it's been a while...Thinline Strat

With life ,health and stuff it's been a while since I've done a build but... I'm back in the saddle. My original plan for this was to do it solid white along with the Gold Wilkinson trem and staggered tuners I had taken out of another build when I converted it to hardtail. I even asked Adam to switch the neck for a maple board. However...when the kit arrived the top was so nice I think I'm going to have to stain it. I'm thinking burgundy with a thin black burst, with a solid black back and sides black pick guard . I think I might also take the neck with ebony board off my basic black strat and give it the maple one ( ala Gilmours blackie). Thinking Tonerider Surfari pick ups

Looks nice. Good to see you around again and hope you stay well.

What about a whitewash style: keeps your original white theme while letting the grain show through. Something like this but less relic.

The scheme you describe sounds quite classy though

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Originally Posted by jugglindan

What about a whitewash style: keeps your original white theme while letting the grain show through. Something like this but less relic.

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That works on an Ash body with well a well-defined grain pattern, but I don't think will work that well on a flat veneer. You could spray a white translucent lacquer over it and still see the pattern, but that normally limits you to using nitro.

Fair enough.

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You could spray a white translucent lacquer over it and still see the pattern, but that normally limits you to using nitro.

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Not necessarily. I've been experimenting with tinting clear acrylic lacquer, and it works fine.
I haven't put it on the guitar yet, but all the test pieces came up good. I never thought it wouldn't work, the experimenting was just to understand mixing ratios and number of coats to achieve the desired effect.

I'm using UV resin dyes mixed in with clear lacquer. One of the dyes I have is actually white, but I've been working with blues.
I'm sure you could achieve a translucent white.

After this project, I'm going to try making an amber tinted clear lacquer on a maple neck.
As far as I know, the dyes are just alcohol-based, and seem the same as alcohol-based inks I've used before, but I can't state unequivocally that they're the same thing. Not sure if the pigments are different or what.

Good to hear you're back Deddy

Wondered where you’d got to dude. Good to see you back.

Yes it's good to see you are back...and the production line is moving again.

cheers, Mark.

+1 to the Surfaris. That’s what I put in mine and they sound damn good.

and with the garden make over complete, I can get back to my slowest EVER build. Put the first clear coats on yesterday, sanded them and applied the headstock decals today. More clear tomorrow weather permitting, if it rains I'll wire the pickguard. :D

Nice burst there!

one more wet sand, then the polishing can begin. It's starting to take shape

Looking good there Dedman. Have you thought about customising that pickguard to show off that burst a little more?

Looks just fine to me as it is.

Agree with Simon, that’s a menacing looking guitar.

Looks great Deddy.

aaaaaand finished!
So , end specs are : stained top ( mix of 20 parts red to 1 part blue U-Beut dye) burst done with a full size touch up gun as my air brush decided to die that day. ( auto acrylic). What was originally a maple fretboard has been dyed black which bought out some nice grain, dots replaced with paua shell. back of the neck and body stained in Walnut. Bridge is a Wilkinson as are the tuners ( staggered), pick ups are Tone Rider Surfaris which I like better than the City Limits I have in my black strat. Wiring has the push pull on the first tone to give "everything on" in pos 2 and 4.
This took ages to do. Partly because i've been guiding my nephew through his first builds, he's done a tele and is working on a Mosrite with an interesting pick up combination atm.
More pics when it isn't raining.

Looks great Deddy! I like the "7 sound" wiring, but I don't really use the all on. The neck & bridge combo is why I've used it.
Hard to beat Toneriders for sound and value too.

Is the fretboard lacquered also? Look forward to more pics.

Cheers,
Mick

That's a stylish bit of kit. Nice.

Noice Deddy, top shelf as always.

Looks great. Another Deddy masterpiece.

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Originally Posted by FrankenWashie

Noice Deddy, top shelf as always.

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Well, top guitar wall hanger anyway.