Looking good :)
I am cooking up a new batch of DT tomoz... Lets hope AP don't lose this one!
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Looking good :)
I am cooking up a new batch of DT tomoz... Lets hope AP don't lose this one!
Thanks DB :) Woohoo!! You're seriously a legend :) good old AP!
Can you please email your address to me?
Stoopid here cant find it..........
dingobass at pitbullguitars dot com
That neck is looking great Shazz
Shazz I agree with Fretty neck looking great. A tip is to insert the neck in the pocket and tape off the area that will be glued to the pocket and try not to get any clear on this area. The glue will adhere much better to raw timber.
What clear are you using on the neck DT ?
Thanks boys!! I'm loving it!! The rock maple is just looking so mean!!
I didn't do the area of the neck that goes in the pocket, but didn't mark it out so could have possibly touched some of the gluing surface. I will mark it out from here on. Lucky I've only done the 1 coat! Thanks for the tip Wokka :)
And sorry! I'm using the final coat from my Uluru Red staining package. If it goes ok I'll leave it if not may have to sand it back and get the neck finish ... But it's feeling like it should be fine :)
Oh, man.. I watch these vids and thing .. all the things I 'did not' do on my GR-SF1 :D
next time...
What didn't you do o_O how did the coats end up? Are they dry now (not tacky) Mine seem to be all good, I left about 3-4 days between coats except when we had like an awesome week of weather and got 2 days in between!
Wow Shazz I just watched your Vids , Great work and a great diary.
masking.. I would do masking next time.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShazzRandom
:D
the coat look great
they arent exactlyu tacky, no
nothing stick to them
but they are not glassy or enamel-ly as I would expect.
doesnt stop me loving it to bits now I have the play ability issues resolved.
Thanks Jarrod :) Will hopefully have the next instalment sooner rather then later!
Yeah the masking has helped me a lot! I kinda wish I did it on the binding of the body, I will need to scrape/sand before the clear coat :/
Did you end up getting a wax finish? I have done the top coat on the neck and it has come up quite 'shiny' I think that has come down to the grade of sand paper I used (800 was the finest)
Yeah, the neck is smooth and shiny, I think I did 800 grit, too.
I havent done a wax finish.. what is that?
I thought you asked a while back on the forum about a wax? Might not have been you :/
There is a wax that you can get from dingo tone to use after the final coat, just gives it a bit more protection and a different finish its not exactly glossy either.
Here is my newest instalment! Want to say thanks to everyone who has checked out my vids and also subscribed :) I'm enjoying this project a lot! Thanks also for the tips along the way!
http://youtu.be/tgRPVI9uaEs
So I decided tonight that I wanted to fashion my own Knut out of bone... So I did. I asked friends on FB if they had an old dog bone lying around the yard - some people were quite skeptical of what I was going to do with the bone. I simply said, a project. So tonight I thought of, completed and set my Knut. I am about to put the vid together and post it :)
Nice one Shazz.
There has been the odd occasion when I have run out of bone blanks and nicked one of our dogs bones.
Dogs were not impressed but hey, it was a means to an end :p
It's funny we have 2 dogs but no bones to be found!! They really didn't want to help me at all
Here is the vid :)
http://youtu.be/pyr_IaTYqh0
Awesome work Shazz, should work a treat.
cheers,
Gav.
Thanks Gav, I'm stoked! I checked the setting this morning and the crack in the bone doesn't seem to be an issue at all *winning*!!
Cheers
Great work, I could almost smell it watching your vid. Lol.
Thanks! Such an odd smell at that! The first cut in with the saw I was like 😷
Not gonna lie, first time I put a nut blank on the belt sander I gagged a little. Haha. Smells like burnt hair.
Hi ShazzRandom, the guitar you're building looks great, can't wait to see it finished, I've got at least 5 or so guitar kits on my "to buy" list, but I'll have to wait till the weather in Darwin dries up before I do any building.
Keep the videos coming...cheers.
Here's a website you might be interested in checking out:
http://www.stewmac.com
nice work on the bone nut Shazz, will sound heaps better than the plastic ones supplied
Great work on all these videos Shazz, it's really cool to see the progress
Thanks everyone, I'm enjoying videoing my progress :) and I'm glad you are all liking them too!!
Cheers
Hey all,
So after a few days of letting the stain dry, I have noticed that the 2nd batch of DT is slightly different in colour, which can be expected for a hand mixed product. I thought after curing that the colour would be close to matching but it currently isn't.
(I will attach 2 photos, 1 showing the back and the walls and another with the face when I can work it out from my iPad or may have to wait till I'm home). Can anyone suggest a way I could try and match them closer. The back is much deeper, more purple-y, so thinking possibly sanding back a bit (not too heavily) to see if I can get it to matching point. As I haven't done the intensifying costs yet, once I get the base stain the same colour it should all be a go from there, it's just matching the base station this point.
Any pointers or ideas would be great :)
Cheers
The pics are pretty true to colour. The difference is rather noticeable compared to front and back.
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So front and sides are more orange-y and the back is more crimson-y. I'd personally be tempted just to roll with it. I think both colours look cool.
You could try to match the front to the back (easier to go darker)...but I would leave it as it...it's gorgeous...the front doesn't have to match the back...
Yeah I think darker is the go, I will try some more coats, I prefer the back colour. After doing my headstock with the intensifying coat, it is the same Crimson sort of colour as they're from the same batch/time of production. so perhaps that will help tie it together. I'm just pedantic haha
There will be slight variations from time to time...
As I am using natural ochres there will be some variation between batches...
Totally all good DB! I understand that there will be variances from different batches :)
I'll try my best to blend them :)
I was going to leave everything stock for this build. As time moved forward and after some forum reading, I read a lot of people were getting roller bridges for the bigsby style bridge/trem. So I have just purchased a Vanson roller bridge from the UK. It's black with chrome wheels, and will fit perfectly onto my current chrome posts, so it's gunna give just a little bit of character. I'm excited, but have to wait for it to arrive, gives me time to crack on with the finish. I still think I have a bout a months worth of finishing to do with the staining process on the body. I am almost happy with the base colour so will soon move onto the intensifying coats :)
It depends how you use the bigsby. If you use it at the end of a song for a grand finish, and then tune up, it wont be a problem.
But if you cut your teeth on Wigsby or Floyd Rose gear, and use it every second bar, you are on a steep learning curve about how bigsbys work. :)
I just love the long smooth trem you can get out of them. I've used one on an LP before and an electromatic. Gorgeous piece of hardware! Though this is the first time owning one :) may upgrade to a proper bigsby one day
So I've done all the stain coats, once it cures will be on to the intensifying coats!!
Loving the burst that I got and have matched the colours as well as possible. I'm happy with the result :)
May your eyes enjoy!!
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Noice :)
Now would be a good time to steel wool the bindings, much easier to clean now than after it has fully cured.