With Ash you dont have to fill the grain, alot of people dont for the effect, i always fill it for that smooth feel.
My Ash Baritone with the grain filled
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With Ash you dont have to fill the grain, alot of people dont for the effect, i always fill it for that smooth feel.
My Ash Baritone with the grain filled
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So what was your filler? Timber mate or similar or something else?Quote:
Originally Posted by tonyw
Timbermate Natural, i was trying to keep the guitar as natural as possible.
Gotcha, i have been experimenting with the ebony on ash, i'm not convinced I'm doing things right so I'll go looking through YT and older posts for guidance. Cheers mate.
Just checking my notes I used neutral body filler on the first coat but it left the grain looking a little bit pinky, so i added a slurp of Feast and Watsons maple stain to my liking, the colour of the paste will tell you what your getting. This filled the grain nicely and left it more natural.
Speaking the devil, i think i find the oil stain i need..from
http://www.ikea.com/es/es/catalog/pr...470/#/90057469
In fact, i have the "must" rocking chair from them in brown colour and i like it very much for the bass so...i'll give it a try...
Its stainable so you can add the pigment you like getting the neutral one.
Dayum son! Thats rather tastyQuote:
Originally Posted by tonyw
mmmmm, lovely baritone goodness. i must finish first project before beginning the baritone project.....
Okay so we have been a bit quiet on the completing of build front, as I have been doing actual work and experimenting with Timber mate application.
Major build event this weekend has occurred, the reuniting of Fretboard and neck!
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SO you can see from the below that the neck joint hasn't turned out quite as tidy as I'd planned but it is nothing calling for ashes and sackcloth so we shall just push on with it.
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We are now looking to do the bit that I have never really had any experience with, the coating and finishing of it. There are some basic electronics to do, but thanks to the wonderful folks at EMG, soldering will be kept to a minimum.
Okey Dokey, leapt in with the Ebony timber mate on the ash body and have arrived at this:
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I am not sure if I want to go again to bring out the darker highlights some more, or leave it dirty looking as it is now (which I kind of like).
currently only rubbed down with 240, so still plenty of time to decide if i am going with the black wash, or if I colour things up and leave the neck natural.
Neck also got some reshaping done, in order to thin it down some more, nice and silky now!
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Happily a small opening up of the neck splice got filled and closed by the reuniting of FB and neck, so no longer need to worry about that.