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Chose the ST1 for my first build with Dark Onyx finish. Two quite different pieces of timber joined just above the pickups probably meant a solid colour might be better but the grain was interesting. A bit of mystery as to what it would look like exactly, but the idea of a black body with the grain highlighted had an appeal. I was fairly sure that the pic of the finished guitar on the dark onyx web page at pitbull was in the wrong place so I was going off the sample colour photo from wudtone.
First pic is out of the box and then the sanding began - repeating the db mantra. Found a place near the neck that was quite shiny, so attacked with a wire brush and sanded some more. Basswood is very easy to work with.
Wetted it down and could not find any glue marks, so went to the first deep colour. Let that dry for a day and repeated. Not as dark as I thought it would be, but the grain was standing out beautifully.
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Cnkxu - great to have you on board and the ST is looking hot! Bit of grain, lots of colour!
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As you continue to apply the Wudtone the colour will get deeper and richer. That's the beauty of Wudtone...
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Welcome to the PitBull Family Christian.
I don't recall seeing an ST-1 in Dark Onyx, of course I could be wrong, so I am looking forward to seeing how you go. It's already looking good. Most importantly enjoy the build.
Cheers
rob
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Thanks for the responses.
Great to have the encouragement.
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Thanks for the responses.
A couple of days later and the base coats start, light sand with 0000 steel wool between coats. End grain takes quite a bit of color, so I tried not to apply too much there but it is very black on the edges except where there is a transition in the grain. These pics show first coat, second coat and about five or so coats (lost count). Not getting any darker now, so I think that is about it. Nice and smooth and some great shades from blue to grey. I can see why they call it onyx.
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Wow, looking great! Can't wait to see the finished product.
Any special plans for the build, or will you be staying stock with the hardware, pickguard etc?
cheers,
Gavin.
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Welcome, and the build is looking good. Look forward to the final product.
Tim
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Nice. What colour pickguard are you going for?
