out the binding, looks better in life than the pic though.

2 & 3 the back from different angles. hope fully the stain will be nice to scrape of the binding.
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the binding should scrape clean no worries.

Just take care to minimise using the point only to scrape - what it does is leave sratches in the binding, and the colour gets in. Then you have to scrape the to depth of the scratch to removed the colour that gets in - ask me how I know....

Gee Stan, I'm not a brave guy.
The paint on the face just chips, I'm happy to leave that but will get it off the side.

Almost time to think about the electrics now, I'm just letting the repair cure for a few days (they say four), then will sand it back, scrape the binding then think about the wiring.
Would like to do something a little different but will wait to see what happens.

Rick.

hang in there Rick, I am sharing similar pain with painting. If it is cold where you are very gentle heat gun after paint is dry a day or so aids curing - dont bubble the paint though

Hi!

A magic day today,25deg and expected that way until Saturday, and it's the end of May.

finished scraping the binding, and, decided to give the back of the neck a spray with the clear. (to see how it looks)

Looking ok so will think about doing the back in about an hour.

1st pic the neck after a quick spray

2nd pic the binding on the bottom where the repair is, I think it is ok but as it comes closer to the finish I may need to do a little more.

3 rd pic a fuzzy close up of the neck and binding.

Rick.
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Hi again,

putting these two pics up to try to gain some "Brownie Points".

Rick

Oh! you won't be able to tell that that is the back of the head-stock,,,,,, will you?

Rick.
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Yes, I believe use of our logo counts for 2 extra points in GOTM. Looks good on the angle like that. Nice work.

keep going Rick, doing well mate, you will get there!

Hi,

Well, got some water slide decal paper, made up a couple of brands, printed them in gold. Looked good to. Sprayed them with acrylic clear (pity I couldn't have used my enamel) cut them out, soaked them in water, slid them off on to the head stock, and got a clear transfer, took it off, darn, the gold don't show on the black. Oh well! what to do now, might try a deep red it may be ok, but I liked the gold.

So, just put the hardware on and here is a few pix of what it may look like when it's finished.

Rick
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/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/Quote from surfmusic on May 29, 2014, 14:42
Hi,

Well, got some water slide decal paper, made up a couple of brands, printed them in gold. Looked good to. Sprayed them with acrylic clear (pity I couldn't have used my enamel) cut them out, soaked them in water, slid them off on to the head stock, and got a clear transfer, took it off, darn, the gold don't show on the black. Oh well! what to do now, might try a deep red it may be ok, but I liked the gold.

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Looking good man, nice job. I think you're gonna find (having just been through this) any colour you decide for a waterslide decal is going to be real hard to see on a black headstock. If you're printing off a standard ink jet or even a laser printer at home, because these printers don't print in white you're gonna have issues. Even a "deep red" as you mentioned will first need a white base to been seen properly on black.
You may have to find a printing company who can print waterslide decals in white or metallic or maybe think about using a vinyl cut decal instead.

AAAaaaGGGggg!. All the trouble I had getting the headstock to my liking, then not being able to put a logo (to my liking) on the black.

Sanded it back to almost bare timber, still had some of the black that had penetrated deeper in the grain, thought it might have been nice under the walnut. The walnut has turned out a little darker than the back but sure hope I can get something to stand out.

Two pics tonight
1st, Walnut stained head stock, no gloss

2nd, one coat of gloss

Rick
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Ok, today I figured it had cured enough so stuck some decals on, waited a while then gave it a second coat of gloss.

The transfer doesn't stand out greatly, but I sort of like that (well that may bot be 100% true), but sort of makes it a little authentic.(?)

1st pic just to see if it might work out, it sort of did so didn't have to take them off.

2nd the same

3rd with the decals' fitted and 1 coat of gloss.

Notice instead of "Ricson" it is "Rickson" but think that is better anyway. Also the two little mountains of finish on the peaks a quick rub will smooth that out.

Next time I'll look for a thicker font.

Rick








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A few days rest, went to "Coolie Rocks On" festival, a lot of old cars and rock & roll music, love it.

Now taylor! wired her up today, tuned it up (not intoned yet just the strings) haven't plugged it in yet, but looks as if it will work. Followed the wiring diagram this time, no mods to it.

The finish hasn't come out as good as I had hoped, but, still ok.

Will let it sit for a while then finish off the set up.

Here are a few pix, it won't look too much different when finished I think

Pic 1<> notice the screws ticking out of the body into the wiring cavity, now there is a very good reason for this.
I put the stop tail piece post in and couldn't get it out, needed something to put the earth on so screwed it in till it touched the post and got lucky.

pic 2<> This is about it.

Pic 3 <> Must cut the strings.
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Here are another few pix.

1 <> with her older brother

2 <> from the other side, with her step brother and father (you should see her mother, HOTTTTT)

3 <> being a little shy
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Finally screwed the truss rod cover on today.

Had to file a few frets, up above the 12th fret, action is ok, the 6th string is about 1.5mm @ the 12 fret. If I think it's still not great I can just rase it a little.

I guess it didn't turn out as nice as I had planed, but still ok.

Made up a slide show film to send to Taylor, then she should be all excited when she receives it.

Some pictures.

Now! Planing on one for me.

Rick.
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Looks really good m8