Yep agree you've scored a nice neck there doc, grain looks really nice
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Yep agree you've scored a nice neck there doc, grain looks really nice
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well done Doc neck looking sweet and I see you have pre-drilled all the holes. Must be pretty exciting the build so far !
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Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Yeah it's been pretty exciting, I decided to do a complete test-build before I went and did all the finishing on the body and neck.
good one Doc, so I think the build diary will reach 30 pages before a piece of sandpaper touches the body haha
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Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Nah,lol, cause I've already given the body a sand with some 180 grit, I haven't applied any Ebony TM yet cause of the glue stains near the top horn on the body, although I may just go ahead anyway, the glue stains aren't that prominent.
Seeing as the neck felt like it was dry to the touch, I decided to go ahead and apply the first coat of Dingotone Colourless Final coat to the neck, it doesn't look much different to how it did in the last pic I posted.
oh ok Doc good work mate, keep up the good work
Cheers mate, will do, I'm determined to do a good job at finishing the body and neck.Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
So far I've had no issues with the new Dingotone MkII, hopefully the Coolangatta Gold MkII should also have no issues.
I think I will go ahead and start working on the body finish today, so stay tuned for some more pics .
Update:
I decided to go ahead and apply the Ebony Timbermate to the Strat body, I managed to dilute the TM to a nice thick creamy consistency, because I couldn't find a Squeegee, or Spatula, I put one of my spare nitrile gloves on and used my fingers to spread the TM over the body of the guitar, all that's left to do now is wait till the TM has dried and then sand it off, hopefully I got enough of it in the grain to make it pop, here's a pic of the body covered in the Ebony Timbermate:
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Hi Doc, Beware of drippage down the sides! I found this with the EXA body, if you are a little too fluid on the tm then it can leave runs, and even if you attend to them right away, you will get a run mark.
I managed to get around this by sanding back and re-coating with a thin TM solution which effectively filled in around the run marks, leaving it even, although when i first saw them, there was bad words, so many bad words.
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Originally Posted by FrankenWashie
Cheers, I think I must have gotten lucky with the consistency of the TM since I didn't get any runs or drips that I could notice.