Brodie's SG-1F

The tru oil is working it's magic! Outstanding

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This is coming up very nicely

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Originally Posted by vh2580

That top looks fantastic Brodie. The TO really makes the colour come out.

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Originally Posted by wazkelly

That looks really noice.

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Originally Posted by andrewdosborne

The tru oil is working it's magic! Outstanding

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Originally Posted by stan

This is coming up very nicely

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Hi all, apologies for the lateness of my reply. Thanks for the kind words. PBG is undoubtedly the most supportive forum I've ever been a part of. :)

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Originally Posted by Bungee

That looks really good. The timber grain is awesome. What type of wood is that?

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Hey, Bungee. The front (green) is a flame maple veneer, and the back is basswood. Normally basswood doesn't have such a beautiful, pronounced grain, but I got really lucky on this one and jagged myself a bit of flamed goodness.

all good Brodie at least you replied the questions.

Have you posted a finished pic of the axe, presuming it's finished and making noise ?

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Originally Posted by wokkaboy

all good Brodie at least you replied the questions.

Have you posted a finished pic of the axe, presuming it's finished and making noise ?

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Well... Like basically all the guitars I'm building, it is neither finished nor making noise. :P
The Wasp still has grounding issues (which are hopefully getting sorted Saturday), the IB hasn't had the fretboard done yet (but it does make noise, and sounds pretty good actually), and then there's this one that hasn't had anything done to it since the last update.

I've recently just moved house, so haven't really been dedicating much time to building. I've used up the last of my Tru-Oil as well, so I'm trying to decide whether to buy more and complete the whole guitar in it, or buy an aerosol to apply over the top, now that the oil has brought out the grain. Then all that's left to do is work out how I plan to finish the neck/headstock, glue it in and then wire it up.

So arguably, if I knuckle down, I could have it done a few weeks time.

no worries Brodie, sure you will get around the fixing all the issues with your builds and finishing them

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Originally Posted by wokkaboy

no worries Brodie, sure you will get around the fixing all the issues with your builds and finishing them

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I'm sure I will too. Just got to stop being a lazy fella and do it. ;)

hi brodie, do you sand the flame top vertically or horizontally?

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Originally Posted by huangmi

hi brodie, do you sand the flame top vertically or horizontally?

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Hey mate. Like any timber, you sand with the grain. On flame maple (or most other figured woods) the figuring can mislead you as to the direction of the grain. However, you sand from the neck to the heel (or bottom) of the guitar, e.g. sand perpendicular to the figuring. :-)

thanks mate, mine will arrive this tuesday, hopefully i get lucky and get a nicely figured body wood like yours