Happy accidents are what make art mate :)
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Happy accidents are what make art mate :)
I would keep going with this. I'm liking what I see from the pictures you have posted - to be honest the veneer is the eye catching feature for me.
@ Nick
lol mate, that would make most of my guitars "art" of some sort. ;)
@ Andrew
Thanks mate, yeah I do like the veneer, but I am a bit concerned at its deterioration.
Cheers guys
Pity about the splitting but I actually really like the finish its very custom shop" Matt black hardware and black pickup covers and that would be one sexy beast
Do you know what Robin people pay thousands for a relic' guitar yours looks like it's been around a few years . Once hardwares on it'll look a treat. Dont relic the hardware and it'll look fantastic . I'm kinda liking it
Hey Tony,Quote:
Originally Posted by vh2580
Thanks mate, unfortunately I have already bought a chrome Gotoh Bridge. I have also bought black and cream P90 covers, so I will decide which of those to use later.
cheers mate
@Kim
Thanks mate, hmmmm thousands of bucks huh? Couldn't do it again if I tried. lol.
It's nothing like I had planned but I am kinda digging the beat up look myself now.
cheers mate
Go steampunk or whatever the cool word is for guitar. Relic? I dunno. It looks interesting.
How did it happen exactly, I didn't quite get your posts (probably too tired)
Hi Mario,Quote:
Originally Posted by ihasmario
If you are wondering how it turned out like it did, I can tell you that it was a combination of not enough knowledge, bad workmanship and an incredible amount of blind good luck.
Not Enough Knowledge:
Probably chose the wrong veneer. I wanted a light blue guitar and I think the veneer I chose was too dark to give me that finish.
To keep the colour as light as possible I only used one coat of blue dye which gave me the colour concentration I wanted, but I guess that the natural colour of the veneer soaked through the dye and turned it an uneven blotchy browny/bluey/green colour. I think that a second coat of dye would have held the colour better but that would have given me a dark blue colour, which I was not after. By contrast the back of the guitar being a light basswood took the dye perfectly to give me the actual colour I originally wanted.
Bad Workmanship:
I had problems gluing the veneer to the body. That caused a gap in the two pieces of veneer. My efforts to try and draw the pieces together resulted in a few tears in the veneer.
The veneer bubbled (blistered) because of my bad gluing technique
After applying 4 coats of Poly I accidentally sanded through them in places and into the stain giving the uneven faded “stone washed” appearance.
Blind Good Luck: (and pig headedness)
That it has ended up looking like it does.
When it was all going wrong a sensible person would have given up on this one, it really was looking that bad. But I had put so much time and effort into it and I was too stubborn to give in and wanted to see how it would turn out. So I kept going.
I would still like to do a light blue/black burst sometime, and although nothing like I had originally planned I wouldn’t change this one for quids.
cheers mate
rob
without seeing it in person or close up, it looks really good! Black hardware would look killer on this