sounds good Dedman, you have a very interesting past !
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sounds good Dedman, you have a very interesting past !
Jack of all trades master of none!Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
used a similar technique on this walking stick sword ( it was originally a plain black painted stick sword but I wanted something more like Zatoichi used in the blind swordsman films)
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Looking good Dedman. Like Woks I was going to suggest burying this in the garden for a few week's!
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haha Ponch, I think the moisture in the soil would totally ruin the basswood, Dedman seems to have the technique sorted
swords look great Dedman
copper covers for the switch cavity and the trem cavity, done. :D This is just thin copper sheet wrapped over the existing plastic covers. If you heat copper then drop it in a bucket of water it becomes soft, I did most of the bending here with my fingers then just tapped the edges with a plastic hammer to close the fold. They are now soaking in a mild solution of cold gun blue. Cold blue makes copper go a warm charcoal black, its a delicate finish on non-ferrous metals so it will need a clear matt coat on it. Of course if you use it on steel it goes blue/black and is quite tough.
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wow they look unreal Dedman, warm charcoal black copper should really suit well.
I'll keep this idea/technique up my sleeve cheers mate
What an awesome idea Dedman, looks great
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you can even sponge it Wokka. I did the habaki (collar) on this katana with a couple of dabs on a sponge (this is on brass)Attachment 11204
looks great Dedman, I wouldn't want to be a house invader in your house with all the weapons you have !
Funny thing is I'm the most peaceful person you could meet.Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
The best type of person to have all the weapons, really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dedman
Not much happening atm. Floyd trem is basking in a tub of thinners to remove the black coating, because I had no paint stripper and I'm not taking a trip to the large green shed of incompetent employees to get some :P
Last time I was there "I can't seem to find the clear matt, there is satin and gloss, do you keep the matt somewhere else?"
Snort, giggle "Why would they make clear that wasn't glossy?"
He had a job...someone thought "I'll employ this guy" I'm not sure which one deserved the biggest flogging. :mad:
Sounds like a typical trip to the BGSFOS.....
a quick update. I've relic-ed the trem , basically sanded most of the black off then dropped in some hot salty water for a bit. The alloy bits I hit with a bit of brown paint. Weird thing is the body of the trem was just steel with paint over it (possibly powder coat but I don't think so, interesting spelling of Rose too :P ), but the trem arm had chrome under it, REAL chrome with copper under it!)
I've made the control knobs from vintage Winchester shotgun shells I think a 9mm will fit the switch knob
Did some more ageing on the body, gouged a few cracks into it and some more layers of wash.
Waiting for humbucker rings to arrive, age them, and construction can almost start :)
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the dark shiny patch is still wet from more grime layering
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looking good Dedman, can't wait to see the shotgun shell volume knobs !
Nicely done Dedman
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thanks guys.Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
I used em on my Diddly box as well (link in my signiture) but used new shiny ones, on this one I'm using some old ones that had been reloaded with black powder a few times. Black powder is pretty corrosive so they have a nice genuine patina to them. Picks next time
you make great out there , cool stuff mate, nice
Thanks! looking forward to getting back to pretty stuff with the next one Stan, a JR-1 :) Super nice neck on its way from DB as we speakQuote:
Originally Posted by stan
ah yes, super simple and super cool, and special neck, sounds great
The evil is strong with this one 😈👹👺👿🐲
So...humbucker mounts arrived today so I expect by mid week I'll be doing the wiring
I have this diagram
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but my toggle switch has 4 terminals not 3 as shown in the diagram
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what am I missing?
The inner two are your 'out', so link them with the wire to your master volume. The outer two connect to the pickups, and the lug on the other side is the ground.
thanks weirdy!
I was hoping you'd chime in. That is an odd looking switch. I have been thinking of switching from the stock switch to one of these:Quote:
Originally Posted by WeirdBits
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Peavey-T-60-...0AAOSwEK9UDhB9
They're small, and I have had good luck with C&K switches.
grunged up the pick up rings and made some pick up covers from some scraps of cheese cloth that I stained. I'm hoping they don't affect the pick ups. Did a body mock up while all the bits were on the bench :D The skull on the trem arm is an Emerson skull bead, Emerson are mid/high end tactical knife maker.
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and I put a skull button on the head stock. I'm waiting for a set of "genuine" Gibson relic-ed tuners I found on ebay to arrive . I just couldn't bring myself to attack a shiny set of Grovers. I'm a bit lost with what to do with the finger board and those huge markers.
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Dedman Loving the just pulled from the grave relicing.
A way out there concept for your fret markers - put in very slightly hazed clear ones with Sepia style headshots/photos of old west gunfighters or similar underneath.
hmmmm, that idea is crazy enough to work! Might need to make a few boils and ghouls to pose for pictures, I'm sure I could "dig" something upAttachment 11420
You could maybe scratch/etch/engrave some skull or tombstone designs into the fret blocks, fill the lines with black epoxy or black CA glue and sand smooth.
The same finish used on headstock might work well on the fret board too, particularly if you etch in some images into the block fret position markers as you would think the colour should sit in the etches once wiped off.
*fluffs eyebrows* some experimentation is called for
I took Waz's idea and just washed over the fretboard, surprisingly a lot stuck to the inlays so I'll give a couple of days to dry and see how permanent it is. My tuners tuned up today but so did the painters, so scaffolding and tarps everywhere, won't be getting much done this week.
Bit of car polish or maybe 0000 steel wool over the fret markers might remove a bit of the washed on colour.
I'll polish the frets but not the markers, they look nice and grimy but I can still see them. I did drill out the side markers as I painted the white binding, I'll fill the tiny holes with some glow powder and PVA glue . I put the ebay tuners on and they look great and indeed might be real Gibson ones. Once I can get the car out of the garage I think it will be fret leveling and neck glueing time ...my first set neck.
Damn painters:p
Dude not to throw a spanner in the nuts or anything but:D how does swapping your inlays for some plastic insects sound?! just sand them from underneath until they're level with the fretboard and glue them on. No filling just that spiders and crickets in their empty holes?? (sorry bro I just had to:D )
I had thought of following VH2580's idea of clear inlays with images on the back of them and even did the first image but I really don't have the confidence to pull huge inlays out and it's not like I can just get another neck if I stuff it up on this kit, it's a unique to the
GD1. so grimy its gonna be.
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This is an epic build, so in character with the style of the guitar, great job.
Another idea for the markers, I knew a guy who did scrimshaw on horn. He simply used a sharp awl to scratch in the design and then simply rubbed in black ink in the scratches. If you are not good at drawing then you could get like a tattoo artist to scratch in some howling faces, wolves , bats , skulls , whatever...
another good idea Stan, but without computer assistance I can't draw to save myself, and money is always tight this time of year so, paying someone is right out.
You could always use the computer to draw a template that you place over a fret marker and then scribe/scratch away until you get the image you want.
When looking into transfer decal paper another idea was to print in reverse on kitchen grade grease proof paper and gently rub that on a surface, let it dry, and then add final coats. In this instance that could maybe work as your outline for doing an etching? Bit like doing a tattoo in reverse.
Not sure if this is a workable solution for you Dedman?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NjYbAAQ4vw