Purple and gold look awesome, just look at Prince (or the late Prince) lolQuote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
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Purple and gold look awesome, just look at Prince (or the late Prince) lolQuote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Yes, working well.
So I'm pretty happy with the colour now and I'm ready for clear coats.
Took some photo in the sun (finally the sun!) before clear.
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I did a test comparison of 2 wipe on polys, the Feast & Watson (oil based) I used in the red Strat, and a Minwax water based.
I was expecting the water based one to be less yellowing than the oil based product, so I stained a test bit and applied 6 coats of each side by side, with a reference strip in the middle protected by masking tape.
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Interestingly the minwax came out more yellow than the F&W... not a lot, you can't really see it on the photo, and it could be because I applied it thicker than the other, but no benefit compared to the F&W.
Also because it's water based it seems to take some of the ink off the wood, the cloth used to apply ended up coloured purple while the other one was just the expected oily yellow... don't like the idea of removing any colour!
So I'm going to stick to the F&W. It was super easy and forgiving to apply last time and I got a great glossy finish.
So I got started with the neck and the front.
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They say it dries in 6h so I'll do the back side tonight.
Pretty happy so far.
Hi Fred, that is a really nice shade of purple and coming along nicely.
Yes, I'd be very happy with that if I was doing a purple guitar.
this is coming along well, looking good
Loving that deeeeeeeeeep rich purple Fred! The purple one himself would approve.
Edit: named the wrong builder!! How embarrassment!
love the colour Fred, should come up nicely after the clear coats !
Thanks guys!
The wipe on poly should give it a yellow ish tint based on my test, but I actually like this, will make it look a bit vintage.
It dries fast, i was putting on 2 coats a day with no problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by FredA
After two days that's four coats you've put on. You must be getting pretty warm by now! ;)
Badoom Tish! Simon Barden Ladies and Gentlemen! He's here all week, do try the veal!Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon Barden
**Crickets**Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon Barden
Not the warm reception you were hoping for Simon??!!:p
Crickets are a big step up from the normal tumbleweed. I must be improving. :)
Anyways, I had a bit of a chuckle and saw the humour in each post.
I thought 4 coats were standard if you live in the uk!Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon Barden
One thick one normally suffices. Actually the further north you go, the less people seem to wear coats. In Newcastle, if it starts to snow, people start to think about changing from a T-shirt to something with long-sleeves on.
But not always, especially if young and female.
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I cant remember, i was 10 when i emigrated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon Barden
Man, I leave this thread unattended for 1 week and it's gone fully off topic! :-)
I do prefer laying coats on guitars than on me though... I haven't gone through a European winter for 13 years now and I'm definitely not missing that! :cool:
At first glance I read fur coats and only on re-reading saw four coats haha.
OK Fred, back to the program now.....
Cheers, Waz
Very cool build so far you got! I'm looking forward to seeing it finished! I intend on getting one of these SG models aswell, but a 12 string with 24 frets - and dye/stain it blue. I'll be using your post for reference!
The bevel on the guitar when you got it is more like the Epiphone SG's when they were being built in Korea (as are the positioning of the controls - Gibson's are more side-by-side rather than in a diamond-like thing, not unlike the Les Pauls. I have one). And I plan on strengthening the bevel on my kit when I get it as well. I have to admit I got excited when I saw you had done the same thing. Looks great! Definitely more Gibson like!
Cheers Greggo.
I've been busy slowly applying poly ro the guitar. 17 coat so far and still want to apply 10 to 12.
Quite happy so far.
The neck is done, i can now apply the decal and start clear coating the black headstock, but I tested the tuners and it's looking pretty nice.
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looking awesome Fred, level of gloss looks fine to me now !
Looking mighty fine to me.
@ Simon you will probably reach overlord status tonight so congrats mate, fastest overlord by a mile - 7 odd months !
I will If I keep posting a few one-line posts like this one! ;)
Loving your work Fred!
Great looking guitar so far, the gold really sets it off - the gloss is building up very nicely
Looks fantastic Fred! The reshaping and the colour both work really well. I've never been a huge fan of SG's, but those last few pics may have me changing my mind...
I love the purple.
Become a bishop, and you get to wear it all the time! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fretworn
Thats just gawjuz!
You know I love this.(and I'm not usually an SG guy)
I love seeing how some of these colour schemes turn out as in this instance I would have never considered gold on purple but this shade makes it look like a perfect combination, better than boring chrome or black.
Well, you've got to have gold hardware with a 3-pickup Gibson style. 3-pickups means its a 'custom' and custom means 'gold hardware'
And purple and yellow are complementary colours too! 😎
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Thanks for the comments guys.
Starting to be impatient to finish this one!
But still have a few finishing steps before I can fit it out...
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hey Fred what switch you using for this ? Can't remember. Are you using the freeway 6 way switch ?
Hey Wokka, correct. This will allow most pickups combinations between the 2x humbuckers and the Rebel90.
The 2x humbucker will then each have a SD triple shot ring to select single coil, parallel and series... so a lot of switching options!
It's clearly not going to be a guitar you'd want to perform with with all this switching... ;)
I haven't found how what to do with the toggle switch plate... I got a quote for a custom engraved one, but that was something like $50, so a bit over the top... I might use a standard 'Rhythm and Treble' plate, a blank black one, or try to engrave one myself...