very nice, the blue and gold look great together
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very nice, the blue and gold look great together
Hey guys,
Haven't posted anything for a couple weeks, but I've been steadily working on the guitar.
Last weekend, as I had a fair bit of gloss on, I sanded the whole guitar flat. Took me a fair bit of sanding at 600-800 wet.
I then sprayed again and let that cure all week.
Same deal this weekend, I still had too much grain showing for my liking, so I sanded flat again.
And sprayed again...
I'm pretty happy with the result now:
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I had that idea of adding gold highlight to the blue, so this morning I mixed some mica powder with clear gloss for one of the coats.
Not the best results... I reckon I put way too much mica powder and it was showing too much in some areas.
So I ended up sanding most of it and re-spraying clear on top.
No photos yet, we'll see next week!
Anyway, one last final touch up spray tomorrow morning, and then I'll leave this one alone for a couple weeks while it cures.
On the neck side, I wasn't too happy with the finish. I used Dingotone clear but must have been too heavy-handed and didn't squeeze the excess enough before wiping for the final coat as I had some waxy looking areas...
So I sanded it with 600 dry to remove all these waxy area until I was happy.
I then wiped a new top coat on. This time I barely had any product on the applicator and it does look better.I'll wipe a 'last final' coat next weekend and that should be it for the neck!
In the meantime I got myself a nice IB-5 kit...
I'm waiting for golden parts I ordered from eBay, and for some custom Dingotone before I really get started. I'll created a build diary for that one too.
Cheers
Fred that looks pretty smick really nice shade of blue and you have brought out the grain beautifully.
I agree, that's a nice shade of blue! Probably why I chose the same colours for my build! The black and blue work well with the grain, and the gold is a nice touch in the knobs and hardware. But I picked gold hardware, so I'm a bit biased!
Thanks guys.
@Swanny: I've been keeping an eye on your build diary for your ES-12G and it is beautiful! I reckon an ES-12G is the next in line... I mean next after the IB-5 :-)
Thanks, Fred! My son is already planning to order an IB-1 for me to help him with after Christmas.
Wow Fred that's looking amazing!!!! That color with gold hardware pops! I love it!
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coming along really nicely Fred that colour scheme looks excellent and can still see the lovely ash grain
Nice photos as well man, the colour and tones are really nice.... gotta love natural light shots :)
Looking really good there, Fred.