Hi Chico, mine is far from finished and I don't have any way of recording sorry.
For finishes, I'm using fountain pen ink for the green and car acrylic for the black and clear coats
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Hi Chico, mine is far from finished and I don't have any way of recording sorry.
For finishes, I'm using fountain pen ink for the green and car acrylic for the black and clear coats
Loving what you've done so far Dedman great colour combination too. Nice project , looking forward to seeing it develop. Well done nice kit choice too.
Thanks for you answer
because Wokka gets upset when there is no photos here is where the head stock is atm. I noticed today both side pieces moved slightly demmit! So I learned...one at a time! more paint to go
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What a bummer.
yea, I'm 1/2 inclined to veneer over it
Is it sprayed through a stencil? Maybe you could sand back, add more black and then go again?
Sneaky way out that I would do if ever contemplating a black faced headstock is to use decal transfer paper reversed out in that the background would be all black and the image reversed in colour. Easy if all you are doing is text. Alternatively you could just do your image in the desired colour and then cut the sections out individually and affix to headstock that way then clear coats over the top.
it's brass inlay
OK, lotta shine around the edges made me think it was sprayed on through a stencil.
yea, if it was paint I'd just sand it off. I'm just leaving it alone and doing other things and will come back with a fresh outlook hopefully
how come some guys do the body finish before fitting the neck i have noticed a few do it is it a advantage to doing it that way i just thought you glue the neck 1st am i doing it wrong??Quote:
Originally Posted by Dedman
I intend attaching the neck before clear coats, mostly so I can fill or do touch ups around the neck pocket before glossing. I don't think there is a right or wrong way, just different. On my GD-1 I attached after all painting staining.
There's not really right and wrong Phrozin, I attached my neck to my EXA-1 before i started staining and finish mainly because i had modded this area and wants to sand it in and get the transitions between the two the way i wanted.Quote:
Originally Posted by phrozin
Most agree that it is functionally easier to begin the finishing process with things still separate just from a handling point of view.
When you've got the one big lump of wood and you are trying to coat all of it, just moving it around can be a problem, not to mention trying to work at odd angles and so forth to get even coverage on every surface. it all comes down to how much of a challenge you are up for!
Well said Frankie. My EX-1 was a right proper PIA to flip once the neck had been set.....all too big, too long, too heavy, too hard to manage.
Yep, I also firmly believe that it was one of the bigger contributors to the stain fail on the first effort. I have since spent some time building holding jigs to alleviate the same issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
EDIT: the other major contributing factors being
A. I'm an impatient cuss
B. I have the soft touch, agile dexterity and artistic flair of a true rugby front rower
I think also the paint can end up cracking in the heel join over time if you spray with the guitar put together. Also if you needed to remove the neck for whatever reason, it definitely will crack the paint. Conversely if you paint them separately the join shows a lot more.
Thats my 2 cents
At the end of they day they are hand built and not production line models. Any imperfections just add to the hand built vibe.
To digress briefly, I was reading a book on the history of Rickenbacker Basses last night and for the Lemmy Tribute model it said that due to the intricate carving no two were alike.
I provided this example to remind ourselves that we are indeed building a 'one-off' and not some generic cheap factory spurned oversized tooth pick with wires attached. That being said I too have obsessed with similar finish issues around neck heel joint and made more of a mess of things trying to get it looking perfect which ended up taking way longer to rectify.
Waz, you hit the nail in the head. Today I decided I was just going to live with it and started sanding and filling and scraping ready for clear coating.
Sometimes we can sweat the small stuff just a bit too much and had my wife tell me as much when fluffing around trying to get the finish just right on a couple of builds. She reckoned it wouldn't take me long before they got a few dings and marks on them 'so get over yourself and get on with it' she said.
I reckon that piece of advice/reprimand saved me weeks on those builds.
Yeah, I found that same point trying to make a seamless transition between neck and body. It's either let it consume you, or make your mistakes p, ask questions and learn some stuff from it. You learn nothing if you get everything perfect every time.Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
Got back onto this today, neck is ready for final paint before getting glued in
finally put the first 2 coats of clear on today, will leave till Monday , sand and more coats.
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I had some help
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That's looking great Dedman!
Is the Magpie a pet, or just not worried about you at all?
The magpie adopted me a couple of years ago,she nests in the yard, follows me like a dog,demands to be fed. She will sit on the palm of my hand.
Man that shade of green in the sunlight looks fantastic.
this just gets better Dedman
Its memorizing, isn't it.....Quote:
Originally Posted by stan
true , I keep checking in on this, the green makes it more interesting as it's not often the colour of choice, like an emerald
I desperately want one of these to be finished and for someone to record how they sound acoustically.
sorry Fretty, don't wait on me, I don't have any recording devices
more clear coats today, it's really soaking them up on the ink stained sections
good stuff Dedman look forward to photos. What sort of clear are you spraying ?
sounds like the weather finally fined up !
it's just car acrylic I've used on all my other builds. Yea , we didn't get much winter this year, I was sweating like a pig washing the car and bike today. However I have to get my painting done before 10am as the breeze comes up and I'm painting in a car port
this beast keeps deifying my efforts to finish it. I got up early to spray more clear coats but the weather is overcast with rain predicted.
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Dude even in this quasi-completed state this guitar looks superb. Its a testament to your abilities and I really look forward to seeing the hardware go on this. Wonderful work!
got 4 more light clear coats on before the clouds gathered. That should be enough to sand it smooth, sanding tomorrow, hopefully final tops coats next week.
nice work Dedman, on the home stretch now
final clear coats went on today, final W&D and polish tomorrow maybe
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Inlay finished up not looking terrible, not bad for a first try me thinks
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looking great Dedman, is the neck natural or black ?
black!
of course :P