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scraped back the binding, still no clear on yet, but we all love pics, right?
The edges are taped up, still sorting the satin black.
I think you can get a better idea of the final colour now:
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...ject/014-2.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...ject/017-2.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...roject/012.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...roject/016.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...ject/015-2.jpg
Already looks glossy! Going to be awesome once it's cleared.
wow Stan thats looking awesome and still no clear - look forward to pics after its been cleared, its been worth the hard slog on this build !
Looking really nice Stan. Looove that green! She's going to be amazing when the clear coats go on!
cheers,
Gav.
Man I can't wait to see this cleared with all the shiny bits put on, c'mon Stan hurry up!
Ooh, that's a lovely shade of green. Looking very tasty.
Thanks Guys, there are just not enough green axes right?
Anyway, this is how I look after the body whilst working on it, no more issues like before:
Pretty much a version of what others have done. Attach 2 bits of wood - one to hang from, one as a rest:
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...roject/018.jpg
Keep Left - all good guitars are lefties!!
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...ject/019-2.jpg
Can start getting the back right now:
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...ject/020-2.jpg
Gosh Stan!
That sure is a serious hook you are using, no worries of that guitar falling off.
Rick.
Gosh Stan!
That sure is a serious hook you are using, no worries of that guitar falling off.
Rick.
Yep, megahook Rick, just had it laying about. You should see the fish I get with it!
Looking great Stan!
Hi Stan, looking good I love the tool you used to scrape the binding great idea
Kimball
What a great colour, finish and still with clear to come..
thanks guys!
The binding tool worked for a while, but it ended up actually being easier to just go back to a stanley knife blade on its own...
The binding on mine was full of fine scratches that ran along it, paint gets in, very tiresome to keep clean, even with taping
Just doing some touch ups that aren't really worth taking new pics for, but clear is going on very soon
I'd call that a "brooding" shade of green, giving a feeling of latent power.
The hook is really a GAFF; acronym for Guitars And Fightinging Fish.
This LP will be a killer when it's done.
Lokking pretty awsome Stan, take your time with the clear and she will look amazing.
that's funny Max
thanks Jarrod, nice light coats and plenty of time between!
OK a bit more progress...
Things are moving a bit and here is the headstock and logos (thanks Andyport)
Clear is a bit wet here still, it looks pretty glossy, but will dry satin.
So the official unvailing of my homebrand - Sinister Axes
I am a lefty , hence Sinister, and it sounds cool with Axes. Sinister Guitars doesnt quite cut it
First pic is the front of the headstock and the other is the back. For the back I was going for one of those custom shop style logos you see on the reverse of Fender headstocks.
We all love pics, so here is a couple (crappy iphone in crappy light, nicer ones to come):
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...ject/003-2.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...ject/005-2.jpg
Nice looking headstock, Stan. And nice play on words too!
'sinister guitars doesn't quite cut it'
ha.
Digging it, Stan. You lefty heathens!
Love the logo stan! She's really coming together now!
cheers,
Gav.
Top bit of logo design, that! Bravo.
Great logo!
like the others said the logo is classy Stan and a cool name. I'm a left hander but play right handed - go figure !
Steve Morse, Gary Moore, Joe Perry, Nils Lofgren are/were guitarists that were left handed but played right handed. I'm sure there are plenty of other great examples out there as well.Quote:
Quote from wokkaboy on July 11, 2014, 09:53
I'm a left hander but play right handed - go figure !
wow thanks for that info Fretty, what a group of axe players. I don't feel so weird now !
Thanks guys, Andyport makes great logos and had a big hand in helping me out with the design - I agree, it came together pretty well
Wokka, the guitarist in my current band and the drummer in my previous band, both are left handed and play right. I don't think it's that uncommon at all.
yer ok cheers Pablo, its probably due to not that many left handed axes being around to learn on
Not wrong there, took me ages of playing with restringed guitars before they weren't too hard to find
only if you built kit guitars when you were learning Stan, would have been easy.
So do you do everything left handed Stan ?
There's light at the end of the tunnel now man, headstock's looking unreal. Itching to see all the shiny bits put on there.
thanks mate, me too, got to let the paint cure first - arrgghh, takes so long
Yes mate I do - very Sinister :DQuote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from wokkaboy on July 11, 2014, 14:43
only if you built kit guitars when you were learning Stan, would have been easy.
So do you do everything left handed Stan ?
Pro level spray job on this baby, Stan. Love it.
Logo is killer too mate. Very keen for end product. Should be a very sweet (read: 'very sinister') axe. ;)
Time to update!
After several mishaps with trying to apply satin clear in cold weather (and I am suspicious of the quality of the paint...), resulting in crazing, cracking and general surface crappiness, I decided to cave in and go gloss.
The crap clear was also penetrating into the black beneath - my theory goes like this (I'm sure guru Jarrod can set me straight if I am wrong): Essentially the thinners in the top coats allow penetration into the coats beneath - so when the top coats craze or crack, it seems to affect the colour beneath as well, hence essentially a redo every time I tried to do clear.
No such issues with the gloss:
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...roject/053.jpg
Note highly povtech, but effective handling method: Stick to the top suspending axe body, stick poking out allows handling and positioning.
True colour looks more like this:
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...roject/032.jpg
Head stock and neck:
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...roject/055.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...roject/054.jpg
Now waiting for it to cure before I set the neck, or clamps will indent the paint and I get to start again...
I'm sure this will come out great with a gloss finish. That green is just so nice.
Thanks Craig, I've come around to it. I wanted satin for something different, but I like glossy, so I am still happy
It seems I was lucky with my satin finish. Came out perfect on the first try even though I was stupidly using mismatched paints. I will probably pay for it in the future when it all decides to let go and peels off.
Man I like the gloss. Makes the top look miles deep. That colour is great though, nice work.